Profiles
Ms Claudia Blandon
Research Assistant
SERIO (Research & Innovation)
Role
Research Assistant
Qualifications
M.A. International Human Rights Law (2008-2010), American University in Cairo, Egypt
Thesis topic: Legal Evolutions &Legacies: The Saharawi & Self-determination. Fieldwork in five refugee camps in the Algerian Sahara
Graduate Diploma in Migration & Refugee Studies (2008), American University in Cairo, Egypt
B.A. Sociology & Anthropology (1998-2002), Florida International University, Miami USA
Research interests
My Research interests are mainly in human rights, right to education, inclusion, migration and outdoor education.
Other research
2010: Conducted qualitative research in five refugee camps in Southern Algeria
2013: Qualitative needs assessment of female asylum seekers in Plymouth
2013: Conducted fieldwork in a project with Spanish-speaking migrants in the south west of England.
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
Articles
2014
'Intergenerational language practices: a case study of Spanish-speaking families in Britain'
Applied Linguistics Review 5
5,
305-325
Conference Papers
2014
'Under the open sky: Supporting young people´s well-being through outdoor experiences in formal and non-formal education-European perspectives'
Internet Publications
2014
'Book Review: Cross-cultural perspectives on early childhood, Edited by Theodora Papatheodorou and Janet Moyles, 2012, London: Sage,'
Reports
2014
Feeling their way: women and children using music to navigate transitions form domestic violence.
2014
The Power of Songs: and Evaluation of Plymouth Music Zone’s Keepsinging Keepsake’ Project.
Additional information
Member of the European Institute for Outdoor Adventure Education & Experiential Learning (EOE Network)
Links
http://www.eoe-network.eu/home/