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First NameLast NameDeptHEISummary of Research InterestsWebpageEmail
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ProfDominicAbramsSchool of PsychologyKentEquality and human rights, prejudice, discrimination, social attitudes and social change across the life course. Social and developmental psychology and gerontology. https://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/212/www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/212/abrams-dominicd.abrams@kent.ac.uk
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DrBarbaraAdewumiPartnership Development OfficeKentCritical Race Theory (CRT) ‘storytelling’ (qualitative method) as a process analyse interpretations of race and belonging among University of Kent students. Specialist interest in P.Bourdieu’s theory and application of social and cultural capital in education, and extending his ideas of cultural capital in relation to race and ethnicity. BAME Staff Network Co-Chair. Participant in Eastern Arc webinar and podcast on decolonising the curriculumhttps://www.kent.ac.uk/studentsuccess/team/profiles/central-project-team/adewumi-b.htmlB.Adewumi-282@kent.ac.uk
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DrCaraBookerInstitute for Social and Economic ResearchEssexSocial epidemiologist with strong interest in underlying issues of systemic racismhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/BOOKE67605/cara-bookercbooker@essex.ac.uk
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DrMagdaBorokowskaInstitute for Social and Economic ResearchEssexEthnic minorities, political behaviour, civil society and integration.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/borko71601/magda-borkowskam.borkowska@essex.ac.uk
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DrSallyBurrowsDepartment of Government/School of Health and Social CareEssexEqualities and inclusion, and access to health and care. https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/smith51676/sally-burrowssally.burrows@essex.ac.uk
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DrAliceCorbleAnthropologySussexRace, ethnicity and decolonisation in global academic libraries and archives. Critical library and information studies, memory studies, reparative histories, critical pedagogy, social epistemology.  https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p490068-alice-corbleA.R.Corble@sussex.ac.uk
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DrElizabethCraigLawSussexSpecialising in European and global minority rights law, Elizabeth has been in recent discussions with other colleagues working in the field on decolonising minority rights. She has particular expertise in human and minority rights in post-conflict and deeply divided societies, with recent work focused on Northern Ireland, SE Europe and Ukraine. She has a developing interest in racialised framings in the field of minority rights and implications for discussions of race and ethnicity.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p37351-elizabeth-craigElizabeth.Craig@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfBarbaraCrossouardEducationSussexinternational education; education and development; education, identity and difference; gender; race; class; ethnicity; education and work; coloniality.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p140665-barbara-crossouardb.crossouard@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfGeertDe NeveAnthropologySussexIndia, caste and class inequality, poverty, industrial transformation and global garment industryhttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p102363-geert-de-neveg.r.de-neve@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfGeertDe NeveAnthropologySussexIn particular, my research focuses on understanding inequality and poverty in India, and their transformations over time.  How caste shapes access to new economic labour markets and new opportunities has been a main interest of me, particularly in the context of global value chain production.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p102363-geert-de-neveg.r.de-neve@sussex.ac.uk
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DrNeliDemirevaDepartment of SociologyEssexMigration, inter-ethnic ties, social cohesion, ethnic penalties and multiculturalism. https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/demir19100/neli-demirevanvdem@essex.ac.uk
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ProfPriyaDeshingkarGeographySussexForced migration; Forced labour; Human Trafficking; Gender and Migration; Gender and Refugees.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p709-priya-deshingkarP.Deshingkar@sussex.ac.uk
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SamiraDiebire Undergraduate student who worked with fellow students at Essex to organise a webinar series looking at specific issues of decolonising the curriculum, but also in how the university is governed. Participant in Eastern Arc webinar and podcast on decolonising the curriculumsd18489@essex.ac.uk
