Kate Holliday

Kate Holliday (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the School of Social and Political Science. Her research focuses on framing and political polarisation in contentious policy disputes, using the ongoing debates over proposed reforms to the Gender Recognition Act (GRA) as a case study. This research examines how framing is used and navigated by governments and organisations, and the resulting impact on policy and conduct of debate. 

Her research interests include:

• Feminist and gender politics
• Public policy 
• Political polarisation and policy controversies
• Frame analysis 
• Contemporary transgender rights activism and gender-critical feminism 
• The GRA debate
• Institutionalism
• Feminist theory and methods