Dr Sonja Marzi
- Affiliate (School of Social & Political Sciences)
email:
Sonja.Marzi@glasgow.ac.uk
School of Social and Political Science, University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Building, Bute Gardens
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5338-6945Biography
I am an Assitant Professor at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands and an affiliated researcher in Sociology at the University of Glasgow. Before joining Radboud University in February 2024 I was a lecturer in Research Methods and Inequalities at the University of Glasgow, prior to that position 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 from 2018-2022.
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 2023), €42,713
Supervision
Professional activities & recognition
Editorial boards
- 2021: Qualitative Research
Professional & learned societies
- , Royal Geographical Society
