Department of Development Studies
Helina Shebeshe
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Key information
- Roles
- Department of Development Studies PhD researcher
- Department
- Department of Development Studies
- Qualifications
- BA (University of Toronto), MA (University of Bath), MSc (SOAS - University of London)
- Email address
- 662194@soas.ac.uk
- Thesis title
- “Ethiopians don’t do cricket” How do Ethiopian migrants in the United Kingdom understand and experience belonging? (Working Title)
- Internal Supervisors
- Dr Anna Lindley & Professor Laura Hammond
Biography
Helina is a PhD candidate at SOAS in the Department of Development Studies. Her PhD is focused on the question of ‘belonging’, specifically on how Ethiopian migrants to the UK understand and experience this concept in new and changing spaces. Helina has over five years of experience researching and working in the fields of migration, policy, asylum and refugee matters across Canada, Palestine, the Eastern Horn of Africa and the UK. Helina recently completed her MSc in Research for International Development (SOAS – University of London) and also holds a MA in International Relations (University of Bath) and BA in Political Science and Sociology (University of Toronto).
Research interests
Immigration Policy, Asylum Seekers and Refugees, African Diaspora, Belonging, Qualitative Research, Culture and Identity, Intersectionality, Transnationalism, Homing Desires.
