Research Institute for Social Sciences

Robin’s previous career included roles as a deputy technical manager and scientific and technical photographer in The University of Manchester’s Material Science Centre. Robin changed careers and his training as a counsellor led him to research into the desire for fatherhood in involuntarily childless men as part of his MA at The University of Manchester. He then followed this up with a MSc exploring the levels of broodiness in females and males, parents and non-parents.  Both these pieces of research have been used as the basis of a play, ‘The Broody Boys’, by the Australian actor/writer/producer Alan Hopgood. Robin is now undertaking a PhD which explores the lives of involuntarily childless older men. Robin is supervised by Mo Ray and Emma Head.

Robin is a student member of both the British Sociological Association and the British Society for Gerontology.

Publications:

• Hadley, R. A. (Summer 2012). Not even tomorrow’s chip paper. MoreToLife Newsletter

• Hadley, R. A. (Spring 2012). Navigating in an Uncharted World: How does the desire for fatherhood affect men? Journal of Fertility Counselling, 01 (19), 12-13

• Hadley, R. A. (February 2012). Interviewed about his research by Heather Stott of Radio Manchester.

• Hadley, R. A. & Hanley, T. S. (2011). Involuntarily childless men and the desire for fatherhood. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 29(1), 56-68

• Hadley, R. A. (2009). Navigating in an Uncharted World: How does the desire for fatherhood affect men? Unpublished MSc Dissertation, The University of Manchester.  

• Hadley, R. A. (2008). Involuntarily Childless Men: Issues surrounding the desire for fatherhood. Unpublished MA Dissertation, The University of Manchester.

• Hadley, R. A. (2008). This Man’s Story. MoreToLife Newsletter.

  Presentations:

• Hadley, R. A. (2012). ‘What is it about (older childless) Men?’ Poster presentation, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Reception, Keele University.

• Hadley, R. A. (2012). Childlessness, and Older Involuntarily Childless Men. Presentation to the Rotary Club of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

• Hadley, R. A. (2012). ‘Man Talk’ Paper presentation at the Social Science PGR Conference, Keele University,

• Hadley, R. A. (2012). ‘What is it about (older childless) Men?’ Poster presentation, University Symposium on Ageing, Keele University.

• Hadley, R.A. (2011). ‘Mining the Gap: A Literature Review of the Male Experience of Involuntary Childlessness’. Paper presentation at the Social Science PGR Conference, Keele University,

• Hadley, R.A. (2010). ‘Involuntary Childless Men: Issues surrounding the Desire to be a Father’. Invited to present to MA in Counselling, The University of Manchester.

• Hadley, R.A. (2010). ‘Involuntary Childless Men: Issues surrounding the Desire to be a Father’. Paper presented at the Counselling and Transformation Conference, Keele University.

• Hadley, R.A. (2010). ‘Involuntary Childless Men: Issues surrounding the Desire to be a Father’. Paper presented at the Research Conference, The University of Manchester.

• Hadley, R. A. (2010). ‘Does the Desire for Fatherhood affect Men?’ Poster presentation. Society for Reproductive and Infant Psychology Annual Conference. Lueven, Belgium

• Hadley, R.A. (2009). ‘Involuntary Childless Men: Issues surrounding the Desire to be a Father’. Paper presented at the New Researchers Conference, The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships, The University of Edinburgh.

• Hadley, R. A. (2008). ‘Involuntarily Childless Men’. Seminar given to health workers in fertility clinics, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds.

• Hadley, R. A. (2008). ‘Involuntary Childless Men: Issues surrounding the Desire to be a Father’. Paper presented at the Society for Reproduction and Infant Psychology 25th Annual Conference, MIC, London.