Dr Lucy Lowe joins the School of Social and Political Science and the Institute of Health and Wellbeing in September 2016 as Lecturer in Global Health. Lucy received her PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Edinburgh in 2015. Prior to coming to Glasgow, Lucy worked as a Teaching Fellow in Medical Anthropology at the University of Edinburgh, teaching across programmes in Social Anthropology and International Development.

Lucy’s research interests lie at the intersection of the social, political, medical, sexual, and religious implications of reproduction and motherhood. Her research draws together health, gender, and refugee and migration studies, with a broad focus on the relationship between reproductive decisions and forced migration. She has conducted extensive ethnographic research with Somali refugees living in Kenya, and is interested in migration in the Horn and East Africa. Her current research examines how Somalis in the diaspora and within Somalia transnationally share and shape knowledge on sexual and reproductive health. How do meanings and practices of motherhood shift through protracted conflict, displacement, and migration? This research examines how differing medical contexts and approaches to health, rights, and justice, inform how and why women access reproductive health care.

First published: 11 August 2016

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