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Laura Shobiye

Ms Laura Shobiye

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Email
ShobiyeLO@caerdydd.ac.uk

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Laura Shobiye is a PhD research student in the School of Social Sciences exploring the learning experiences of  mothers seeking sanctuary in Wales. She is carrying out a longitudinal qualitative study, which involves interviews and creative methods for thematic and narrative analysis. Her work is largely informed by Critical Race Theory and Intersectional Feminism.

Laura was one of the co-founders of the Migration, Ethnicity, Race & Diversity research group (MEAD), co-convening the group from December 2019 to July 2021.

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Research Interests

I am particularly interested in the social construction of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK , particularly gendered constructions. I will be exploring the role of learning and education in fostering social inclusion and integration of asylum seekers and refugees.  My key areas of interest are:

  • migration and refugee studies
  • gender
  • education
  • social and cultural inclusion/social and cultural exclusion 
  • inequality
  • motherhood

I am interested in collaborative research and my PhD is a collaborative project with the third sector organisation, Oasis Cardiff and I also work with the Welsh Refugee Coalition. I am also keen to explore visual and creative methods for supporting qualitative interviews where language skills may be a barrier to communication.

Learn more about my work by watching her prize winning 3 minute thesis (3MT) here.

Publications and Presentations

"Researching Displaced Mothers as a Racialised British Mother" - Social Science Doctoral Conference at Cardiff University June 2020

"Educational Misrecognition and (not) Belonging - Experiences of Displaced Mothers in Wales" - British Education Research Association Conference 2021

"Racialised coercion on mothers and their children seeking asylum in Wales" - submitted to Ethnic and Racial Studies, July 2021

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Current or past undergraduate seminar tutor on the following modules at Cardiff University:

  • Introduction to Social Policy (first year)
  • Contemporary Inequalities (second year)
  • Poverty and Social Security (second year)

Guest Lecturer on MA module at Cardiff Metropolitan University:

  • "Education, Equality, and Diversity"

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