Past Projects
Research projects funded by national funding bodies:
- Oral history among the Congolese community in London led by CORECOG in collaboration with CRONEM. The project was funded by Heritage Lottery Fund (2008 - 2009) and led by Dr David Garbin. The main outcome of this project was the oral history book 'Roots and Routes: Congolese diaspora in multicultural Britain' (CRONEM/CORECOG).
- The first cross-national study of televisual representations of Islam as security threat with Prof Chris Flood as a co-investigator. This project was funded by the AHRC (2006 - 2009 ).
- A study of transnational religion in London, Johannesburg, Durban and Kuala Lumpur with Prof John Eade, Dr David Garbin and Dr Ann David who were working with the US Social Science Research Council (SSRC). They were researching Hindu, Muslim and Christian groups in London. This study was funded by the Ford Foundation (2006 - 2008).
- Prof John Eade was a member of the Steering Group of the Research Network ' From Diaspora to Multi-Locality: Writing British-Asian Cities' (2006 - 2008) led by Dr S. McLoughlin (University of Leeds) and funded by the AHRC Diaspora Programme.
- Representations of people and places between Britain and Bulgaria, a project funded by the British Academy (2006-2007). The participants included Prof Chris Flood, Prof John Eade, Prof Suman Gupta (Open University) and colleagues at the University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Research workshops were held at Plovdiv and the Bulgarian Embassy in London. The main outcome of the project was the volume 'Accession and Migration' (Ashgate) edited by Prof John Eade and Dr Yordanka Valkanova.
- A study of Polish migrant workers in London with Prof John Eade, Dr Michal Garapich and Dr Stephen Drinkwater. This study was funded by the ESRC (2005 - 2006) and was rated 'Outstanding' by the ESRC Council.
- An oral history project on British Bangladeshi collective memory and cultural heritage, a collaborative project between the Swadhinata Trust (Tower Hamlets) and CRONEM (Prof John Eade). The main outcome of this project was the oral history book 'Tales of Three Generations of Bangalis in Britain'. The project was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund (2005-2006).
- A study on new ethnicities among British Bangladesh and mixed-heritage youth led by Prof Martyn Barrett with Dr Marco Cinnirella (Royal Holloway), Prof John Eade and Dr David Garbin. This study was funded by the Leverhulme Trust (2005-2006).
Research projects funded from other sources:
- CRONEM Consultancy projects (2006-2010)
- A health inequality survey for Brent PCT (2006-2007) with Prof J. Eade and R. Banarsi (Imperial College, London).
- Improving accessibility for people from Black and Minority Ethnic Communities and Refugees and Asylum Seekers onto Aimhigher programmes across the South East Region (2005). Report
- The Bangladeshi Diaspora - Community Dynamics, Transnational Politics and Islamist Activities, a report for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (2005).
- A study of Gujarati early childrearing beliefs and practices in Brent in collaboration with Dr Begum Maitra, Dr Mitch Blair and Prof John Eade (2004). The study was funded by Brent PCT and the Joint Innovation Fund (Roehampton/Surrey).
Research Fellowships
- Dr Bindi Shah was awarded a three-year ESRC Research Fellowship to implement a programme of work that included a research project on the role of religion and religious institutions in shaping identity, belonging and citizenship among young Jains in the UK and USA. She was mentored by Prof John Eade. (2008 - 2010)
- Dr. Patrycja Matusz joined CRONEM (Oct - Dec 2007) on a Chevening Fellowship funded by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and administered by the British Council. She is a Lecturer at the University of Wroclaw in south-west Poland and an Associate Researcher at the Centre for Migration Research at the University of Warsaw.
- An ESRC-funded Post Doctoral Fellowship where Dr Georgie Wemyss was working with Prof John Eade as her mentor (2005-2007). Her book ‘The Invisible Empire: White Discourse, Tolerance and Belonging' (Ashgate) was one of the outcomes of her Fellowship with CRONEM.
