Yorkshire and Humber migration research network members

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This is a list of network members who are engaged in migration research in the Yorkshire and Humber region, and have agreed to publicly share their details. Clicking on a name will take you to further details about that person. This page can also be used to post members' latest news or updates that may be of interest to the network as a whole - please email us with relevant details.

Alice Richardson 

Aneta Piekut 

Beth Porter 

Chris Forde 

Deema Refai

Denis Kierans

Divine Charura

Fiona Howlett 

Gabriella Alberti 

Gary Craig

Haleemah Alaydi

Isabel Arce Zelada

Jacqui Broadhead

Jen Nghishitende

Dr Jeni Vine

John Willott

Kate Smith

Kristen Johannes

Kubra Alhawamdeh

Lauren Cape-Davenhill

Louise Waite 

Dr Lucy Mayblin

Lucy Mort

Lucy Potter

Maria Vasquez-Aguilar

Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira

Melanie Cooper

Naeema Hann

Patricia Hynes

Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli

Phillip Brown

Rebecca Murray

Rosa Mas Giralt

Rosie Galbraith

Sara de Jong

Satrio Nindyo Istiko

Walid Mousa

Zulfiya Hamzaki

 


Alice Richardson

PhD candidate, University of York

Relevant research interests: asylum and legal linguistics, interpreting in the asylum process, language as evidence.

alice.richardson@york.ac.uk

 


Aneta Piekut

Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Social Sciences, Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield  

Relevant research interests: ethnic diversity, socio-spatial segregation and social cohesion, attitudes towards immigration and ethnic minorities, including their measurement and the problem of survey nonresponse.

a.piekut@sheffield.ac.uk 

 


Beth Porter

PhD Candidate, University of Sheffield 

Relevant research interests: Migration, border externalisation, historical sociology, postcolonialism, decolonisation and methodological challenges in doing migration research.

bporter1@sheffield.ac.uk 

 


Chris Forde

Professor of Employment Studies, University of Leeds 

Relevant research interests: Migration, the experiences of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, human resource management, employment relations.

c.j.forde@lubs.leeds.ac.uk 

 


Deema Refai

Associate Professor in Enterprise and entrepreneurship, University of Leeds

Relevant research interests: Constrained entrepreneurship, with a particular interest in the refugee context.

d.refai@leeds.ac.uk

 


Denis Kierans

Senior Researcher, Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS), University of Oxford

Relevant research interests: Integration, migration, knowledge exchange, public attitudes, capacity building, data, policy.

denis.kierans@compas.ox.ac.uk

 


Divine Charura

Professor of Counselling Psychology, York St John University

Relevant research interests: Research in psychotherapy, trauma exposure and impact across the lifespan, psychotraumatology, trauma in refugee and asylum seeker populations, potential consequences of trauma such as PTSD or Complex PTSD, resilience.

D.charura@yorksj.ac.uk

 


Fiona Howlett 

Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy and Doctoral student, York St John University 

Relevant research interests: Value and meaning of creative activity groups with asylum seekers and refugees; value and meaning of a community allotment working alongside asylum seekers and refugees; students as co researchers working alongside asylum seekers and refugees.

f.howlett@yorksj.ac.uk

 


Gabriella Alberti 

Associate professor Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds Business School 

Relevant research interests: My research interests revolve around questions of migrant precariousness and the effects of migration policies on work and employment relations. I have been involved in action research on the local integration of migrants from different backgrounds.

g.alberti@leeds.ac.uk

 


Gary Craig

Professor of Social justice, York Workshops

Relevant research interests: ‘Race’, ethnicity, modern slavery, refugees, migration.

gary.craig@galtres8.co.uk

 


Haleemah Alaydi

PhD candidate, University of York

Relevant research interests: Refugees, refugee fiction, asylum seekers, migration, exile, Palestine, diaspora from the Middle East, postcolonial studies, Arab world.

Haleemah.alaydi@york.ac.uk

 


Isabel Arce Zelada

PhD candidate, University of Hull

Relevant research interests: Asylum, refugeehood, anthropology, co-production, creative methodologies, Indigeneity, coloniality/colonialism, critical border studies.

i.arce-zelada@hull.ac.uk

 


 

Jacqui Broadhead  

Director, Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, COMPAS, University of Oxford

Relevant research interests: Inclusion and integration at the local level, refugee resettlement, No Recourse to Public Funds and public opinion on migration.

Jacqueline.broadhead@compas.ox.ac.uk

 


Jen Nghishitende

PhD candidate, The Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull 

Relevant research interests: Modern slavery, women, mothers, race and class. 

n.j.nghishitende-2020@hull.ac.uk

 


Dr Jeni Vine

Research and Development Manager, Belong - the cohesion and integration network

Relevant research interests: Social cohesion, integration, peacebuilding, building shared ground

jeni@belongnetwork.co.uk

 


John Willott

Principal Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University

Relevant research interests: Refugee and other migrants’ access to education and work; social inclusion.

j.willott@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

 


Kate Smith

Visiting Senior Research Fellow, University of Leeds

Relevant research interests: Narrative, creative, participatory methods, with a particular focus on how asylum is understood and experienced by women and girls.

