Dr Naomi Tyrrell
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Dr Naomi Tyrrell

Visiting Research Fellow

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Biography

Biography

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I am a Social Research Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Plymouth.

Research: http://www.researchyourway.com/

How to Move Home with Kids: http://www.naomityrrellphd.com/

Brexit and CEE young people: http://www.migrantyouth.org/

My research and teaching interests are in the broad field of population geography, with a focus on family migration processes and children's geographies. My recently completed projects have been focused on the experiences of CEE migrant families in the context of Brexit, mobilities of armed forces families, researcher mobility and family life in Europe, the impacts of child migration on later-life migration, language and intergenerational relationships in migrant families.

Qualifications

PhD Geography, University of Wales (2006)
Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University College Cork (2007)

BA (Hons) Geography, 1st Class, University of Wales Swansea (2002)

2018-present: Visiting Research Fellow, University of Plymouth
2016-18: Senior Research Fellow (ESRC), University of Plymouth
2010-16: Lecturer (permanent) in Human Geography, University of Plymouth
2006-10: Marie Curie Research Fellow & Lecturer in Migration Studies, University College Cork                        
2004-6: Social Researcher, Opinion Research Services, Swansea

Research

Research

Research interests

  • Migration and mobilities
  • Geographies of children and young people
  • Intergenerational geographies
  • Qualitative and mixed research methods

 

Grants & contracts

Grants
2016-2019: ESRC, 'Here to Stay?' Identity, Belonging and Citizenship Among Eastern European Settled Migrant Children in the UK (a decade after EU enlargement) (with Dr Daniela Sime, University of Strathclyde, & Dr Marta Moskal, University of Glasgow), £426,000 

2015-2016: Institute of Health and Community, PU, 'Mobilities of Children in Military Families' (with Dr Richard Yarwood and Dr Julia Morgan), £1100

2014-2015: HMS Heroes, 'Mobilities of Children in Military Families' (with Dr Richard Yarwood) (undisclosed)

2013-2015: British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant, 'Impacts of Children's Residential (Im)Mobility on Migration in Later Life' (with Dr Nissa Finney, University of Manchester), £7000

2011-2012: Geography Pump-Priming Fund, 'Migrant Families: Language, Identities and Socialisation' (with Dr Pedro Gujarro-Fuentes, Plymouth Business School), £3000

2010-2015: Marie Curie Reintegration Grant, 'Scientific Mobility and Family Life in Europe', €45,000

2010: ESF Conference and Travel Grant, €1030

2009: Marie Curie Intra-EU Fellowship, ‘Children of Mobile Scientists in Europe’, €165,000 (successful but declined)

2008-2009: Co-PI, ‘Children and Global Change: Experiencing Migration, Negotiating Identities', RGS Pump-Priming Grant, £5000 

2008: 'European Cultural Policies and Youth Participation in Transnational Context’, HERA Networking Grant (Marie Curie Migrant Children Team), €2000 

2008: Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences Norface Networking Grant (Marie Curie Migrant Children Team), €2000 

2008: RGS Research Group funding for Geographies of Children, Youth and Families Workshop ‘Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Families’ £350 

2008: Royal Irish Academy Mobility Grant to visit University of Stockholm, €1195 

2007: Wenner-Gren Anthropological Foundation Conference Funding, £1500 

2002-2005: Full PhD Scholarship and Fee-Waiver, University of Wales

Contracts
2011: UK National Expert, Support for Newly Arrived Migrant Children, European Commission 
http://ec.europa.eu/education/more-information/reports-and-studies_en.htm#migrant

