Dr Khursheed Wadia - Research Interests
Her main research interests and specialisms lie at the intersections of politics, gender and ethnicity in the Europe. She is author of:
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(with Gill Allwood) Women and Politics in France: 1958-2000 (Routledge, 2000);
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(with Nathalie Schlenzka, Luigia Sommo & Giovanna Campani) Refugee Women: Hoping for a Better Future (Editions Parabolis, 2004);
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(with Gill Allwood) Gender and Policy in France (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009);
- (with Gill Allwood) Refugee Women in Britain and France (Manchester University Press, 2010).
She has been CRER coordinator of four EU Commission-funded projects:
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Refugee Women: Reception, Integration and Voluntary Return Regimes in Europe - RefWom (author of country studies on UK, Ireland and Greece);
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Minority Formation and Cultural Diversity in European Nation-states - MinFor (author of UK study);
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Traumatised Refugees in Europe - TraRef (author with Preston Scott Phillips and Angèle Malatre of country studies on the UK and France respectively);
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Integration Indicators and Generational Change - IntGen (author with Catherine Anders of country study on the UK).
She has also collaborated (with David Owen and Lynnette Kelly) on a study commissioned by the Home Office (Government Office-East) and Peterborough Race equality Council on 'The Crime and Community Safety Needs of Asylum Seekers and the Communities Resident in Peterborough'.
Current research projects include:
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EU FP7: Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement (MyPlace) (2011 - 2015);
- Barrow Cadbury Trust/Ile de France Regional Government-funded collaborative study (with the Institut Français des Relations Internationales): 'The Costs of National (Non) Regularisation Policies for Local Policies? A Comparison between Paris, London, Berlin, Madrid and Rome' (2009 - 2011);
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IAS Visiting Fellowship: Secular Expressions and Religious Tensions: the War on Terror and its Impact on Women
. Ms Afiya S Zia - Consultant and Independent Researcher Pakistan, with Prof Nickie Charles - Sociology, Funded by: IAS (Institute of Advanced Study), Project Start Date: 15/02/2012 Project End Date: 15/03/2012.