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DrEmilyDolmansSchool of Literature, Drama and Creative WritingUEAmultilingualism, historiography, material culture, and the relationships between literature and cultural geography, especially borders and boundaries, displacement, migration, travel, intercultural contact and exchange, national/regional/local identities, and conceptions of home.https://people.uea.ac.uk/e_dolmanse.dolmans@uea.ac.uk
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DrSynneDyvikInternational DevelopmentSussexprivate refugee hosting, humanitarianism and development, gender and feminism, conflict and militarismhttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p226447-synne-dyvikS.Dyvik@sussex.ac.uk
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DrWinifredEbohSchool of Health and Social CareEssexResearch and Evidence-based practice, genetics related to the haemoglobinopathies, namely sickle cell and thalassaemia and disparities in health amongst marginalised communities. Current chair of working group on racism within the school. https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/EBOHW14103/winifred-ebohw.eboh@essex.ac.uk
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ProfJacquelineFear-SegalSchool of Art, Media and American StudiesUEANative American History, mainly Native American History, but has also written on twentieth century American social history and the history of childhood.https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/jacqueline-fear-segalJ.Fear-segal@uea.ac.uk
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ProfMaria CristinaFumagalliDepartment of Literature Film and Theatre Studies (LiFTS)EssexCaribbean migration, migration and denationalisation issues in Haiti and the Dominican Republichttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/fumag44408/maria-cristina-fumagallimcfuma@essex.ac.uk
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DrDavidGarbinSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentMigration, diaspora and transnationalism, Religion among minorities and diasporas, Religion and the city, Globalisation, urbanisation and development, South Asian diasporas and new African diasporas in Europe and North America, Politics of identity and ethnicity, Space, exclusion and urban processes, Youth and popular culture in urban settings.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1579/garbin-davidd.garbin@kent.ac.uk
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DrNicolasGeeraertDepartment of PsychologyEssexAcculturation, cross-cultural psychology, and social psychology.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/geera58603/nicolas-geeraertgeeraert@essex.ac.uk
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DrHannahGibsonDepartment of Language and LinguisticsEssexWorks primarily on African languages. She has an interest in language and identity, as well as the relationship between linguistics and social justice. Participant in Eastern Arc webinar and podcast on decolonising the curriculumhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/gibso06307/hannah-gibsonh.gibson@essex.ac.uk
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DrCarlosGigoux GramegnaDepartment of SociologyEssexImpact of migration for indigenous peoples, and the role of social movements in advancing migrants and refugees rights.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/gigou62605/carlos-gigoux-gramegnacgigou@essex.ac.uk
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DrPaulGilbertInternational DevelopmentSussexColonial Global Economy; Third World Approaches to International Law; New International Economic Order; Development Finance; Climate Finance; Climate Justice; Geographies of Public Finance; Extractive Industries; Environmental Defenders; Violent Political Ecologieshttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p275733-paul-gilbertP.Gilbert@sussex.ac.uk
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DrClaireHynesSchool of Literature, Drama and Creative WritingUEALecturer in Literature and Creative Writing at UEA. Her fiction and non-fiction writing explores black British identities, and she has previously worked as a news editor for The Voice newspaper, a writer for national newspapers and a BBC television producer. She is currently leading and implementing on decolonising the curriculum within her School, including the creation of a BIPOC student ambassador scheme. Participant in Eastern Arc webinar and podcast on decolonising the curriculumhttps://people.uea.ac.uk/claire_hynesclaire.hynes@uea.ac.uk
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DrMariannaIliadouLawSussexDr Marianna Iliadou conducts research at the intersection of medical law, family law and human rights. Her research includes, among others, medically assisted reproduction and legal parenthood, the human rights/reproductive rights and reproductive justice frameworks, domestic and international surrogacy practices within and beyond Europe.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p574284-marianna-iliadouM.Iliadou@sussex.ac.uk