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Sime D, Tyrrell N, Käkelä E & Moskal M (2022) 'Performing whiteness: Central and Eastern European young people’s experiences of xenophobia and racialisation in the UK post-Brexit' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 48, (19) 4527-4546 , DOI
Yarwood R, Tyrrell N & Kelly C (2021) 'Children, military families and soldier citizenship' Geoforum 126, 253-262 , DOI Open access
Kallis G, Yarwood R & Tyrrell N (2020) 'Gender, spatiality and motherhood: intergenerational change in Greek-Cypriot migrant families in the UK' Social & Cultural Geography 1-18 , DOI Open access
Sime D, Moskal M & Tyrrell N (2020) 'Going Back, Staying Put, Moving On: Brexit and the Future Imaginaries of Central and Eastern European Young People in Britain' Central and Eastern European Migration Review 9, (1) 85-100 , DOI
Botterill K, McCollum D & Tyrrell N (2018) 'Negotiating Brexit: Migrant spatialities and identities in a changing Europe' Population, Space and Place 25, (1) e2216-e2216 , DOI
Tyrrell N, Sime D, Kelly C & McMellon C (2018) 'Belonging in Brexit Britain: Central and Eastern European 1.5 generation young people's experiences' Population, Space and Place 25, (1) Author Site , DOI Open access
Kallis G, Yarwood RB & Tyrrell N (2018) 'Translocal space across migrant generations: the case of a Greek orthodox church in the UK' Population, Space and Place , DOI Open access
Tyrrell NVV & Moskal M (2015) 'Family Migration Decision-Making, Step-Migration and Separation: Children’s Experiences in European Migrant Worker Families' Children's Geographies , DOI
Tyrrell N (2015) 'Transnational Migrant Children’s Language Practices in Translocal Spaces' Diskurs Kindheits- und Jugendforschung 10, (1) 11-23 , DOI
Tyrrell N & Harmer NA (2015) 'A good move? Young people’s comparisons of rural and urban living in Britain' Childhood , DOI
Tyrrell NVV, Guijarro-Fuentes P & Blandon C (2014) 'Intergenerational Heritage Language Practices: A Case Study of Spanish-Speaking Families in Britain' Applied Linguistics Review 5, (2) 307-328 , DOI
Yarwood R, Tyrrell N & Hill J (2012) 'Guest editorial' Geography 97, (3) 114-115
Yarwood R & Tyrrell N (2012) 'Why children's geographies?' Geography 97, (3) 123-128 , DOI
Laoire CN, White A, Tyrrell N & Carpena-Mendez F (2012) 'Children and young people on the move: geographies of child and youth migration' GEOGRAPHY 97, 129-134 Author Site
Yarwood R, Tyrrell N & Hill J (2012) 'Children's and young people's geographies Foreword' GEOGRAPHY 97, 114-115 Author Site
White A & Bushin N (2011) 'More than methods: learning from research with children seeking asylum in Ireland' Population, Space and Place 17, (4) 326-337 , DOI
Bushin N & White A (2010) 'Migration politics in Ireland: exploring the impacts on young people's geographies' AREA 42, (2) 170-180 Author Site , DOI
White A, Bushin N, Carpena-Mendez F & Ni Laoire C (2010) 'Using visual methodologies to explore contemporary Irish childhoods' QUAL RES 10, (2) 143-158 , DOI
Bushin N (2009) 'Researching Family Migration Decision-Making: A Children-in-Families Approach' POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE 15, (5) 429-443 Author Site , DOI
Bushin N (2008) 'Quantitative Datasets and Children’s Geographies: Examples and Reflections from Migration Research' Children’s Geographies 6, (4) 451-457
Bushin N (2007) 'Interviewing with Children in their Homes: Putting Ethical Principles into Practice and Developing Flexible Techniques' Children's Geographies 5, (3) 235-251 , DOI
Bushin N (2007) 'Interviewing Children in their Homes: Developing Flexible Techniques and Putting Ethical Principles into Practice' Children’s Geographies 5, (3) 235-251
Tyrrell NVV, White A, Ni Laoire C & Carepena-Mendez F 'Children's Roles in Transnational Migration' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 37, (8) 1159-1170 , DOI
Editorial comments
Yarwood RB & Tyrrell N (2012) 'Why children's geographies?' Geography 97, 114-115
Ni Laoire C, Carpena-Mendez F, Tyrrell N & White A (2010) 'Special Issue Editorial: Children and Migration: Identities, Home and Belongings' Childhood 17, (2) 155-162
Books
Ní Laoire C, Carpena-Méndez F, Tyrrell N & White A (2016) Childhood and Migration in Europe. Routledge , DOI
Tyrrell N, White A, Laoire CN & Mendez FC (2012) Transnational Migration and Childhood. Routledge
Tyrrell N, White A, Laoire CN & Mendez FC (2012) Transnational Migration and Childhood. Routledge
Ni Laoire C, Carpena-Mendez F, Tyrrell N & White A (2011) Childhood and Migration in Europe:Portraits of Mobility, Identity and Belonging in Ireland. Ashgate Publishing Limited
Darmody M; Tyrrell N; Song S (2011) The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children. Rotterdam Sense
