We are an interdisciplinary group of academic researchers based in the UK, however, we endeavour to feature work that explores various international settings, conditions and engagements with diverse communities.
The team (alphabetically) is comprised of:
Lakshmi Bose is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge whose research centres on intergenerational female activism in the context of state securitisation and militarisation in South Africa and Egypt.
Lakshmi tweets @LakshmiSBose
Simina Dragos (she/her) is a PhD student at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. Her research and political interests revolve around anti-Roma racism and (youth) activism in her home-country, Romania, but also in (Eastern) Europe more broadly. She seeks to engage with decolonial theoretical and methodological perspectives in her work, thinking about imperial and colonial influences in the Eastern European periphery. She loves yoga, walks and podcasts.
Simina tweets @siminadragos26
Rebecca Gordon (she/her) is a Lecturer in social sciences at the University of the West of Scotland. Her research focuses on political leadership for inclusive change and the role of grassroots organisations in inclusive change processes and representation and political leadership. She also focuses on feminist epistemologies and methodologies in ethics and research.
Rebecca tweets @R37G
Arif Naveed is a Lecturer in International Education & Development at the University of Bath. His current research is on the role of schooling in intergenerational social mobility in rural Pakistan. He has a strong interest in theoretical and methodological issues in eliciting and listening to the voices of the poor.
Arif tweets @arif_naveed
Sharon Walker is a PhD candidate at the University of Cambridge researching issues of race equality in UK higher education policy. She also researches issues of race and racism in education and international development.
Sharon tweets @cheriepolo
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