k.smith@leeds.ac.uk

 


Kristen Johannes 

Peer Researcher (Survivor of human trafficking)

Relevant research interests: Research that involves people with lived experienced of asylum and modern slavery as peer researchers, since there is a lack of research involving people with those experiences, or having a say in changes they wish to see.  

kristen@survivoralliance.org/ krissiecross@gmail.com

 


Kubra Alhawamdeh

PhD candidate, University of Leeds

Relevant research interests: Cultural diversity in early childhood education, funds of knowledge approach as a framework to curriculum and decision-making.

edkko@leeds.ac.uk

 


Lauren Cape-Davenhill

PhD Researcher, University of Leeds 

Relevant research interests: Immigration enforcement, the criminal justice system and how they intersect. 

gylc@leeds.ac.uk 

 


Louise Waite

Professor of Human Geography, University of Leeds 

Relevant research interests: My research interests span migration and slavery; with a particular focus on discourses of ‘modern slavery’, unfree/forced labour and exploitative work among asylum seekers and refugees.

l.waite@leeds.ac.uk 

 


Dr.Lucy Mayblin

Senior Lecturer Sociology, co-director Migration Research Group, University of Sheffield

Relevant research interests: Asylum; policymaking; human rights; legacies of colonialism.

l.mayblin@sheffield.ac.uk

 


Lucy Mort

Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR)

Relevant research interests: Policy research related to migration, integration and communities.

l.mort@ippr.org

 


Lucy Potter

PhD Candidate, University of Sheffield

Relevant research interests: Asylum and Refugees, Non-religion, Human Rights, Postcolonialism.

lpotter2@sheffield.ac.uk

 


Maria Vasquez-Aguilar

PhD candidate, University of Sheffield

Relevant research interests: Political activism of refugees, exile communities, intergenerational transmission of trauma, identity and memory, dictatorships in Latin America and human rights, solidarity networks.

pop05mev@sheffield.ac.uk

 


Mariana Pinto Leitão Pereira

Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Heritage for Global Challenges Research Centre, Department of Archaeology, University of York

Relevant research interests: diaspora makings, post-displacement cultural heritage, climate change displacement, temporalities of movement, cultural festivals, more-than-human approaches.

mariana.p.l.pereira@york.ac.uk

 


Melanie Cooper

Reader in Maternity and Migrant Health, University of Bradford

Relevant research interests: Migrant communities; health inequalities, access to health care. Implementing interventions to address barriers to services including peer support, health technology.

M.Cooper2@bradford.ac.uk

 


Naeema B. Hann

Emeritus Reader, Carnegie School of Education, Leeds Beckett University

Relevant research interests: Language learning materials, learner strategies, motivation for language learning and identity positions.

n.hann@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

 


Patricia Hynes

Professor of Social Justice, Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, Sheffield Hallam University

Relevant research interests: Forced migration in all its form: refuge, asylum, human trafficking; independent child migrants; research ethics; trust/mistrust in humanitarian contexts.

p.hynes@shu.ac.uk

 


Patrícia Nabuco Martuscelli

Lecturer in International Relations, University of Sheffield

Relevant research interests: asylum and migration policies, Latin America, Brazil, family reunification and family migration, migrant and refugee children, visa diplomacy and the role of diplomats on migration.

p.nabuco.martuscelli@sheffield.ac.uk

 


Philip Brown

Professor of Housing and Communities, University of Huddersfield

Relevant research interests: Housing inequality, experiences of migration, refugee studies, health and housing.

p.a.brown@hud.ac.uk

 


Dr Rebecca Murray

Lecturer in Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield

Relevant research interests focus on borders and bordering practices in post-compulsory / higher education; migration and social care; migrant-led participatory methodologies.

r.e.murray@sheffield.ac.uk

 


Rosa Mas Giralt

Deputy Programme Manager BA Professional Studies and Visiting Research Associate, University of Leeds

Relevant research interests: migrant/transnational families, caregiving and carers in migrant families, migrants and welfare, migrant children and young people, community-based/peer research. 

r.masgiralt@leeds.ac.uk

 


Rosie Galbraith 

Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Leeds Trinity University

Relevant research interests: The support and care of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and trafficked children.

r.galbraith@leedstrinity.ac.uk

 


 

Sara de Jong 

Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York

Relevant research interests: Resettlement of former Afghan local staff, gender and migration, migrants as brokers, pro-migrant and anti-racist activism.

sara.dejong@york.ac.uk

 


Satrio Nindyo Istiko

Senior Research Fellow, Bradford Institute for Health Research

Relevant research interests: applied sociology, qualitative and decolonial methodologies, and health inequalities linked to race, gender, and sexuality

Tiko.Istiko@bthft.nhs.uk

 


 

Walid Mousa

PhD candidate, University of Leeds

Relevant research interests: Labour market integration, Asylum seekers and refugees, digital skills, training, skills development and employment relations.

bn18wm@leeds.ac.uk

 


Zulfiya Hamzaki

PhD Candidate, University of York

Relevant research interests: Refugee resettlement and integration, interactive documentary, filmmaking, storytelling.

zulfiya.hamzaki@york.ac.uk
 

 

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