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DrVanishaJassalSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentChild protection practice and has developed research interests in direct work with children and young people and how we can better understand their wishes and feelings. She is also interested in investigating inequalities and social disadvantage in child welfare and interventions and services for children and families from ethnic minority communities. BAME Staff Network Co-Chair.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1969/jassal-vanishav.jassal@kent.ac.uk
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DrShraiyaJivrajKent Law SchoolKentRace, Religion & Law; Intersectionality & Decolonial Studies; Public Law; Human Rights & Equalities Law & Policy; Muslim feminisms. Instigated the decolonising the curriculum project in KLS, leading to the Decolonise UKC manifesto.https://www.kent.ac.uk/law/people/1238/jivraj-suhraiyas.jivraj@kent.ac.uk
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DrMarieJuanchichDepartment of PsychologyEssexInterests include reducing discrimination and increasing diversity.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/juanc47305/marie-juanchichm.juanchich@essex.ac.uk
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DrSeanKelleyDepartment of HistoryEssexTransatlantic slave trade, Africans in the Americas, transnational mercantile networks and connections, global and transnational approaches to historyhttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/kelle34600/sean-kelleyskelley@essex.ac.uk
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DrAmandaKlekowski von KoppenfelsBrussels School of International StudiesKentCitizenship, both formal and substantive, and the engagement of migrants with their home country and their host country. She examines the interaction of identity, transnational engagement and integration.https://www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/people/2612/www.kent.ac.uk/brussels/people/2612/von-koppenfels-amanda-klekowskia.k.von-koppenfels@kent.ac.uk
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DrBirgulKutanEducationSussexepistemic injustices/discriminations through and in education, theory and practice of social change especially how historically marginalised section of society engage in this process with what strategies, intercultural dialog and solidarity, alternative knowledge productions by minoritised people, human rights/democracy struggle, Identity and belonging in violence context and authoritarianism, feminist futures and social movement, Turkey, Middle Easthttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p141870-birgul-kutanB.Kutan@sussex.ac.uk
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DrAnnaLaingGeographySussexindigenous rights, social movements, decolonisation, climate justice.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p397849-anna-laingA.F.Laing@sussex.ac.uk
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DrVeronicaLamarcheDepartment of PsychologyEssexGenerally interested in tackling racism across research, teaching, and personal/professional experience. I have recently led departmental focus groups with on decolonising the curriculum, and workshops for staff on attending to diversity and inclusion in the classroom.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/lamar82704/veronica-lamarchev.lamarche@essex.ac.uk
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DrCarolineLeichtKent Business SchoolKentHer research takes into account how workplace decisions, perceptions and judgements are affected by social psychological processes (e.g. stereotypes, implicit and explicit biases and social cognition) and are embedded in wider cultural contexts (e.g. diversity, power, roles and inequality). Carola applies this to a number of research areas such as women and minorities in leadership or the homogenous representations of organisations and professions (e.g. higher education or religion). https://www.kent.ac.uk/kent-business-school/people/2456/leicht-carolaa.c.leicht-23@kent.ac.uk
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ProfAlanLesterGeographySussexhistorical geographies and histories of the British Empire; legacies of colonialism; Empire in the culture war.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p114412-alan-lestera.j.lester@sussex.ac.uk
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DrAleksandraLewickiSociology & CriminologySussexRace and racialisation, institutional racism, discrimination, labour extractivism, East-West inequalities in Europe, precarious labour mobility, structural inequality, immigration policy, borders and bordering. https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p439386-aleksandra-lewickiA.Lewicki@sussex.ac.uk
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DrZibiahLoaktharDepartment of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic StudiesEssexExperience of working in social justice and equality sectors with BAMER (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee) communities, leading arts, community development, education, heritage and oral history projectshttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/loakt09501/zibiah-loaktharz.loakthar@essex.ac.uk
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DrReneeLuthraDepartment of SociologyEssexInternational migration, social stratification, education, and quantitative methods. Current research interests include migration and inequalities in parenting, education, work and health.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/luthr02104/renee-luthrarrluthra@essex.ac.uk
