Community Engagement Research Publications

See below for the 20 most recent publications from the Centre. For more please visit Goldsmiths Research Online.

When the patriarchy ‘fights back’! Assessing the role of credit microfinance in the empowerment of women in Malawi
Silavwe, Tughaniwe; and Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2025. When the patriarchy ‘fights back’! Assessing the role of credit microfinance in the empowerment of women in Malawi. SN Social Sciences, 5(10), 159. ISSN 2662-9283 [Article]

“I would want to see young people working in here, that’s what I want to see…” How peer support opportunities in youth justice services can support a Child First, trauma-informed, and reparative model of practice for Youth Justice.
Thompson, Naomi ; and Spacey, Morgan. 2025. “I would want to see young people working in here, that’s what I want to see…” How peer support opportunities in youth justice services can support a Child First, trauma-informed, and reparative model of practice for Youth Justice. In: Sean Creaney and Samantha Burns, eds. Co-production and Youth Justice. Abingdon: Routledge. [Book Section] (Forthcoming)

Reflections on being ‘outsider-insiders’ and ‘insider-outsiders’ - fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women
Thompson, Naomi ; and Nasimi, Rabia. 2025. Reflections on being ‘outsider-insiders’ and ‘insider-outsiders’ - fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section]

From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders
Thompson, Naomi ; Bright, Graham; and Hart, Peter. 2025. From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section]

Unaccompanied Afghan minors in the UK: integration dilemmas in retrospect
Sidiqi, Rohina; and Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2025. Unaccompanied Afghan minors in the UK: integration dilemmas in retrospect. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section]

Kwapatakwapata! Young Malawian girls trapped in predatory odysseys
Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2025. Kwapatakwapata! Young Malawian girls trapped in predatory odysseys. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 129-144. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section]

Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities
Callan, Brian; Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo ; and Thompson, Naomi , eds. 2025. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Edited Book] (In Press)

Challenging Patriarchy through Credit: Assessing Microfinance’s Role in Women Empowerment and Rural Development in Malawi
Silavwe, Tughaniwe; and Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2025. 'Challenging Patriarchy through Credit: Assessing Microfinance’s Role in Women Empowerment and Rural Development in Malawi'. In: The 87th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Salt Lake City, United States 30 July - 2 August 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Forthcoming)

Homosexuality in Malawi and the Global South: The Colonial Legacy
Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2025. 'Homosexuality in Malawi and the Global South: The Colonial Legacy'. In: The 87th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Salt Lake City, United States 30 July - 2 August 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Forthcoming)

Rethinking Perspectives: Misconceptions about Anti-Vaxxers within Black Communities in the Context of COVID-19 and Covid-19 Vaccine
Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2025. 'Rethinking Perspectives: Misconceptions about Anti-Vaxxers within Black Communities in the Context of COVID-19 and Covid-19 Vaccine'. In: The 87th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Hilton Salt Lake City Center, United States 30 July - 02 August 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Forthcoming)

Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report
Woodger, David ; Thompson, Naomi ; Law, Natalie ; and Freund-Williams, Leo. 2025. Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London, London. [Report]

Being a therapist in a time of climate breakdown
Frizell, Caroline ORCID logo . 2025. Being a therapist in a time of climate breakdown. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy: An International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice, ISSN 1743-2979 [Article] (In Press)

End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania
Pentaris, Panagiotis ORCID logo . 2025. End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania. In: Julia Morgan and Vincent La Placa, eds. Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 167-180. ISBN 9781032381237 [Book Section]

Can we walk a little slower? Ethics as a portal to hope, humility and playfulness in a precarious world.
Frizell, Caroline ORCID logo ; and Rova, Marina . 2025. 'Can we walk a little slower? Ethics as a portal to hope, humility and playfulness in a precarious world.'. In: 8th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Hope, Humility and Playfulness in a Precarious World. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 7 - 10 January 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item]

An Exploration of Lived Experiences of Sexually and Gender Diverse Staff Members in Higher Education: A Case Study
Pentaris, Panagiotis ORCID logo ; Dudley, Alan; Evans, David; Hocham, David; Yau, Carmen ORCID logo ; Matthews, Kassandra; and Hassan, Rania. 2025. An Exploration of Lived Experiences of Sexually and Gender Diverse Staff Members in Higher Education: A Case Study. Journal of Homosexuality, 72(7), pp. 1200-1221. ISSN 0091-8369 [Article]

Large Group as critical pedagogy in Higher Education: professional arts therapies training through experiential embodied learning
Frizell, Caroline ORCID logo ; and Law, Agnes . 2024. 'Large Group as critical pedagogy in Higher Education: professional arts therapies training through experiential embodied learning'. In: ECARTE 17h European Arts Therapies Conference. Ghent University, Belgium 11 -14 September. [Conference or Workshop Item]

The Re-Awakening Role of Social Workers in Policy-making following a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Education and Practice
Pentaris, Panagiotis ORCID logo . 2024. The Re-Awakening Role of Social Workers in Policy-making following a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Education and Practice. Ревија за социјална политика/Journal of Social Policy, 20(1), pp. 5-23. ISSN 1857-6052 [Article]

Migrant Respectability: An Intersectional Bourdieuan Approach to Iranian Migrants’ Experiences of Class and Religion
Fathi, Mastoureh; and Torbati, Atlas . 2024. Migrant Respectability: An Intersectional Bourdieuan Approach to Iranian Migrants’ Experiences of Class and Religion. In: Başak Akkan; Julia Hahmann; Christine Hunner-Kreisel, and Melanie Kuhn, eds. Overlapping Inequalities in the Welfare State: Strengths and Challenges of Intersectionality Framework. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 69-82. ISBN 9783031522260 [Book Section]

