Dating Trends Today - In Conversation with Dr Julia Carter

<p>In episode 118 we are delighted to be in conversation with Dr Julia Carter about current dating trends in society. Are we all as free, unrestrained and equal as we would like to think? Do you know what factors contribute to your choice of partner? Find out more dating patterns and what dating tells us about wider society in general. <br/><br/>Julia is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of the West of England. Her research interests include marriage and relationships, families and personal life, and gender and sexuality. She is particularly interested in intimate relationships and the roles these play in an ever-changing social context. Her academic publications focus on marriage and narratives of love, sexuality and commitment; living apart together relationships, policy and social change; weddings and gender; and love and relationships. Julia has also recently collaborated with eHarmony to produce a &apos;Bristol Love Report&apos; based on research on the dating lives of Bristolians.<br/><br/>If you would like to contact Julia for research purposes, please email Julia.Carter@uwe.ac.uk. Her twitter handle is @juliajcarter.<br/><br/>Julia&apos;s publications:<br/>Carter, J., &amp; Arocha, L. (Eds.). (2020). Romantic Relationships in a Time of &apos;Cold Intimacies&apos;. Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29256-0<br/> <br/>Carter, J., &amp; Duncan, S. (2018). Reinventing Couples: Tradition, Agency and Bricolage. London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-58961-3</p>