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ProfMagnusMarsdenAnthropologySussexAfghanistan; Central Asia; Islam; urban heritage; intangible heritage minorites; networks; diplomacy; trade and commerce; Sikhism; Jewish life https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p187719-magnus-marsdenM.Marsden@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfJoAnnMcGregorHuman GeographySussexSouthern African liberation histories; UK-African interconnections, African diasporas; reparative/decolonizing approaches to museums, archives and heritagehttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p135339-joann-mcgregorJ.Mcgregor@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfJayMitraEssex Business SchoolEssexMigration and entrepreneurship, innovation, economic and social development; Diaspora and Transnational entrepreneurship; Migrant refugee, and settler communities in entrepreneurial spaces; Race, migration and entrepreneurship developmenthttps://www.essex.ac.uk/people/mitra41200/jay-mitrajmitra@essex.ac.uk
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ProfAnshumanMondalSchool of Literature, Drama and Creative WritingUEAPostcolonial literature and theory, nationalism, multiculturalism and the literature of diasporahttps://people.uea.ac.uk/a_mondala.mondal@uea.ac.uk
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ProfAndreasMusolffSchool of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication StudiesUEAIntercultural Communication, Cognitive Linguistics, Political Discourse Analysis, Historical Semantics and Pragmatics and the History of Applied Linguistics. My most recent work has focused on cross-cultural comparison of metaphor use, language and racism, and quotation in intercultural communication.https://people.uea.ac.uk/a_musolffa.musolff@uea.ac.uk
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DrAlita NandiInstitute for Social and Economic ResearchEssexEthnicity and gender, specifically differences in subjective wellbeing (e.g., life satisfaction, mental health) as well as economic wellbeing (e.g., income, wages). In addition: (i) in the formation, measurement and impact of identity on life outcomes, (ii) causes and consequences of harassment and discrimination, (iii) in measurement of institutional characteristics in developing countries and exploring their effects.https://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/people/anandianandi@essex.ac.uk
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DrBridgetNg’ anduSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentWorking with children and families, specifically issues around child sexual exploitation and race, safeguarding and unaccompanied asylum seekers, social work activism, alternative ways of social work practice, social work diversity and international social work practice. BAME Staff Network Co-Chair.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1951/ng-andu-bridgetb.ng'andu@kent.ac.uk
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ProfMarioNovelliEducationSussexWar, Conflict, Peace, Education, Peacebuilding, Political Violence, Authoritarianism, Political Economy , Social Justicehttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p196279-mario-novelliM.Novelli@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfLouizaOdysseosInternational RelationsSussexdecolonial thought, anti-colonial struggle, poetics, aesthetics, disposability, human rights, resistance and sociopoeticshttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p200596-louiza-odysseosL.Odysseos@sussex.ac.uk
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DrTomParkinsonUnit for the Enhancement of Learning and TeachingKentGlobal disparities in access to opportunity and resources in higher education, and in the relationship between higher education, society, the individual and the state. https://www.kent.ac.uk/uelt/staff/apt/profiles/Centre%20Staff/tparkinson2.html T.Parkinson@kent.ac.uk
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DrKeithPereraEducationSussexEducation, Pedagogies, Attitudes, Host Communityhttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p204938-keith-pereraK.Perera@sussex.ac.uk
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Dr SwetaRajan-RankinSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentSociology of race and ethnicity, and in particular: Globalization, transnationality, embodiment and worker identity; Social work, embodiment and social location; Ageing, racialized bodies, ethnicity and diasporic imaginaries.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1953/www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1953/rajan-rankin-swetas.rajan-rankin@kent.ac.uk
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DrGinaReinhardtDepartment of GovernmentEssexPolitical economy of foreign aid, economic and social development, and the political and policy implications of disasters.
She has studied race, trust, and migration; the construction of trust by the media across levels of government; and how the allocation of foreign aid conditions its performance effectiveness.
