Research clusters
The clusters identified below are proposed as ways of coordinating bids, partnership development, themed activities, funding workshops, scholarships etc. The clusters are not meant to be mutually exclusive not is membership of a cluster a pre-requisite for involvement with the network. Network members can be part of more than one cluster as they see fit.
If you would like to become a member of any particular cluster, please email gramadmin@glasgow.ac.uk
If you feel there is scope for additional clusters that you would be prepared to take forward please don’t hesitate to contact us.
| Cluster Title | Cluster leader(s) | Research Themes | |
| Care, Health, Trauma |
Ima Jackson | Access to health care | Primary care |
| Access to statutory care | Public health | ||
| Aid | Racism | ||
| Domestic violence | Trauma | ||
| Gender | Women | ||
| Nursing and training | |||
| Children | Evelyn Arizpe | Charity | Families |
| Detention of children | Religion | ||
| ESOL/EAL | Schools | ||
| Faith | Unaccompanied minors | ||
| Labour | Adult Education | Professional training | |
| Benchmarking English | Skills | ||
| Dispersal | Training | ||
| Financial Remittances | Training (formal and informal) | ||
| Forced Labour | Vocational Education | ||
| Labour force planning | |||
| GRAM PG Network | Anna Beesley / Claire Bynner | Communication | PG events & organisation |
| Conferences and publishing | Skills training | ||
| Networking | |||
| Housing | Destitution | Housing | |
| Geographies of home | Loss of home | ||
| Homelessness | Nature of home | ||
| Hospitality | Sanctuary | ||
| Identity | Keith Hammond | Audience | Ethnicity |
| Communication | Otherness | ||
| Cultural difference | Statelessness | ||
| Discourse | |||
| Immigration | Maria Fletcher | Definitions | Policy |
| Demography | Politics | ||
| Dispersal policy | Undocumented | ||
| Media | |||
| Languages | Elwira Grossman | ESOL/ EAL | Language rights |
| Intercultural communication | Training | ||
| Interpreting | Translation | ||
| Law | Sarah Craig | Decision making | Legal reasoning |
| Detention and Removal | Police | ||
| Human Rights | UKBA | ||
| Legal discourse | |||
| Narratives & Representation | Andy Smith | Cultural translation | Testimony |
| Journeys | Theatre | ||
| Literature | Tourism | ||
| Media | |||