WEIRD: Political feeling and the emergence of dissent in Israeli Solidarity Activists
Callan, Brian . 2024. WEIRD: Political feeling and the emergence of dissent in Israeli Solidarity Activists. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest, 12(1), pp. 31-51. ISSN 2572-7184 [Article]

Trapped in Predatory Odysseys: The Cycle of Slavery and Exploitation for Unaccompanied Minors
Nkhoma, Pearson ORCID logo . 2024. 'Trapped in Predatory Odysseys: The Cycle of Slavery and Exploitation for Unaccompanied Minors'. In: ISPCAN Sweden Congress 2024. Uppsala, Sweden 18-21 August 2024. [Conference or Workshop Item]

Forthcoming publications 

The Routledge International Handbook of Glocal Social Work. Edited by Panagiotis Pentaris and Janet Walker. London: Routledge. Expected 2026. 

Weaponisation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Edited by Atlas Torbati and Doireann Larkins. London: Routledge. Expected 2027 

• Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report  Woodger, David; Thompson, Naomi; Law, Natalie and Freund-Williams, Leo. 2025. Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London, London.  

• Race and Social Media research project - interim findings reportWoodger, David; Thompson, Naomi and Law, Natalie. 2024. Race and Social Media research project - interim findings report. Project Report. Meta.  

• Evaluation Report of the Project: “It Takes a Village”. Black Caribbean Boys of Excellence  Paquete Pereira, Lara; Ferns, Colette and Woodger, David. 2023. Evaluation Report of the Project: “It Takes a Village”. Black Caribbean Boys of Excellence. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London, London.  

• Report for Sussex University Race Equality Charter 2023  Woodger, David. 2023. Report for Sussex University Race Equality Charter 2023. Other. University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton.  

• Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year Three Evaluation, 2022/23  Spacey, Meghan; Woodger, David and Thompson, Naomi. 2023. Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year Three Evaluation, 2022/23. Project Report. Young Brent Foundation, London. 

• Hegemonic Islamic masculinities: Contextualising a new form of hegemonic masculinities in the Iranian diaspora in the UK  Torbati, Atlas. 2024. Hegemonic Islamic masculinities: Contextualising a new form of hegemonic masculinities in the Iranian diaspora in the UK. Irish Journal of Sociology, ISSN 0791-6035  

• Iranian Zoomers, A Generation of Bravery, Hope and Invincibility - Discover Society  Torbati, Atlas. 2023. Iranian Zoomers, A Generation of Bravery, Hope and Invincibility - Discover Society. Discover Society: New Series, 3(1), 

Acceptance of and Adherence to a Four-Dose RTS,S/AS01 Schedule: Findings from a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation Study for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme Price, Jessica; Gurley, Nikki; Gyapong, Margaret; Ansah, Evelyn Korkor; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Gyasi, Samuel Fosu; Nkhoma, Pearson; Nyondo-Mipando, Alinane Linda; Okello, George; Webster, Jayne; Desmond, Nicola; Hill, Jenny and Gordon, W. Scott. 2023. Acceptance of and Adherence to a Four-Dose RTS,S/AS01 Schedule: Findings from a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation Study for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme. Vaccines, 11(12), 1801. ISSN 2076-393X 

Bernard, C. Gupta, A. Lakhanpaul, M. Sharma, A. & Peres, T. (2024)  Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating COVID-19 Challenges: A Community Cultural Wealth Perspective.  British Journal of Social Work. 54 (7): 2833-3423. 

Bernard, C. Greenwood, T. Henri, T. (2023) A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Designated Safeguarding Leads Responding to Child Protection Concerns in Fee-Paying Schools. Child Abuse Review, 32 (6): 1-9.   

• Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults  Pentaris, Panagiotis and Patlamazoglou, Lefteris, eds. 2023. Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults, Psychology & Sexuality, 14(4). 1941-9899 

• End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania  Pentaris, Panagiotis. 2025. End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania. In: Julia Morgan and Vincent La Placa, eds. Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 167-180. ISBN 9781032381237  

• Gender, Age and Identity  Pentaris, Panagiotis and Petricola, Mattia. 2024. Gender, Age and Identity. In: Douglas J. Davies, ed. A Cultural History of Death: Volume 6: A Cultural History of Death in the Modern Age. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781472536266  

• Immortality and Transhumanist Rituals  Pentaris, Panagiotis and Pitsillides, Stacey. 2024. Immortality and Transhumanist Rituals. In: , ed. Death and Bereavement Rituals in European Contexts. Congelia.  

• Speculative fiction and thanatological imagination: challenging the ethics of technological aliveness and (im)mortality  Pentaris, Panagiotisand Petricola, Mattia. 2024. Speculative fiction and thanatological imagination: challenging the ethics of technological aliveness and (im)mortality. In: Nina Lykke; Tara Mehrabi and Marietta Radomska, eds. Routledge Handbook of Queer Death Studies. Abingdon: Routledge.  

• Afterword  Pentaris, Panagiotis. 2023. Afterword. In: Daniel Enstedt and Lisen Dellenborg, eds. Culture, Spirituality and Religious Literacy in Healthcare: Nordic Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 232-242. ISBN 9781032320540