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Research interests
Migration, policy, racialisation and community participation
She is a co convenor ofasgow Refugee Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet: http://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/gramnet/
Board member for the ILFA project which supports communities of colour and migrants develop skills to navigate the discrimination they experience http://ilfaproject.org.uk/.
She supports through steering group membership a range of organisations such as Migrant Voice http://www.migrantvoice.org/ developed by communities to increase representation at all levels of social and political media engagement.
She is currently Principal Investigator on two projects: Development of a migrant skills recognition and accreditation hub for Scotland and Enhancing transcultural participation – through preventing female genital mutilation(FGM).
She is supervisor for PhD students working with Racialised communities. Interested to supervise MSc and PhD students researching aspects of migration, workrforce issues, migrant health and gender.
She is Chair of the Board for Centre for Contemporary Art CCA Glasgow;- the leading cultural hub for Glasgow https://www.cca-glasgow.com/about-cca/what-we-do
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Skills Recognition Hub for the Common Good (Phase 2)
Jackson, I. & Lennon, M.
1/04/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research Grant
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Skills Recognition Hub for the Common Good
Jackson, I. & Lennon, M.
1/01/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research Grant
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Moving beyond the ‘language problem': developing an understanding of the intersections of health, language and immigration status in interpreter-mediated health encounters
Piacentini, T., O’Donnell, C., Phipps, A., Jackson, I. & Stack, N., 4 May 2019, In: Language and Intercultural Communication. 19, 3, p. 256-271 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Immigration to Scotland from overseas: the experience of nurses
Jackson, I., 31 Aug 2018, New Scots: Scotland’s Immigrant Communities since 1945. Devine, T. M. & McCarthy, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Edinburgh University Press, (Studies in Scottish and Irish Migration).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Female genital mutilation: a form of gender based violence
Wasige, J. & Jackson, I., Dec 2017, The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Violence. Lombard, N. (ed.). 1st ed. Routledge , p. 196-207 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Public narratives of European citizenship: the dialogical citizen in the European public sphere
Mahendran, K., Jackson, I. & Kapoor, A., 2015, Discursive Governance in Politics, Policy, and the Public Sphere. Korkut, U., Mahendran, K., Bucken-Knapp, G. & Cox, R. H. (eds.). 1st ed. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 147-162 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Scottish Government’s proposals for an independent Scotland’s citizenship and immigration policies
Craig, S., Fletcher, M., Jackson, I., Mulvey, G. & Phipps, A., May 2014, Scottish Government.Research output: Other contribution