Media

Media

My research has drawn interest form a wide range of international media ranging from national broadcasters to specialist websites.

Insta-Live, Podcasts, Webinars, and Zoom events

1. In/Fertility in the City Podcast. 6^th May 2024. ‘Let’s talk about Male Broodiness.’
2. Happy and Childless Podcast. 29^th April 2024. ‘Putting Childlessness on the Workplace Agenda.’
3. Men on Show Podcast. 10^th April 2024. ‘Men and the impact of childlessness.’
4. New Legacy Radio, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. 2^nd April 2024. ‘Why is Policy Engagement Essential for People Without Children?’
5. The Full Stop Podcast. 28^th March 2024. ’Childlessness and Loneliness.’
6. New Legacy Radio, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. 20^th February 2024. ‘Work-Life Inclusion: Employee Experiences Across the Life Course.’
7. West Yorkshire Suicide Prevention Advisory Network. 28^th November 2023. ‘Male childlessness and suicide risk.’
8. Helena Tubridy Fertility+IVF Mindset. Insta-Live. 18^th September 2023. ‘Male childlessness and infertility.’
9. World Childless Week, Our Stories. 17^th September 2023. ‘Reclaiming our lives: the need for involuntarily childless researchers.’
10. The ‘F’ Word at Work. 13^th September 2023. ‘World Childless Week Matters and Here’s Why.’
11. World Childless Week, Our Stories. 11^th September 2023: ‘Male childlessness: Unpacking the elephant in the suitcase.’
12. Angela Walker in conversation with… Podcast. 31^st August 2023. ‘CHILDLESS MEN: Dr Robin Hadley on the sorrow and disenfranchisement of men with no children.’
13. Science of the Human Condition, Professor Lewis Halsey. 9^th August 2023. ‘You would have made a great Dad.’
14. Margaret O’Connor’s Are Kids for Me? Podcast, Episode 30. 27^th May 2023. ‘Interview with Robin Hadley on the impact of Male Childlessness on mental health across the life course.’
15. Civilla Morgan’s Childless Not By Choice Podcast Episode 152. 18^th June 2023. ‘Fathers Day , Again’: Episode 152–Father’s Day, Again – Childless Not By Choice
16. New Legacy Radio, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. 22^nd March 2022. ‘The Experience & Impact of Male Involuntary Childlessness’. Live interview with Christine Erickson.
17. Civilla Morgan’s Childless Not By Choice Podcast Episode 143. 20^th August 2022. ‘The Things Men Talk About, my Conversation with Dr. Robin Hadley.’
18. Civilla Morgan’s Childless Not By Choice Podcast Episode 130. 14^th June 2021. ‘About Father’s Day, And Childlessness.’
19. The Locked up Living Podcast. 31^st March 2021. ‘To be a man without a child….‘
20. Miss Amanda Chen Show: Masked Man 40/100. 24^th March 2021. ‘The Childless Man’:
21. The Sociology Show, 28^th September 2020. ‘Male childlessness, masculinity and auto/biographical research.’
22. The Dennis Relojo-Howell Show. 16^th March 2020. Dr Robin Hadley talks about ‘Male Childlessness.’
23. The Fullstop Podcast. 17^th August 2019. ‘Men and Childlessness with Dr. Robin Hadley, Rod Silvers and Andy Harrod.’
24. More To Life Webinar. 23^rd January 2019: ‘Me and the MAWFIA: Men Ageing Without Families: Invisible and Alienated.’
25. World Childless Week. 25^th August 2018. ‘The Men’s Room with Dr. Robin Hadley and Michael Hughes.’
26. The Mental Breakdown. 5^th August 2017. ‘Involuntary childlessness.’ Interviewed by psychologists Dr Berney Wikinson and Dr Richard Marshall, United States of America.
27. The Fertility Podcast. 19^th December 2016. ‘How men deal with involuntary childlessness.‘ 
28. Femme sans enfants.  14^th February 2015. ‘Entrevue avec Robin Hadley, chercheur sur les vies des hommes sans enfant‘. Interviewed by Catherine–Emmanuelle Delisle. Quebec, Canada.
29. Zuleyka Zevallos, Sociology at Work. 5^th March 2014. ‘My experience of the media.‘

