Dr Louise Waite

CONTACT DETAILS
Room 1.43
School of Geography
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
UK

Email: l.waite@leeds.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0 in UK) 113 34 33367



Student hours: Tuesdays 9.30-11am, Fridays 9.00-11.00am

RESEARCH OVERVIEW

Dr Louise Waite's research interests include migration and transnationalism; the concepts of ‘precarity’ and ‘embodiment’; the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees; and development geographies especially in India and Uganda around issues of work, well-being and sexual health amongst vulnerable communities

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CURRENT PROJECTS

Precarious lives: asylum seekers and refugees’ experiences of forced labour
An ESRC research project that aims to gain an in-depth understanding of the experiences of forced labour among asylum seekers and refugees based in England.

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RESEARCH AFFILIATIONS

  • Citizenship and Belonging
  • Cities and Social Justice
  • Participatory Geographies Working Group

PUBLICATIONS

  • Waite, L. (2011) Neo-assimilationist citizenship and belonging policies in Britain: Meanings for transnational migrants in northern England. Geoforum. Early View: DOI:10.1016/j.geoforum.2011.08.009
  • Waite, L. and Conn, C. (2011) Creating a space for young women’s voices: Using ‘participatory video drama’ in Uganda. Gender, Place and Culture 18(1): 115-135.
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CURRICULUM VITAE

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PRESENTATIONS

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TEACHING

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