Nathan鈥檚 current research has focused on young people, digital exclusion, housing inequalities in the private rented sector, experiences of families of prisoners, and green spaces. His research projects include:
- 2023: Nuffield Foundation: Gypsy, Roma, Traveler Youth: Mitigating Exclusions using the Digital (拢255K, Co-I)
- 2023: Himaya Haven CIC: BAME Families of Prisoners (拢5K, PI)
- 2023: 探花直播 City Council: Enabling a Digital 探花直播 Evaluation (拢5K, PI)
- 2021: Walsall Council: Private Rented Sector (PRS) research on the impact of Universal Credit on evictions and abandonments across the Black Country Sub-Region (拢9K, PI)
- 2018: Garden Organic: Evaluation of the Master Gardener Programme on alleviating food poverty in deprived urban communities (拢17.5k, Co-I)
- 2017: Coventry University Pump-Priming: The role of advocacy in supporting young carers (拢8k, Co-I)
- 2016: Coventry University Pump-Priming: Exploring the 2015 UK General Election and Brexit (拢10k, Co-I)
Nathan is currently supervising five PhD students:
Student: Beenish Ameer
Thesis Topic: The impact of Brexit on the lived experiences of migrant-owned businesses in rural Scotland in relation to welcoming by the Scottish government and 鈥榟ost鈥 rural communities.聽
Role: Director of Studies
Student: Ronald Winch
Thesis Topic: Policing, Ethics and AI
Role: Director of Studies
Student: Abigail Shaw
Thesis Topic: Community engagement and participation concerning the achievement of desistance for African and Caribbean women with offending histories in 探花直播.
Role: Director of Studies
Student: Maxwell Ayamba
Thesis Topic: People of Black African ancestry鈥 鈥榣ived experience鈥 and use of the Peak District National Park 鈥 comparative study of two English Cities.
Role: External Second Supervisor
Student: Julia Lurfova
Thesis Topic: Ethnography of 鈥榡am鈥 music spaces
Role: Second Supervisor
Books
Kerrigan, N., Jones, S. (In Press; 2024). Urban Greening, Informal Social Control, and the Working Class: Keep Off the Grass. London: Routledge.
Kerrigan, N., Breen, D., and Bakkali, Y. (In Press; 2024). Liquid Racism: Education, Brexit, and Black Youth Culture. Bristol: Policy Press.
Kerrigan, N., and de Lima, P. (2023). The Rural-Migration Nexus: Global Problems, Rural Issues. London: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Nahaboo, Z., Kerrigan, N. (2021). Migrants, Borders, and The European Question: The Calais Jungle. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave-Macmillan
Kerrigan, N. (2018). A Threatened Rural Idyll? Informal social control, exclusion and the resistance to change in the English countryside. Wilmington: Vernon Press.
Book Chapters
O鈥橲ullivan, A., and Kerrigan, N. (In Press; 2024). 鈥楻ebels in Society? Street Politics and Organic Intellectuals in the UK Oi! punk scene during the Miners鈥 Strike 1984-85鈥. In. Blackman, S., (CCC), Raine, S., Hamilton, C., and McPherson, R. (Eds.) Popular Music Ethnographies. London: Intellect.
Kerrigan, N. (2023). 鈥楽tudent Producers Ain鈥檛 No Losers: Zine-making in a sociology and criminology classroom鈥. In. Stewart, F., and Way L. (Eds) Punk Pedagogies in Practice: disruptions and connections. London: Intellect Book
Kerrigan, N. (2020) 鈥楧isability, Age, the British Countryside and Social Exclusion鈥. In. Kelly, C.; Aubrecht, K.; Rice, C (Eds). Disability/Aging Nexus. Toronto: British Columbia Press.
Kerrigan, N. (2019). 鈥楻ural Racism in a digital age鈥. In. Harmer, E., and Lumsdem, K. (Eds) Online Othering: exploring the dark side of the web. London: Palgrave-Macmillan.聽
Journal articles
Brown, G., and Kerrigan, N. (Under Review). 鈥樷淪he was a lifeline, she rescued me鈥: Understanding the knowledge and need of Young Carers Advocacy鈥. In International Journal of Care and Caring.
Kerrigan, N. (In Press; 2024). 鈥楻ural鈥 Space, Place, and Intersectionality鈥. In. Sociologia Ruralis - Special Issue: Place and Space in Social Research: Rurality and Intersectionality.
Bradshaw, D., Brown, G., and Kerrigan, N. (In Press; 2024). 鈥楽andwell Advocacy and informal community-based advocacy鈥. In. Societies - Special Issue 鈥榁ulnerable Groups Protection and Rights for Advocacy: From the Perspectives of Community-Based Policy Making and Initiatives鈥.
Edited Special Issues
Tomas, C., Kerrigan, N., Philips, J., Krivokapic-Skoko, B., Flynn, S., and Gorriss-Hunter, A. (Eds). (In Press; 2024). 鈥楽pecial Issue: Place and Space in Social Research: Rurality and Intersectionality鈥. In. Sociologia Ruralis.
Brown, G., and Kerrigan, N. (In Press; 2024). 鈥楽pecial Issue: Vulnerable Groups Protection and Rights for Advocacy: From the Perspectives of Community-Based Policy Making and Initiatives鈥. In. Societies.
Reports
Kerrigan, N., Jones, S., and Riley, T. (2023). Private Rented Sector (PRS) Research: The Impact of Universal Credit on Eviction and/or Abandonments Across the Black Country Sub-Region. 探花直播: 探花直播.
Brown, G., Kerrigan, N., and Fried, J. (2019). The Master Gardener Programme working with urban communities: Garden Organic鈥檚 London Food Poverty Project. Coventry University: Coventry
Brown, G., and Kerrigan, N. (2018). Who cares for the carer: Exploring the role of advocacy in supporting young carers. Coventry University: Coventry