Print media

1. Hill, A. 28th August, 2023. ‘I just assumed it would happen’: the unspoken grief of childless men.’ The Guardian.
2. Nurden, R. 11th July, 2023. ‘I’m a childless man — at 72, it is my biggest life regret.’ The I-newspaper.
3. Handley, L. 20th June 2023. ‘How I found joy in life without children of my own.’ The Guardian.
4. McBain, S. 24th May, 2023. ‘Skinny jeans, plastics, stress: what’s behind the decline in male fertility? Why scientists are increasingly concerned about sperm.’ The New Statesman.
5.  Hoyle, A. 23rd February, 2022. ‘As a study shows male pride is causing some women to miss out on the chance of motherhood… Why DO men find it so hard to admit they could be the reason their partner can’t have a baby?’ The Daily Mail.
6. Manzoor, S. 16th June, 2019. ‘Why do childless men bottle up their grief and pain?’ Sunday Times Magazine.
7. Hinsliff, G. 21st January, 2019. ‘Male, Single, desperate for a baby.’ Tortoise.
8. Lynch, B. 17th November 2018. Male childlessness: ‘You think, If I’m not reproducing – then what am I?‘ The Guardian.
9. Marsh, S. 29th October 2017. ‘The agony of being a childless man.’ The Daily Mail.
10. Marsh, S. 3rd October 2017. ‘“The desire to have a child never goes away”: how the involuntary childless are forming a new movement.’ The Guardian.
11.  Freeman, H. 20th July 2016. ‘Rise of the biological clock divorce: It’s when one of you craves a baby and the other doesn’t.’ The Daily Mail.
12. Hadley, R. A. 17th July 2016. ‘Men and Infertility.’ The Times, Weekend Section.
13. Brookbanks, M. 13th January 2016:  ‘How the rise of childless women could change the face of Britain.’ The Daily Mail.
14. Kreutz-Hansen, H. 9th March 2015. ‘Childless men – not chosen by women’. Verdens Gang AS: VG.
15.  Lerner, T. 24th April 2014. “Det finns en smärta i att inte få bli pappa”  (There is a pain not to be a father). Dagens Nyheter:
16. Hadley, R. A. 4th April 2013. Robin Hadley: ‘I know all about broody men who long to be dads. I am one’. The Daily Telegraph.
17. Hodgekiss, A. 3rd April 2013. ‘Men without children are ‘more depressed and sad’ than childless women.’ Mail Online.
18. Bingham, J. 3rd April 2013. ‘Men ‘just as broody as women‘, study suggest.’ The Daily Telegraph.

National television

1. ITV News. 12th June 2024. Childless men and Father’s Day. Interview with Kevin Ashford.
2. BBC1 Breakfast. 14th January 2015. Ageing Without Children. AWOC founders  Kirsty Woodard, Jody Day and I were interviewed on BBC One:

Online news media

1. Swire, Saffron. 11th February 2021. “Less of a man”: banishing the stigma surrounding male infertility. REACTION.
2. Packham, Amy. 1st December 2018:  “Dads On What Sex Is Really Like When You’re Trying For A Baby.” HuffPost UK.
3. Gorman, G. 14th February 2016: “The untold grief of childless men.” for News.com.au Australia.
4. Goyer, M. 18th June 2015:  “Le fardeau des femmes sans enfants”: Planete FMagazine, Montreal, Canada.

Radio

1. BBC Radio 5 live, Stephen Nolan Weekend Show, 28th April 2024. Male Childlessness.
2. New Legacy Radio, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. 2nd April 2024. ‘Why is Policy Engagement Essential for People Without Children?’
3. New Legacy Radio, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. 20th February 2024. ‘Work-Life Inclusion: Employee Experiences Across the Life Course.’
4. BBC Radio Scotland, Stephen Jardine Mornings Show, 22nd September 2023. Male Childlessness.
5. BBC Radio Scotland, Stephen Jardine Mornings Show, 1st September 2023. World Childless Week.
6. Vintage FM – Don & Mike. 21st March 2023. ‘Live Interview Dr Robin Hadley on male childlessness.’
7. New Legacy Radio, VoiceAmerica Talk Radio Network. 22nd March 2022. ‘The Experience & Impact of Male Involuntary Childlessness’. Live interview with Christine Erickson.
8. BBC Radio 5 Live. Nihal Arthanayake Show. 20th October 2020. Guest editor of ‘Involuntary childless men’ on BBC Radio 5 Live.
9. The Dennis Relojo-Howell Show 16th March 2020: Male Childlessness.
10. Noel McDermot Show, Men’s Radio Station. 3rd October. Dr Robin Hadley talks about the impact of childlessness on older men.
11. James Blake, Men’s Radio Station. 8th September 2019. Men and childlessness.
12. BBC Radio 4 – My Name Is…, Rod – life as a childless man.
13. Kaye Adams. 15th April 2019. Live panel discussion on ‘Mornings with Kaye Adams & Stephen Jardine,’ Radio Scotland.
14. Rony Robinson. 13th November 2018. Live telephone interview on male childlessness.
15. East London Radio. 24th April 2017. Dr Robin Hadley interviewed by Sir Mervyn Eastman.
16. Vintage Radio. 16th April 2017. The impact of childlessness in  later life. 
17. The Health Show, 3 Counties Radio. 10th July 2016. Discussion on childlessness.
18. Tanya and Steve, Radio KOFM, Australia. 16th February 2016. Male Broodiness.
19. Sunday Sequence, BBC Radio Ulste. 24th Ferbruary 2016. Panel discussant on fertility choices.
20. IPM, BBC Radio 4. 5th December 2015. My childlessness. Interviewed by Jennifer Tracey.
21. Mark Forrest, BBC Radio London. 26th January 2015. Research findings of ageing and childlessness.
22. Lee Thomas, Radio Stoke. 15th April 2013: Live studio interview on male broodiness.
23. Morning Show, Irish National Radio. 10 April 2013: Live telephone interview on the impact of male broodiness.
24. Phil Kafcaloudes, Morning program ABC Radio Australia. 7th April 2013.: Live telephone interview: the impact of male broodiness on mental health.
25. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 4th April 2013. The impact of male broodiness. 
26. Drive time, Radio Stoke (pm). 3rd April 2013.
27. The impact of male broodiness on mental health.
28. Michael Fitzpatrick, Lunchtime Show, Radio Ulster. 3rd April 2013: Live telephone discussion on depression, jealousy, anger and male broodiness.
29. Heather Stott, BBC Radio Manchester. 2nd January 2012. Live studio interview on ageing and childlessness.

