Dr Jennie Bristow
reader in sociology, Canterbury Christ Church University; co-author, Growing Up in the Culture Wars: Identity and Generational Conflict

Jennie is reader in Sociology at Canterbury Christ Church University and an associate of the Centre for Parenting Culture Studies.

She is author of a number of books about generational relations and conflict, including Growing Up in the Culture Wars: identity and generational conflict (with Ellie Lee, Polity 2026), The Corona Generation: coming of age in a crisis (with Emma Gilland, Zer0 books 2020), Stop Mugging Grandma: the ‘generation wars’ and why Boomer-blaming won’t solve anything (Yale University Press 2019), and The Sociology of Generations: new directions and challenges (Palgrave Macmillan 2016.

Jennie is co-author of Generational Encounters with Higher Education: the academic-student relationship and the university experience (Bristol University Press 2020), Parenting Culture Studies (Palgrave Macmillan 2023); and Licensed to Hug (Civitas 2010). She is co-editor of Studying Generations: Multidisciplinary Perspectives (Bristol University Press 2024), and of the Generations, Transitions and Social Change book series.

You can find out more about Jennie on her website.

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