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Lucy works as a Lecturer at MASC and teaches on the European MA in Migration and Social Care and teaches and convenes the Certificate in Social Care Practice for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (Young People). Her recent research includes a study of the social networks of refugees in the UK in which she studied the relationship between the transnational networks of refugees and British communities, institutions, services and local contacts. Much of her research draws on her contacts within the voluntary sector and within refugee communities. She is currently working on a research project interviewing interpreters in asylum/refugee services and has a research interest in the causes and consequences of domestic violence against migrants and in migrant communities. Lucy is interested in narrative and participative approaches to research.
Before coming to MASC, Lucy has worked in community health services, in the voluntary sector in the UK and in Thailand and as an archaeologist.
Research interests
I am interested in researching aspects of migration and mobility. My work seeks to foreground migrant perspectives of migration and to challenge the narratives about migration presented by policy makers and immigration regimes. It is concerned with how gender and gendered norms effect migration choices and motivations and with how migrants negotiate agency within policy and regulatory structures.
I am particularly interested in immigration detention and in how governments seek to deter and control migration through mechanisms that exclude and suppress the agency and voice of migrants.
Current Research Projects
Research on the experiences of former immigration detainees released into the community – with Dr Axel Klein
Previous Research
Analysis of secondary material on cross-border marriage migration
A qulaitiative study with interpreters working in services for refugees and asylum seekers
A study of the social networks of refugees in the UK