Project description
Roma migration and inclusion strategies in education
In the 1990s, Roma faced racial violence and discrimination in the Czech Republic, prompting many to migrate to the United Kingdom. Supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the EquitableChance project will conduct up to 30 interviews with Roma individuals holding higher education degrees who have improved their life chances through migration. The project will compare these findings with recent data from the Czech Republic and review relevant policies in both countries. It aims to identify strategies used by Roma for inclusion in education and social settings, and how institutional policies may help or hinder their progress, contributing to Europe’s strategy for new skills and jobs.
Objective
To escape racial violence and discrimination, many Roma people moved from the Czech Republic (CR) to the United Kingdom (UK) in
the 1990s. Using an interdisciplinary, phenomenological approach, the Fellow will conduct up to 30 in-depth, personal interviews
with Roma people who hold higher education degrees, and whose life-chances improved significantly as a result of their migration.
Compared with similar data recently collected in the CR, and complemented by a documentary review of relevant policies and
practices in the UK and the CR, the findings will highlight strategies that Roma people use towards inclusion in educational and social
settings, and how institutional/policy approaches may aid or hinder this in both countries.
This study goes beyond state-of-the-art research by counter-balancing the large body of deficit-focused literature, which
pathologises marginalised groups. It will use the intersectionality lens, and novel cultural psychology insights to explore not only how
structural and systemic conditions that create inequalities increase vulnerability, but also how policies which leverage the potential
inherent in Roma cultures and identities can facilitate resilience, well-being and educational attainment. Understanding how
strengths-based models can be built on target populations’ perspectives, and interventions designed in culturally consonant ways, is
of interest not only to practitioners and policy-makers, but also to racialised/marginalised minority individuals.
By facilitating educational attainment of marginalised persons, to enhance their employment prospects, this project will contribute to
fulfilling the Europe 2020 Strategy for New Skills and Jobs. It will enable UK education professionals to better understand their
students’ socio-cultural backgrounds, and aid higher education institutions in promoting diversity across Europe. The proposed
research, training and knowledge transfer will enhance the future prospects of both the Fellow and ARU.
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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CM1 1SQ Chelmsford
United Kingdom
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