Intimate stories of infidelity

About this episode

Simone Schneider discusses her research on the meanings and experiences of infidelity in intimate relationships.

Simone Schneider is a PhD candidate in sociology at the University of Cambridge. Her dissertation explores the meanings and experience of infidelity in intimate relationships, combining both long, in-depth interviews with people who have experienced or committed infidelity, and discourse analysis of dating platforms that facilitate this sort of behaviour. It’s a fascinating body of work on one of the oldest, innermost domains of human affairs, one that is changing with the times as dating mov...

People in this episode

Host: Mark Fabian

Guest: Simone Schneider

Topics covered

• infidelity
• intimate relationships
• sociology
• dating platforms
• human behavior

Keywords

• infidelity
• sociology
• intimate relationships
• dating platforms
• human affairs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University of Cambridge

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