About my PhD

My thesis is The Public Perceptions and Personal Experiences of Only Children Growing Up in Britain, c. 1850-1950 and took just under five years, which was two years longer than planned. The first three years were suspiciously easy, the unexpected fourth year was not, and I spent most of the fifth year waiting for the wheels of bureaucracy to turn.

I’ve published some of my findings in The Routledge History of Loneliness (2023) and ‘The history of loneliness: what we know so far’ (WHO BCI Hub report) (2024).

You can read my old PhD blog at aliceinacademia.tumblr.com.