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Biography
I am a Senior Research Fellow (Asylum and Migration) in the Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research. Working also as a Practitioner Manager at WomenCentre UK, I have more than 20 years of experience developing collaborative, participatory and creative projects with women and families seeking asylum, refugees and new migrants. My expertise has developed through long-term research and direct professional practice, service delivery and management with migrant and refugee organisations. Focussing broadly on migration, asylum and refugee studies, I am particularly interested in how migration is understood and experienced by women. I have published and presented widely on these topics, including co-editing “Feminist Narrative Research: Opportunities and Challenges” (Palgrave Macmillan 2017).
I am the Co-I for ‘Corona Chronicles - Children researching their everyday lives, education and relationships during the coronavirus pandemic (CHEER).’ Led by Professor Helen Lomax, this research explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the everyday lives, education and relationships of primary school children aged 9-11 (UK school years 5 to 6). Find out about 'Corona Chronicles' and access videos and resources enabling children to research their everyday lives and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
I am one of the Research Leads, shared and alongside Dr. Anna Davidson and Dr. Grainne McMahon, with Feminist Spaces. This project brings together feminist, anti-racist, embodied practices of creating safe(r) spaces and arts activism to resignify space and to perform everyday acts of resistance with voice and action. This research has built a collaborative, capacity-releasing network by pairing up UK and European-based projects of resistance with a range of allied projects in less economically developed countries. Please see our website. We are currently working on Making Spaces which explores feminist responses and survival strategies in the Covid-19 pandemic. Our projects partners include the Racial Justice Network (West Yorkshire) and RAPAR (Manchester).
Research Expertise and Interests
Membership
United Nations Network on Migration Expert Database from the Migration Research Hub by IMISCOE; British Sociological Association; Leeds Migration Research Network; and WomenCentre.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research Expertise and Interests
- Feminist narrative methodologies
- Concepts of vulnerability and resistance
- Participatory, visual and creative methods
- Narrative constructions of asylum and migration
- Policy and practice related to asylum
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Projects
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Developing arts-Based methods of Knowledge generation and exchange with children during times of global crisis ( BaCK CHAT)
1/04/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Back Chat: A zine created with children aged 11-12 about their lives during the coronavirus pandemic and the period after, told though their images and words
Lomax, H. & Smith, K., 1 Jul 2022Research output: Non-textual form › Digital or Visual Products
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Creating online participatory research spaces: insights from creative, digitally-mediated research with children during the Covid-19 pandemic
Lomax, H., Smith, K., McEvoy, J., Brickwood, E., Jensen, K. & Walsh, B., 1 Feb 2022, In: Families, Relationships and Societies. 11, 1, p. 19-37 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Rethinking Visual Arts-Based Methods of Knowledge Generation and Exchange in and beyond the Pandemic
Lomax, H., Smith, K. & Percy-Smith, B., 1 Sep 2022, In: Sociological Research Online. 27, 3, p. 541-549 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Open Access -
Seeing as an Act of Hearing: Making Visible Children’s Experiences of the COVID-19 Pandemic Through Participatory Animation
Lomax, H. & Smith, K., 1 Sep 2022, In: Sociological Research Online. 27, 3, p. 559-568 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Corona Chronicles: Children researching their everyday lives, education & relationships during the coronavirus pandemic (CHEER): Evidence submitted to the Education Select Committee (Project Phase 3, March 2021 - Creative data by children)
Lomax, H. & Smith, K., 1 Mar 2021, (Submitted) 12 p.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
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Datasets
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CHEER digital resources
Lomax, H. (Creator), Smith, K. (Creator) & Walsh, B. (Contributor), University of Huddersfield, 2020
Dataset
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Do No Harm’. Lived Experiences and Impacts of FGM Safeguarding Policies and Procedures. Bristol Study
Smith, K. (Creator), Forward UK, 2021
DOI: 10.34696/ercs-2v52, https://doi.org/10.34696%2Fercs-2v52
Dataset
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HEER digital resources
Lomax, H. (Creator) & Smith, K. (Contributor), University of Huddersfield, 2020
DOI: 10.34696/es1k-0976, https://doi.org/10.34696%2Fes1k-0976
Dataset
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19th IMISCOE Annual Conference
Kate Smith (Panelist)
1 Jul 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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A call for stories: Researching with women and girls seeking asylum
Kate Smith (Speaker)
30 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Making the invisible visible: using research to campaign for dignity not destitution during the asylum process
Kate Smith (Speaker) & Mary Brandon (Speaker)
26 Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Lomax and Smith (Dec 2020) Corona Chronicles - Education Select Committee evidence REF HSE0729667
Helen Lomax (Participant) & Kate Smith (Participant)
11 Dec 2020Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Lomax and Smith (Sept 2020) Corona Chronicles - Education Select Committee Evidence REF KTC729667
Helen Lomax (Participant) & Kate Smith (Participant)
30 Sep 2020Activity: Other activity types › Other
Press/Media
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Experts concerned over discrimination towards women and FGM in the UK
6/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Honouring International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
6/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Journalists and editors can play a fundamental role in overcoming the stigma and shame attached to Female Genital Mutilation.
6/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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FGM safeguarding policies alienate African diaspora communities
5/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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FGM safeguarding policies are alienating UK's African diaspora communities
5/02/21
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research