Professor Christina Pantazis
M.A.(Soton)
Current positions
Professor of Zemiology
School for Policy Studies
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Research projects
When Safeguarding becomes Stigmatising: A report on the impact of FGM-safeguarding procedures on people with a Somali heritage living in Bristol
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
31/05/2018 to 31/03/2019
Interdisciplinary public engagement event with the Somali communities in Bristol focused on young Somali wellbeing and outcomes
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Drawing on the concerns of the Bristol Somali forum we have identified the following themes for young people in the Somali communities which warrant further consideration and research effort:
• Mental…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
03/11/2017 to 28/02/2018
Comparative Policy Discourses of Poverty and Social Exclusion: Chile and the UK
Principal Investigator
Description
The project involves a collaboration between the Department of Social Work at the Alberto Hurtado University in Chile and the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research/School for Policy Studies at…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
21/06/2016 to 28/06/2016
Evidence and policy review: Domestic violence and poverty
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
This study provides a narrative review of evidence on the connections between poverty and domestic violence and abuse in the UK. Drawing upon existing data sources and a review of…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/06/2015 to 01/02/2016
Poverty and Social Exclusion in Hong Kong
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Dental SchoolDates
01/09/2011 to 28/02/2014
Thesis supervisions
Female Trajectories of Labour Market Exclusion and the Life Course in Korea
Supervisors
Lone Mothers Living in Poverty in Chile
Supervisors
European Immigration Policies as a Problem
Supervisors
Punishing safety crime in England and Wales: using penalties that work
Supervisors
Permanent exclusion of young men from secondary school and its influence on their offending and social exclusion in Belize City, Belize
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
24/07/2023Gendered and Racialised Epistemological Injustice in FGM-Safeguarding
Social and Legal Studies
Care Poverty: The unmet needs of those living with Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the UK
Care Poverty: The unmet needs of those living with Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the UK
Available evidence suggests that prevalence and risk of female genital cutting/mutilation in the UK is much lower than widely presumed - policies based on exaggerated estimates are harmful to girls and women from affected communities
International Journal of Impotence Research
Tolerated citizenship and FGM-safeguarding
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the UK: What can official data tell us?
Prevalence of Female Genital Cutting/Mutilation in the UK: What can official data tell us?
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