Security, Conflict and Human Rights
ESRC 1+3
School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol
Start date: September 2022
Research topic: Pandemics, prejudice, and perceptions of blame: Securitising Covid-19 in South Africa
Broadly speaking, my research examines how the securitisation of infectious disease (re)produces social representations of health and illness that construct certain groups as the ‘Other’. This project situates itself within wider debates as to the scope and relative normative strength of security frameworks within the global health. As a researcher, I am interested in the epistemic value of co-production and seek to incorporate a participatory ethic into this PhD project.
Research supervisors: Dr Adrian Flint, Dr Manuela Barreto
Email: pq18150@bristol.ac.uk
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