Camila Ferreira Marinelli We’re delighted to welcome Cristóbal Mora Bieli-Bianchi to the Centre for Minorities Research. Cristóbal works across social science and journalism. His PhD project explores the working and everyday lives of 19 rural journalists in Norway and Spain. He interviewed each of them in their own localities and spent time getting to know small rural communities … Read more
We are happy to introduce Grace Risucci, who has recently joined us as our new Creative Intern. We’re thrilled to have her on board and look forward to the energy and creativity she’ll bring to the team. Grace is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of St Andrews, with interests in US immigration policy, … Read more
We are pleased to share the latest episode of My Life In…In this episode, Dr Nathalie Ortar, senior researcher in anthropology at the Transport, Urban Planning and Economics Laboratory, University of Lyon, speaks with Florence Gilbert, Director General of Wimoov, an organisation dedicated to promoting inclusive and sustainable mobility. Florence reflects on how Wimoov grew from … Read more
When healthcare research, biomedical datasets, and diagnostic tools are built predominantly around white, Western populations, what happens to everyone else? In Episode 4, Hani Nasar, Master’s student in Health Data Science at the University of St Andrews, explores the persistent underrepresentation of minority ethnic groups in healthcare research—and the real-world consequences of being left out. From … Read more
In this episode of My Life In…, Dr Ana Gutiérrez Garza speaks with Alejandra Ancheita, founder and Executive Director of ProDESC (Project on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights), about her professional journey defending labour, environmental, and human rights in Mexico. Together, they reflect on the realities of working alongside Indigenous peoples, migrant workers, and communities affected … Read more
We are delighted to congratulate Dr Camila Ferreira Marinelli, CMR Associate and researcher at the Centre for Minorities Research, on the publication of her chapter in the new Berghahn Books volume: Educating Otherwise: Contexts, Interventions and Radical Possibilities of Anthropological Learning Camila’s chapter, “Decolonial Praxis: The Experiences of Indigenous Academics in Brazil,” draws on her doctoral research at … Read more
In Episode 3 of Season 5, Luci Portugal Vidal (Mlitt International Security Studies) in speaks with Aleksejs Ivashuk, founder of Apatride Network and a leading advocate on statelessness in Europe, about the realities of life without legal nationality. Moving beyond statelessness as a legal category, the conversation explores how non-recognition shapes access to rights, education, healthcare, work, mobility, identity, and … Read more
We are pleased to share the latest episode of My Life In…, the podcast from the Centre for Minorities Research. In this episode, Professor Alice König speaks with Will Dalziel and Dr Patrícia Martuscelli about their professional journeys and experiences working on issues related to conflict, migration, peacebuilding, and youth engagement. The conversation explores career … Read more
In this episode, Evgeniya Pakhomova, a social anthropologist specialising in Russian antiwar activism, interviews Lana Pylaeva, an indigenous activist from the republic of Komi and director of regional media Komi.Daily. Evgeniya presents the context for the new wave of Indigenous activism that emerged in response to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, while … Read more
In this episode of the CMR Podcast, Esther Zitterl (PhD researcher in Black British literature and the Windrush legacy, School of English, University of St Andrews) speaks with novelist Dr Ashley Hickson-Lovence about his 2026 novella About to Fall Apart (Faber). Told in verse across three days, the book follows Aidy — a man of mixed Irish-Caribbean … Read more