Area and Development Studies Alumni

  • Alice Chadwick

    Area Development Studies Alumni

    PhD Researcher in Area and Development Studies (ESRC +3)
    School of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath

    Start date: October 2017

    Research topic: Youth volunteering in times of crisis: exploring young people's experiences of volunteering during the Ebola response in Sierra Leone

    My PhD research explores youth volunteering during the Ebola response in Sierra Leone, looking at how experiences of volunteering have shaped young people’s understandings of citizenship through the navigation of the socio-economic context in which they live. I use narrative methods to place young people’s stories at the heart of research, combining interviews and focus-groups with young volunteers with context level data gathered through expert interviews and policy analysis. My research seeks to understand what times of crisis can reveal about young people’s sense of identity and belonging in the hope of informing youth development policy and the improved inclusion of young people within responses to crisis contexts.

    Research supervisors: Dr Joe Devine, Dr Luisa Enria

    Professional memberships/Positions held:

    Member of Royal African Society

    Email: a.m.chadwick@bath.ac.uk

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicechadwick/

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliceMakepeace

  • Oliver Hayakwa

    Area Development Studies Alumni

    PhD Researcher in Area Studies (ESRC 1+3)
    College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of Exeter

    Start date: September 2015

    Research topic: Risks on the new Silk Road: China's growing political role in the Middle East and its potential contribution towards a just resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

    Research supervisors: Dr Michael Axworthy

    Email: oh255@exeter.ac.uk

  • Dr David Pettinato

    Area Development Studies Alumni

    PhD Researcher in Area and Development Studies (ESRC +3)
    College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of Exeter

    Start date: September 2012

    Research topic: Exploring justice-centered Muslim activism in the global north through British Muslim NGOs

    Research supervisors: Dr Suha Taji-Farouki

    Email: ddp203@exeter.ac.uk

  • Joe Worthington

    Area Development Studies Alumni

    PhD Researcher in Area and Development Studies (ESRC 1+3)
    Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, University of Exeter

    Start date: September 2016

    Research topic: An Assessment of Pax Britannica through the British Residencies in the Persian Gulf and Contextualisation into Contemporary Anglo-Gulf Relations

    My research is focused on the Pax Britannica that Britain developed in the Gulf as a result of the British Persian Gulf Residency, between 1763 and 1971, the state building processes, dependency, and rentierism that was left behind post-independence. I am particularly interested in assessing how Britain’s position in the Gulf emerged as a tool of trade and defence in 1763, evolving into an entrenchment of the British position through the residencies, and then re-emerging again as a system of trade and defence after 1971. My research will contextualise contemporary Anglo-Gulf relations into Britain’s historic legacy in the region.

    Research supervisors: Dr James Onley, Dr Marc Valeri

    Professional memberships/Positions held:

    Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society

    Email: jw722@exeter.ac.uk

    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-worthington

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/travelwith_joe

    Website/Blog: https://www.travellingpolitico.uk/