Eldin Fahmy
- Research Fellow - BA (York) MSc (London) PhD (Bristol)
- Centre for the Study of Poverty and Social Justice
- Tel: +44 (0)117 954 6703
- Email: Eldin.Fahmy@bristol.ac.uk
Personal profile
From October 2002 Eldin will be working on a joint ESRC/DTLR funded research study; Citizenship and Attitudes towards Government/Governance. This builds upon earlier doctoral research at the School (details below). Since submission of his thesis he has been working at the School on a number of externally funded research projects. These include:
Anti-poverty strategy and social inclusion in Guernsey - Funded by The States of Guernsey (with Gordon, D., Heslop, P., Pantazis, C. and Patsios, D. - University of Bristol)
Poverty and Neighbourhood Renewal in West Cornwall - Funded by West Cornwall Local Strategic Partnership (with Gordon, D. and Cemlyn, S. - University of Bristol)
Power, Participation and Rural Community Governance - Funded by the ESRC Democracy and Participation Programme (with Edwards, W., Woods, M. and Anderson, J., University of Aberystwyth)
PhD Thesis; A Disconnected Generation? Young people's attitudes to politics and participation; (University of Bristol)
Teaching interests
Research Methodology. Inequality, social divisions and social policy. Youth and social policy.
Research interests
Youth, citizenship and political participation. Deprivation, social participation and citizenship. Power, participation and community governance. Community regeneration and social inclusion.
Research projects
Current
- Poverty and social exclusion in the UK
- Understanding the social impacts of UK climate change policies
Completed
- Understanding Social Exclusion Across the Life Course: Working Age Adults Without Dependent Children (2009)
- Monitoring the needs of children and young people in Poole (2008)
- Multimedia testimony on rural poverty and social exclusion (2008)
- Updating the fuel poverty indicator for England (2007)
- Review of the multi-dimensional measurement of social exclusion (2006)
- Understanding the transformation of the prospects of place (2006)
- Rural proofing and best practice in neighbourhood renewal (2005)
- ESRC postdoctoral fellowship (2004)
- Extension to poverty and social exclusion survey of Britain (2002)
- Guernsey survey of relative poverty (2002)
- Poverty and neighbourhood renewal in West Cornwall (2002)