Blogs

1. Ageing Issues. 4th June 2024: ‘The Unseen men on Father’s Day: The Impact of Childlessness on Men’s Health and Well-being.’
2. World Childless Week. 19th November 2023: ‘Every day is International Men’s Day – right?’
3. Angela Walker Reports, 3rd September 2023: ‘Men want babies too. “Childless men are more depressed, more angry and more jealous than childless women.” So why aren’t we talking about it?’
4. Ageing Issues. 8th August 2023: ‘The avoided and excluded knowns: people ageing without children/family’.
5. Medium, 25th May 2023: ‘The avoided and excluded knowns: people ageing without children/family.’
6. The Age Action Alliance, 6th April 2023: ‘People ageing without children or family: out of sight, out of mind’
7. Ageing Issues, 24th Feb 2023: ‘The Reflective Call of Carers Ageing without Children and/or Family: ‘Who will be there for me when I need it?
8. Berghahn Books Blog, 22nd November 2021: Myths around Men.
9. John Adams’s Dadbloguk, 4th September 2020: ‘The experience of involuntarily childless men with Dr Robin Hadley.’
10. Ageing Issues. 18th March 2020: ‘2020: COVID-19 vs Social Isolation: the Impact Technology can have on Communities, Social Connections and Citizen.’
11. Men’s Minds Matter. 4th August 2019: ‘Childlessness’.
12. Psychreg. 18th June 2019: ‘Not being a father: Deconstructing Dad.’ Summary of my chapter in the Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health.
13. World Childless Week. 16th June 2019: ‘The un-held hand.’
14. Male Psychology Network. 10th February 2019: ‘Myths of Manhood: Breaking Dad, Fracking Fatherhood.’
15. Centre for Reproduction Research Blog. 15th June 2018 : ‘There’s something missing in my life’: non-fatherhood on ‘Fathers Day‘.
16. Gateway Women. 13th June 2018: ‘Coping with Father’s Day as a Childless Man.’
17. Male Psychology Network. 11th May 2018: ‘How involved are men in ‘involved fathering’?
18. Netdoctor.com. 14th September 2017: ‘Think men don’t get broody? Believe me, that’s a myth.’
19. SpermComet. 31st October 2016: ‘The impact of childlessness’.
20. GeroInspired. 21st August 2016: ‘Aging & Involuntary Childlessness: Does It Affect Men’?
21. Psychreg.org. 13th August 2016: ‘The impact of male involuntary childlessness, Parts 1 & 2. Now available as a free to access paper: Hadley, Robin. A. (June, 2019). ‘The impact of male involuntary childlessness’. http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3236689
22. Men’s Health Forum. 10th July 2016: ‘Men without Children’: http://bit.ly/2a7tZ2
23. International Longevity Centre. 10th November 2015: ‘The case of the invisible older men’.
24. Inside-Man. 21st October 2014: ‘If you think men don’t care about having kids, listen to what these childless men have to say’. 
25. ReValuing Care Research Network. 13th May 2014: ‘Condemned as a ‘Typical Man?’
26. ReValuing Care Research Network. 13th October2013: ‘Childless-by-circumstance: is it different for men?’