https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/reinh47500/gina-reinhardtgina.reinhardt@essex.ac.uk
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DrJonathanRock RokemAnthropology and ConservationKentRapid urbanisation and rising global inequalities; Geopolitics and international migration; Barriers to urban mobility and diversity; cities, climate change and conservation
https://www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology-conservation/people/1914/www.kent.ac.uk/anthropology-conservation/people/1914/rock-rokem-jonathan
j.rock@kent.ac.uk
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ProfBenRogalyGeographySussexRacism, racial capitalism, class, place, migration, work, labour, oral history, ethnography, community engagement, arts/music/activismhttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p28173-ben-rogalyb.rogaly@sussex.ac.uk
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DrCamillaSchofieldSchool of HistoryUEAThe politics of memory, histories of immigration, the impact of decolonisation and international development, transnational race politics and ideas of citizenship and the nation in postwar Britain.https://people.uea.ac.uk/camilla_schofieldcamilla.schofield@uea.ac.uk
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ProfLizzieSealSociology & CriminologySussexhistorical criminology, racialisation and the death penalty, histories of race, crime and justice.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p307545-lizzie-sealE.C.Seal@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfJoannaSemlynNorwich Medical School UEAInterdisciplinary research focuses on health inequalities and health disparities in sexual and gender minority populations (LGBTQ+) and ethnic minorities. Norwich Medical School’s Lead for Diversity and Inclusion.https://people.uea.ac.uk/j_semlyenj.semlyen@uea.ac.uk
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DrNikhilSenguptaSchool of PsychologyKenthttps://www.kent.ac.uk/psychology/people/1920/sengupta-nikhilN.Sengupta@kent.ac.uk
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DrBalSokhi-BulleyLawSussexCritical Approaches to Rights - poststructuralism, decolonial theory, feminisms, Foucault, Immigration and Hostile Environment, Vernacular Rights Cultureshttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p395599-bal-sokhi-bulleyB.Sokhi-Bulley@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfMiriSongSchool of Social Policy, Sociology and Social ResearchKentResearch interests include ethnic identity, ‘race’ and ‘mixed race’, racisms, migration (in its many forms) and immigrant adaptation.https://www.kent.ac.uk/social-policy-sociology-social-research/people/1537/song-miria.m.song@kent.ac.uk
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ProfEwenSpeedSchool of Health and Social CareEssexInterests in health policy, particularly in the context of the NHS. He is also interested in critical approaches to understanding engagement and involvement in healthcare, and is working on Roma, Gypsy and Traveller access to healthcare.https://www.essex.ac.uk/people/speed44207/ewen-speedesspeed@essex.ac.uk
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ProfPaulStathamGeographySussexIslam, Multiculturalism, Muslims in Europehttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p72922-paul-stathamPaul.Statham@sussex.ac.uk
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ProfDavidStirrupSchool of EnglishKentIndigenous Studies; Native North American literature and visual art; Indigenous mobilities; Cultural Rhetorics; Alternative Literacies; Border Studies; Settler Colonial and Postcolonial Studies; The Canada-US Border; Indigeneity and the Far Right; Indigeneity and the UN; Contemporary African American and Black Canadian writing; American Literature of the 20th and 21st centuries. https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/115/stirrup-davidd.f.stirrup@kent.ac.uk
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DrBeckyTaylorSchool of HistoryUEAMinorities, migration and the state, including Gypsies, Roma and Travellers. Contributes directly to histories of state expansion, migration, ideologies and violence as well as histories of empire, xenophobia and identity.https://people.uea.ac.uk/b_taylorb.taylor@uea.ac.uk
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DaveThomasSchool of Sports and Exercise SciencesKentWorks on the Student Success Project. The project conducts research on inequalities in academic attainment and subsequently institute interventions to mitigate and redress attainment differentials. BAME Staff Network Co-Chair.https://www.kent.ac.uk/studentsuccess/team/profiles/project-officers/sports/thomas-d.htmlD.S.P.Thomas@kent.ac.uk
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ProfDivyaTolia-KellyGeographySussexRace, Heritage, Museums, Migration, Identity, Cultural Landscapehttps://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p204951-divya-tolia-kellyD.Tolia-Kelly@sussex.ac.uk>
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DrMatthewWhittleSchool of EnglishKentPostcolonial and global literatures, with special emphasis on the climate emergency, extinction, decolonisation and migration.https://www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/120/www.kent.ac.uk/english/people/120/whittle-matthewm.whittle@kent.ac.uk
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DrTahirZamanGeographySussexforced migration, refugees, higher education and displacement, faith-based humanitarianism, geographies of religion, neighbourliness, Islam, social protection.https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p434365-tahir-zamanTahir.Zaman@sussex.ac.uk
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