Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sussex
Dr Rachel Burr is Associate Professor in the School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sussex. An anthropologist and social worker, her research develops practitioner-oriented approaches to strengthening emotional resilience among older people, children, and young people living in challenging circumstances. She is particularly interested in how emotional connections develop across generations and recently created a module on intergenerational studies at Sussex. She is the author of Vietnam’s Children in a Changing World (2006) and Self-worth in Children and Young People (2022).