Dr Mina Ghezal
Research Fellow
Politics at Penryn
About me:
Dr Amina is a PhD graduate in Politics from the University of Exeter. Amina worked on migration, climate change and transnationalism during her PhD research. Following her PhD, she is currently working on the Shared Prosperity Fund/Good Growth Fund project as a research fellow, focusing on the housing issues in Cornwall. This is a collaborative project between The University of Exeter – The Institute of Cornish Studies and Cornwall Council. Leveraging her expertise in social and environmental issues, Amina applies both quantitative and qualitative research methods.
Research Unit:
The Institute of Cornish Studies
Research Project:
Amina was an interdisciplinary PhD student in Politics and International Studies. She was part of the ESI (Environment and Sustainability Institute) in Exeter Penryn campus. Her PhD research sought to understand migrants' perceptions of place attachments and national identity between homeland and host-land under such pressures. Precisely, Amina researched migration trajectories from Tuvalu (A tiny island nation located in Oceania ) to the neighbouring island nations, precisely New Zealand. Her research interests include transnationalism, migration, belonging and place attachment. She is interested in exploring people-environment interaction, the home-making process, mobility and transnational migration trajectories, migration push and pull factors, such as climate change and socio-economic pressures.
Research Supervisory team:
My research is supervised by:
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Research Wider Research Interests:
Research expertise/interests
- People-place/environment relationship
- Environmental social sciences
- Environmental Policy
- Human Geography
- Policy and Comparative Analysis
- Indigenous studies and environmental ethics
- Identity formation and change
- Migration and gender intersectionality
- Language, religion, and migration
- Climate change-induced migration
- Displacement and transnationalism
- Diaspora studies
- Mixed methods and innovative methodologies
Education:
January 2017 January 2023
The University of Exeter
PhD Project: Investigating the effect of migration induced by climate and socioeconomic pressures on place attachment and transnational belonging among the Tuvaluan communities in New Zealand.
Thesis Title: “The Story of the Moving Islanders: Exploring Tuvaluan Migrants' Place Attachment and Sense of Belonging between the Homeland and the Host Land”
Professional Development:
2019-08-28
Conferences/Symposiums-Royale Geographical Conference - London 2019
2019-07-13
Summer School-Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis
2019-06-10
Summer School-Designing Research with Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) POCM101
2019-06-03
Summer School-Comparative Case Study Design POCM102
2019-05-09
NCRM Methods courses -Observational and Ethnographic methods Course
2018-09-06
Graduate School Skills Workshops-ECR Career Network
The workshop aimed to discuss writing, publishing, and ECR career development in general.
2018-08-29
Conferences/Symposiums-RGS - Royal Geographical Society - Annual International Conference
The 2018 Annual International Conference took place at Cardiff University from Tuesday 28 August to Friday 31 August 2018.
2018-07-13
Graduate School Skills Workshops-Doing Ethnography
The workshop aimed at exploring the underlying principles and practices of ethnographic research, which, broadly speaking, involves studying people 'at first hand', in detail, usually at length and in the context in which they live, work, play etc. By exploring and problematizing early anthropological approaches, we will trace critiques and developments that take ethnography ‘off the veranda’ and into somewhat more reflexive and sensitive terrain. The workshop covered :
Key ethnographic concepts and approaches
Important ethnographic studies
Critiques, strengths and weaknesses.
2018-07-04
Conferences/Symposiums-The NCRM Research Methods Festival at the University of Bath
The research festival covered a wide variety of research topics, methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research), and keynote speakers who presented substantial research projects and insightful paradigms to conduct an impactful research. The participation of SAGE publshiong was also quite instrumental in terms exhibiting instrumental research books and materials.
2018-06-26
Graduate School Skills Workshops-Sprint Womens Development Programme for Female PGRs
Sprint is the ground-breaking personal development programme designed for female students of all ages. The Programme consists of 3½ days of intensive practical workshop sessions covering a range of key topics which can help you manage your study, work and personal development.
2018-05-09
Graduate School Skills Workshops-NCRM Workshop: Interpretive Political Science
A three-day training workshop designed by NCRM and delivered at the university of Southampton. The workshop aimed at defining Interpretive Political Science, interpretive theory, presenting useful methodologies such as ethnographic research, mixed methods and tools such as interviews. Other topics such as publication, dissemination and writing skills were also introduced.
2018-02-20
Graduate School Skills Workshops-LTHE Stage 1 - Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Programme
This one-day course was designed to develop understanding and skills for learning and teaching in Higher Education.
2018-02-13
Graduate School Skills Workshops-Networking Essentials
This session aimed to help the students learn how to build new relationships to expand network of professional contacts.
2017-11-29
Graduate School Skills Workshops-Managing People
This session offered an introduction to managing people including some of the basic principles of performance management and a framework to help the student get the best out of people.
2017-10-23
Graduate School Skills Workshops-Efficient Reading and Preparing for Literature Review
This session explored the scope and characteristics of a good literature review. It also provided guidance on effective reading and information management.
0000-00-00
Graduate School Skills Workshops-LTHE Stage 2 - Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Programme
The second stage of the LTHE Programme enabled us to look in more depth at learning, teaching, student support, assessment and evaluation. It comprised four three-hour afternoon sessions, in consecutive weeks.
