Dr Sonja Marzi
- Lecturer in Research Methods and Inequalities (Sociology)
email:
Sonja.Marzi@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Social and Political Science, University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, Bute Gardens, Room 616, G12 8RT
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-6945Biography
I am a Lecturer in Research Methods and Inequalities and joined the University of Glasgow in March 2022. Before joining the University of Glasgow, I was a fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (Department of Methodology), and I continue to hold a Visiting Fellow position at the Latin America and Caribbean Centre at the LSE.
My research draws on feminist, anti-racist and post-colonial theories and pushes the boundaries of collaboration and (remote) participatory research designs, focusing on (re)conceptualising gendered urban challenges in Colombia. Building on cutting-edge methods of using audio-visual digital methods (e.g., film and video) I co-produce knowledge on gendered urban inequalities with displaced women in Medellin and Bogota. In particular I contribute to new understandings about women’s resistance to multiple forms of violence, activism and negotiation of their urban futures in contexts and times of crisis.
My research has been funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK; The Fritz-Thyssen Foundation, Germany; and by an LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact fund, UK.
I received my Ph.D. from the University of East Anglia, Department of International Development, exploring young Colombians’ socio-spatial inequalities and aspirations in Cartagena; improving understandings of young people’s negotiations towards their desired futures.
Research interests
- Gendered inequalities in urban space
- Resistance to multiple forms of violence
- Violence and (chronic) trauma
- Displacement
- Women's activism & participation
- Feminist geographies
- Qualitative and feminist research methodology
- Participatory (visual) methods
- Remote qualitative and participatory research
Grants
2022 - Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund small grant scheme, £1693
2020 - ESRC Methods Development Grant, UK (PI: Dr Sonja Marzi, Co-I: Professor Rachel Pain and Dr Jen Tarr), £202,134
2020 - LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact Fund UK, £51,050
2019 - LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact Grant, UK, £1,495
2018 - Fritz Thyssen Foundation Research Project Grant, Research Project: ‘Migrant Women in Medellin and Their Right to the City’ (suspended in 2020 due to pandemic and extended until September 2022), €42,713
Professional activities & recognition
Editorial boards
- 2021: Qualitative Research
Professional & learned societies
- , Royal Geographical Society
