
Dr Sazana Jayadeva
About
Biography
I am a Research Fellow on the ERC-funded Eurostudents project, led by Prof. Rachel Brooks.
My research revolves around the broad and interrelated themes of education and inequalities, student migration and mobilities, and digital media, with regional focus on India and Europe.
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My qualifications
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ResearchResearch interests
My research revolves around the broad themes of education and inequalities, student migration and mobilities, and digital media, with regional focus on India and Europe. It can be divided into three broad streams:
I am currently working on the ERC-funded Eurostudents project, led by Prof. Rachel Brooks. The project investigates how the contemporary higher education student in Europe is conceptualised and the extent to which this differs both within nation-states and across them. The themes on which I have focused in this project include: the impact of marketisation on the student experience in different European countries, how higher education policy is enacted on the ground, the links between higher education and social mobility, and students' political activity.
The second stream of research in which I am involved is focused on student migration from India to Germany. This project explores the increasing popularity of Germany as a study destination among Indian students and the key role of social media platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube) in mediating Indian student mobility to Germany. It also examines how Covid-19 has impacted and reshaped prospective students plans to study in Germany as well as the experiences of Indians currently studying in Germany.
Finally, my doctoral research focuses on the relationship between education, class and language in post-liberalisation India. It explores the central role that English language proficiency has come to play in middle-class formation. It does so by examining people's journeys to acquire proficiency in English both within and outside the formal education system, with particular focus on low-cost English-medium schools and commercial spoken English training centres targeting adults. It illustrates how low-cost English-medium schools and spoken English training centres are creating new avenues for social mobility, while also reproducing existing inequalities and creating new categories of differentiation.
Methodologically, I have expertise in qualitative research methods including interviews, ethnographies, digital ethnographies, and visual and creative methods.
Research interests
My research revolves around the broad themes of education and inequalities, student migration and mobilities, and digital media, with regional focus on India and Europe. It can be divided into three broad streams:
I am currently working on the ERC-funded Eurostudents project, led by Prof. Rachel Brooks. The project investigates how the contemporary higher education student in Europe is conceptualised and the extent to which this differs both within nation-states and across them. The themes on which I have focused in this project include: the impact of marketisation on the student experience in different European countries, how higher education policy is enacted on the ground, the links between higher education and social mobility, and students' political activity.
The second stream of research in which I am involved is focused on student migration from India to Germany. This project explores the increasing popularity of Germany as a study destination among Indian students and the key role of social media platforms (Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube) in mediating Indian student mobility to Germany. It also examines how Covid-19 has impacted and reshaped prospective students plans to study in Germany as well as the experiences of Indians currently studying in Germany.
Finally, my doctoral research focuses on the relationship between education, class and language in post-liberalisation India. It explores the central role that English language proficiency has come to play in middle-class formation. It does so by examining people's journeys to acquire proficiency in English both within and outside the formal education system, with particular focus on low-cost English-medium schools and commercial spoken English training centres targeting adults. It illustrates how low-cost English-medium schools and spoken English training centres are creating new avenues for social mobility, while also reproducing existing inequalities and creating new categories of differentiation.
Methodologically, I have expertise in qualitative research methods including interviews, ethnographies, digital ethnographies, and visual and creative methods.
Supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
Postgraduate research supervision
I am currently co-supervising a PhD candidate at UCL Institute of Education, Cassie Zhang. Cassie's doctoral project focuses on Chinese education recruitment agents.