Projects and interests
Below are some of the projects or interests I am currently working on. Of course not everything fits neatly into 'projects'. If you want to find out more about any of them, do get in touch.
Below are some of the projects or interests I am currently working on. Of course not everything fits neatly into 'projects'. If you want to find out more about any of them, do get in touch.
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Volunteers in Conflict and Emergencies (ViCE) Local and national volunteers often play a critical during conflicts and emergencies, particularly when the international humanitarian system withdraws and local infrastructures are damaged. This Initiative, funded by the Swedish Red Cross, is gathering data through listening studies with volunteers and other stakeholders in Sudan, South Sudan, Ukraine, Honduras, Myanmar and Afghanistan. The project is the first of its kind to try and understand the lives experiences of this group of volunteers. It will help us understand the motivations of volunteers and their role in the wider humanitarian system, and raise awareness and understanding of their roles and develop policies and practices that support them more effectively. Visit www.rcrcvice.org for more information, or get in touch. |
Refugee Youth Volunteering Uganda Refugee Youth Volunteering Uganda (RYVU) is a 27 month project funded by the UK's Global Challenges Research Fund/Economic and Social Research Council. Working with partners at Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda Martyrs University, diverse local civil society actors and young refugees themselves, the project explores voluntary work by displaced young people in Uganda, and its impacts on skills, employability and inequality. The project uses both surveys and a series of participatory methodologies to enable young people themselves to create and curate knowledge about their volunteering activity. To find out more, visit www.ryvu.org where you will find more about the team, working papers, etc. |
Living Deltas I am a co-investigators on the UKRI/GCRF Living Deltas Hub, a large interdisciplinary initiative developing research that can support more sustainable delta futures. The Hub is focused on the Mekong and Red River deltas in Vietnam, and Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in India and Bangladesh. My work in the Hub is particularly focused on young people's experiences of changing delta environments and the diverse forms of action young take in relation to those changes. Working with partners and colleagues, we are using participatory mapping and other qualitative methods with the aim of developing knowledge that can enhance youth voice in shaping more sustainable delta futures. To find out more, visit: www.livingdeltas.org |
