Alice Chadwick
Area Development Studies Alumni
PhD Researcher in Area and Development Studies (ESRC +3)
School of Social and Policy Sciences, University of BathStart date: October 2017
Graduation date: February 2022
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 SocietyEmail: 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 ExeterStart date: September 2015
Graduation date: April 2020
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 ExeterStart 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 ExeterStart date: September 2016
Graduation date: June 2021
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 SocietyEmail: jw722@exeter.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-worthington
Twitter: https://twitter.com/travelwith_joe
Website/Blog: https://www.travellingpolitico.uk/
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