Nisha Kapoor
PhD student
CCSR
School of Social Science
Crawford House
University of Manchester
MANCHESTER
M13 9PL
nisha.kapoor@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Telephone: 0161 275 4589
PhD Project:
Re-examining ethnic geographies: Inequality and the neighbourhood context
Biographical Information:
I joined CCSR in 2004 as a part time student on the MSc Social Research Methods and Statistics Programme whilst also working at Stockport Council as a Policy and Research Officer. Having worked in local government for 5 years I became a full time member of CCSR in September 2006 as a doctoral student.
Research Interests:
- Socio-economic inequalities for ethnic minorities in the UK
- The historical political context of segregation in the UK
- The meaning and measurement of segregation/ integration/assimilation
- The meaning of space, place and ethnic minority geographies
- The use of both quantitative and qualitative research methods
Publications:
Kalra, V.S., and Kapoor, N. (forthcoming) ?Interrogating Segregation, Integration and the Community Cohesion Agenda? Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2009). Currently can be found as a working paper at http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/publications/working/
Conference Papers and Presentations:
"Interrogating segregation: South Asian geographies and Inequalities in the UK". European Population Conference, Barcelona, 11 July 2008.
Interrogating segregation: Examining the inequalities of South Asians in the UK". POPFEST Conference, University of Manchester, 25 June, 2008.
"Re-examining the geography and 'segregation' of South Asian ethnic groups in the UK", CCSR lunch time seminar, University of Manchester, 19 February, 2008.
(with V. Kalra). "Controlling and Disciplining South Asian Muslims in the UK". Indian Social Science Congress Conference, S.N.D.T. Women's University, Mumbai, 29 December, 2007
'The Meaning of Muslim Integration in Britain'. Presentation at the BSA Sociology of Religion Tenth Postgraduate Conference (Feb 2007, Bristol)
'Does Group Cohesion inhibit integration?' Presentation at the Harvard-Manchester Summer School in Immigration (June-July 2007, Manchester)
Teaching:
I am a teaching assistant for the Social Capital and Social Change module which is part of the MSc Social Change programme and also assist with the short course 'Measuring Diversity, Segregation and Integration' held by CCSR.