Sasha Eykyn

(she/her)

Overview

I am in the final year of my PhD research in the School of Geography and Planning, funded by the ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (2022). Working in partnership with community organisations and a local authority team, my research aims to better understand how refugees experience homelessness and housing policy in Wales. I am particularly interested in the politics of homelessness prevention and response within state structures and institutions.

I take an approach to housing and homelessness research and advocacy informed by institutional ethnography (IE) and underpinned by the importance of ongoing engagement and collaboration with people who have lived (and living) expertise. I use a range of qualitative and participatory methods.