London Metropolitan University
Graduate Student, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSSH)
Ph.D. candidate
London Metropolitan University (LMU)
Thesis Title: 'Hidden' Orientations - Claiming Asylum on the Grounds of Sexual Orientation [in the UK]
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Dr Nicola Mai
Dr Irene Gedalof |
About
I am a PhD candidate within the Institute for the Study of European Transformations at London Metropolitan University. I was a recipient of the 2010 LMU Vice-Chancellor scholarship. Since 2010 I have been conducting my research fieldwork with people who claim asylum in the UK because of fear of persecution in their countries of origin due to their sexual orientation and, or gender identity. From the outset of my academic studies I have been interested in developing a critical analysis of the nexus between sexuality and migratory processes.
Important areas of my research interests and writings include: the formation of homonormative discourses within western LGBT politics, the instrumentalisation of sexual minorities that reinforces the divide between ‘queers of the West’ and ‘queers of the Global South’, queers and Islam and the emergence of sexual citizenship discourses within liberal democracies.
