The Centre for Minorities Research brings together researchers, students and practitioners from across the University of St Andrews and partner institutions worldwide. Our members work across the social sciences, humanities, law, medicine and biology.
Leadership
Founding Director
Professor Stavroula Pipyrou (Social Anthropology): European Minorities, Refugees, Displaced Populations (especially children), Governance, Humanitarianism.
Assistant Directors
Professor Caroline Humfress (History): Comparative History of Law and Legal Practice from Late Antiquity to the Present Day, History of Empires, Early Christian and Ecclesiastical Law.
Professor Nina Laurie (Human Geography): Development Geographies, Indigenous Knowledges and Education, Climate Extremes and Disaster Resilience, Amazonian and Andean Communities (Peru and Bolivia).
Dr Jeffrey Murer (International Relations): Ethnic Conflict (UK and Europe), Communal Violence, Terrorism, Youth Mobilization, Multiethnic Relations, Right-Wing Politics.
Centre Team
Dr Camila Ferreira Marinelli, Programme Coordinator (Social Anthropology): Ways of Knowing, Minorities, Education, Epistemology, Indigenous Epistemologies (Brazil).
Amara Eden Doshi, Social Media Intern (Social Anthropology): Anthropology of the Future, Creative Industries, Artificial Intelligence, Science and Technology Studies, Technological Futures.
Grace Risucci, Creative Intern (Public Policy): US Immigration Policy, minority rights, critical security studies, political theory, governance.
Advisory Board
Professor Alex Baldacchino (Medicine): Substance Misuse Problems, Physical and Psychological Comorbid Conditions, Minimising risk.
Dr Ale Boussalem (Human Geography): Race and Racialisation (Europe), LGBTQAI+ Geographies and Politics, Queer theory, Queer of colour critique, Intersectionality, Qualitative methods.
Dr Hannah Dean (Management): Gender, entrepreneurship, critical management studies, oral history.
Professor Lucy Fife Donaldson (Film Studies): Videographic criticism, film and television style, audiovisual design and ‘below-the-line’ labour, performance and the body.
Professor Nissa Finney (Human Geography): Ethnic Minorities, Race, Migration, Minorities (Europe), Inequalities.
Dr Kathryn Fredricks (Geography): Italian Colonialism, Eritrean Diaspora, Migrants and Refugees, Wellbeing.
Dr Paloma Gay y Blasco (Social Anthropology): Romanies, Marginality, Adoption, Refugees, Gender, Collaboration.
Dr Ana Paola Gutierrez Garza (Social Anthropology): Latin American migration, gender and social inequality in the UK, Spain and the United States.
Emeritus Professor Dina Iordanova (Film Studies): Representation of Minorities in Film and Media, Romani Representation, Minorities in Eastern Europe, Migrations/ Trafficking/ Refugees/ Displacement in Cinema and Media.
Dr Alice König (Classics): intellectual history/the history of science; intertextuality, socio-literary and cross-cultural interactions; battle narratives and the representation of war.
Dr Konrad Lawson (History): War Crimes, Political Retribution, Post-Colonial Histories.
Professor Fiona McCallum (International Relations): Minority Rights, Church-State Relations, Christian-Muslim Conflict, Interfaith Dialogue, Diasporic Humanitarian and Political Activism (UK).
Dr Victoria Miyandazi (Law): Constitutional Law, Equality Law, Human Rights, Administrative Law, Electoral Law, Property Law, Public International Law, and Comparative Law.
Dr Vassilios Paipais (International Relations): International Relations theory, international political theory, critical social theory, intellectual history, biopolitics.
Honorary Professor Frances Quirk (Medicine): Quality of Life, Health Systems, Health Services Research.
Dr Luke Rendell (Biology): Vocal communication and learning in cetaceans, cultural learning in other species including humans, animal vocalisations and human music.
Simon Pereira Shorey Disaster mitigation consultant, entrepreneur, transatlantic businessman and consultant.
Professor Rebecca Sweetman (Classics): Art and Architecture of Roman and Late Antique Greece, Religious architecture, Globalization and Christianization amongst others.
Dr Qingqing Yang (Ethnology): Space, Ethnic Minorities, Migrant Workers.
Visiting Scholars
Dr Ruxandra Ana (Social Anthropology): Cuban dance, tourism, migration, gender, bodies, feminist ethnography.
Cristóbal Mora Bieli-Bianchi (Social Science, Journalism): Rural Journalism, rural representations in the media, geographical approach to media, working conditions of local journalists, comparative approach (Norway & Spain).
Associates
Dr Emanuela Nadia Borghi (Social Anthropology): Medical Anthropology, Gender-based Violence, Mental Health, Narratives of Trauma, Female Migrations (Italy).
Rory Cassie (Social Anthropology): Minority Studies, Indigeneity, Sámi Studies, Post-Colonial Theory, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Theory, Northern Europe, Truth and Reconciliation, Nationalism.
Christina Chalache (Social Anthropology): Narrative and Storytelling, Political Anthropology, Post-War Reconciliation (Narratives of War), Anthropology of Childhood, Anthropology of the Middle East (Lebanon).
Dr Connor Eckersall (Social Anthropology): Gaelic Revitalisation, Ethnic Minorities, Nationalism, Language and Identity.
Dr Sarah Edgcumbe (Social Anthropology): Conflict, Peacebuilding, Structural Violence, Gender, Identity, Minority in conflict-affected environments.
Dr Manar Kawasmi (Social Anthropology): International Development (Middle East), Civil Society, Social Movements, Activism, Queer Politics.
Dr Antonio Montañes Jimenez (Social Anthropology): Anthropology of Christianity, Romani people, Immigrants, Social Movements (Spain).
Dr Roujing WU (Honorary Fellow, Fujian Jiangxia University): Ethnic Minority studies and Gender Studies (China).