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Education/Academic qualification
Social Anthropology, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh
Sept 2012 → Jun 2017
Award Date: 17 Nov 2017
Global Politics, Master of Arts, Ateneo de Manila University
2005 → 2008
Award Date: 31 Oct 2008
Development Studies, Bachelor of Arts, Ateneo de Manila University
Jun 2001 → Mar 2005
External positions
Visiting Fellow, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
1 Oct 2025 → 31 Jul 2026
Honorary Research Associate, University of Manchester
1 Oct 2019 → …
Keywords
- HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
- girlhood
- HM Sociology
- social mobility
- class
- inequality
- GN Anthropology
- kinship
- relatedness
- siblingship
- intergenerational relations
- youth
- schooling
- migration
- data studies
- archives
- Southeast Asia
- Philippines
- post-1945 generation
Research Themes and Networks
- Work & Economy
- Identities & Inequalities
- Childhood & Youth
- Cultural Heritage
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Kinship and relatedness as vital lens
Cruz, R., 19 Oct 2023, The Cambridge Handbook for the Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality. McCallum, C., Posocco, S. & Fotta, M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 94-125 32 p. (Cambridge Handbooks in Anthropology).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Introducing ‘resonance’: Revisioning the relationship between youth and later life in women born 1939–52
Tinkler, P., Fenton, L. & Cruz, R., 22 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Sociological Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The kinship of bioinformation: Relations in an evolving archive
Cruz, R., Tinkler, P. & Fenton, L., 30 Nov 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) Bioinformation Worlds and Futures. Gonzalez-Polledo, E. & Posocco, S. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge, p. 54-74 21 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Recomposing persons: Scavenging and storytelling in a birth cohort archive
Tinkler, P., Cruz, R. & Fenton, L., 1 Jul 2021, In: History of the Human Sciences. 34, 3-4, p. 266-289 24 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Book Forum
Segal, L. B., Zabiliute, E., Motta, M., Cruz, R., Jefferson, A. M. & Das, V., 1 Jun 2021, In: Conflict and Society. 7, 1, p. 198-213 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review
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Activities
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Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Cruz, R. (Chair)
1 Oct 2025 → 31 Jul 2026Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Research and Teaching at External Organisation
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Current Anthropology (Journal)
Cruz, R. (Editorial board member)
Jan 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Current Sociology (Journal)
Cruz, R. (Peer reviewer)
2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
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Theorizing Migration and Social Mobility in Asia and Beyond
Cruz, R. (Presenter)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Medical Anthropology (Journal)
Cruz, R. (Peer reviewer)
2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review
Datasets
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Girlhood and Later Life: Girls Growing Up in Britain 1954-1976 and the Implications for Later-Life Experience and Identity, 1939-2020.
Tinkler, P. (Creator), McMunn, A. (Creator), Fenton, L. (Creator), Cruz, R. (Creator) & Xue, B. (Creator), UK Data Service, 17 Sept 2021
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-855007, https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/855007/
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