Tyrrell N, Darmody M & Song S (2011) INTRODUCTION: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children in Ireland.
(2011) The Changing Faces of Ireland. SensePublishers , DOI
Chapters
White A & Tyrrell N (2017) 'Research with Children Seeking Asylum in Ireland: Reflecting on Silences and Hushed Voices' Methodological Approaches Springer Singapore 179-197 , DOI
Tyrrell N & Kallis G (2016) 'Children in Transnational Migration' , DOI
White A, Tyrrell N, Carpena-Méndez F & Ní Laoire C (2016) 'Migrant Children, Global Consumer Culture, and Multiple Belongings: Children’s Experiences of Migrating to Ireland' Movement, Mobilities, and Journeys Springer Singapore 369-387 , DOI
Smith DP, Finney N & Walford N (2016) 'Internal Migration' Routledge , DOI
Tyrrell NVV (2016) 'Making use of secondary data' in Clifford N; Cope M; Gillespie T; French T Key Methods in Geography Sage
White A, Tyrrell N, Carpena-Méndez F & Ní Laoire C (2016) 'Migrant Children, Global Consumer Culture, and Multiple Belongings: Children’s Experiences of Migrating to Ireland' Movement, Mobilities, and Journeys Springer Singapore 1-19 , DOI
Tyrrell N & Kallis G (2015) 'Children in Transnational Family Migration' Movement, Mobilities and Journeys Springer Singapore 1-18 , DOI
White A, Tyrrell N, Carpena-Méndez F & Ní Laoire C (2015) 'Migrant Children, Global Consumer Culture, and Multiple Belongings: Children’s Experiences of Migrating to Ireland' Movement, Mobilities and Journeys Springer Singapore 1-19 , DOI
White A & Tyrrell N (2015) 'Research with Children Seeking Asylum in Ireland: Reflecting on Silences and Hushed Voices' Methodological Approaches Springer Singapore 1-19 , DOI
White A, Carpena-Mendez F, Ni Laoire C & Tyrrell NVV (2013) 'Children's Words, Children's Worlds: exploring the experiences of migrant children in Ireland' in Gilmartin M; White A Migrations: Ireland in a Global World Manchester Manchester University Press
Tyrrell NVV, White A, Ni Laoire C & Carpena-Mendez F (2012) 'Conclusion: Future Directions in Research on Transnational Migration and Childhood' in Tyrrell N; White A; Laoire CN; Mendez FC Transnational Migration and Childhood
White A, Ni Laoire C, Tyrrell NVV & Carpena-Mendez F (2012) 'Introduction: Children’s Roles in Transnational Migration' in Tyrrell N; White A; Laoire CN; Mendez FC Transnational Migration and Childhood New York Routledge
White A, Bushin N, Carpena-Mendez F & Ni Laoire C (2012) 'Using Visual Methodologies to Explore Contemporary Irish Childhoods' in Hughes J SAGE Visual Methods SAGE Publications Limited
Tyrrell NVV (2011) 'Children's Agency in Family migration Decision-making in Britain' in Coe C; Reynolds R; Boehm D; Hess J; Rae-Espinoza H Everyday Ruptures: Children, youth, and Migration in Global Perspective Tennessee Vanderbilt 23-38
Tyrrell NVV (2011) 'Children’s Agency in Family Migration Decision-Making in the UK' in Coe C; Reynolds R; Bohem D; Meredith Hess J; Rae-Espinoza H Everyday Ruptures: Children, Youth and Migration in Global Perspective Nashville Vanderbilt Press
Darmody M, Tyrrell N & Song S (2011) 'Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children in Ireland: New Challenges and New Opportunities' The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children's Experiences Rotterdam Sense
Tyrrell NVV, Darmody M & Song S (2011) 'Introduction: Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children in Ireland' The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children's Experiences Rotterdam Sense
Tyrrell NVV (2011) ''Of course, I'm not Irish': Migrant Young People and Social Integration in Ireland' in Crowley C; Linehan D Spacing Ireland Manchester Manchester University Press
Darmody M, Tyrrell N & Song S (2011) 'CONCLUSION: Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children in Ireland: New Challenges and New Opportunities' The Changing Faces of Ireland: Exploring the Lives of Immigrant and Ethnic Minority Children 253-259
Bushin N (2008) 'Interviewing Children in their Homes: Developing Flexible Techniques and Putting Ethical Principles into Practice' in van Blerk L; Kesby M Doing Children's Geographies: Methodological Issues in Research with Young People New York; London Routledge 9-25
(2007) 'Global Perspectives on Rural Childhood and Youth' Routledge , DOI
Bushin N, Ansell N, Adriansen H, Laateenma J & Panelli R (2007) 'Further conceptualising context and identity in young rural lives' in Panelli R; Punch S; Robson E Global Perspectives on Rural Childhood and Youth London; New York Routledge
Conference Papers
Yarwood R, Tyrrell N & Kelly CL (2015) 'Young People, Military Families and Citizenship: War Babies or Heroic Citizens?' Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Annual Conference. Geographies of the Anthropocene University of Exeter 9-/-0/20159-/-0/2015