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Cate Watson is professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling, UK. Her day job is teaching and researching in the area of professional learning and leadership. She is the author of 'Comedy and social science: towards a methdology of funny' (Routledge). She won the Sage Sociology prize for her paper: 'A sociologist walks into a bar (and other academic challenges): towards a methodology of humour' (Sociology, 2015, 49,3,407-421.