Roda Madziva
Biographic Data
| ID | 138295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roda Madziva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roda |
| FAMILY NAME | Madziva |
| SIGNATURE | MADZIVA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2485-787X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 82 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Childhood and children's migration in the era of Covid‐19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa
This paper draws on research with a group of Zimbabwean orphaned young people. It explores their experiences of migrating to South Africa during the COVID‐19 period when official borders were closed. It draws attention to the complexities of south–south migration in the era of COVID‐19 in a way that situates the orphaned child migrants as having contradictory, fluid identities that are simultaneously victimised, agentic and infinitely more comple…
Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach
The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue ‘Childhoods and South-South Migration’ was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 38, Issue 5. This article should be cited as shown below. Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach David Monk, Elizabeth Walton, Roda Madziva, George Opio, Annemaaike Kruisselbrink, George Ladaah O…
Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach
This paper draws on empirical evidence from a 3‐year research project in Northern Uganda examining the educational experiences of refugees with disabilities. The authors present the compounded and interrelated challenges children with disabilities and their families face as they navigate their educational experiences and seek out opportunities to live well. The authors seek to make a contribution towards improving educational experiences by first…
Let us define ourselves”: Forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation
Our research contributes to the literature on migrant identity practice concerning the stigma associated with forced migrant status and the extent to which migrants appraise their reception in exile as undignified. Additionally, examining migrant identities allows the researchers to apprehend the diverse facets of identity as far as migrants are concerned. Future research may draw a larger sample to examine other impactful dimensions of identity …
Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa
International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system constraints, resource limitations and negative attitudes. Our concern is the intersectional and compounding effect of being a disabled refugee in Sub-Saharan Africa. Disabled refugees have been invisi…
Your name does not tick the box: The intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system
This article draws on research with Pakistani Christians seeking asylum in the UK, focusing on those with English/biblical names, exploring, firstly the relationship between names and religious persecution in the country of origin, and secondly the complex interaction between names, bodies, religion and nationality within the UK asylum system. It argues that in responding to the perceived threats of immigration and terrorism, British immigration …
Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: Opportunities and challenges
While existing research has shown the importance of the three interrelated domains of the wider policy, the school and home/community environments in the development of quality education for learners, this literature does not fully capture the experiences of the refugee population. In this article we focus on a group of Syrian refugees who came as part of the first large cohort that was welcomed in the UK in December 2015. We adapt Tikly’s qualit…
When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: Symbolic objects in the policing of migration
The ‘Go Home Van’ was the centrepiece of the UK government’s 2013 immigration enforcement campaign. Vehicles were driven around ethnically diverse London neighbourhoods clad with giant posters offering irregular migrants a choice between ‘voluntary departure’ and criminal arrest. Abandoned shortly afterwards in response to complaints, the GHV nonetheless had a significant impact on migrants. Through interviews and focus groups, this article inves…
Negotiating Employability: Migrant Capitals and Networking Strategies for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
In this paper we focus on highly skilled migration from Zimbabwe to the UK, exploring these migrants' social capital sources/structures and content. In doing so we pay attention to routes of migration and how they shape migrants' networking capabilities and patterns. We further take a Bourdieusian perspective and explore the intersection between social capital and cultural capital in the process of migrants' negotiation of employment opportunitie…
Communicating Employability: The Role of Communicative Competence for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
Transnational parenthood and forced migration: The case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws
Within transnational studies literature, there is a tendency to assume that migrant parents have ready access to paid work once they arrive in countries of destination, which subsequently enables them to maintain transnational ties with children and kin left behind. In this article I argue that more attention needs to be paid to the ways in which immigration regimes and policies construct certain groups of migrants, such as asylum-seekers, as und…
A gift exchange relationship? Reflections on doing qualitative research with vulnerable migrants
Recent reflections on the study of forced migration stress the importance of constructing ethically sound research relationships that both respect research participants as autonomous agents and protect them from all forms of harm in the research process. Although this is important, very little research in this area has focused directly on the production of intimacy in the research process and how intimate research relationships that are produced …
Transnational mothering and forced migration: Understanding the experiences of Zimbabwean mothers in the UK
A growing body of scholarship has documented the experiences of different groups of migrants involved in the maintenance and development of transnational families worldwide showing that proximity is not a prerequisite of family life and that families can successfully be done from a distance. While most work deals with the experiences of labour migrants less attention has been paid to forced migrants. Still little is known about families that fail…
Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: Opportunities and challenges
While existing research has shown the importance of the three interrelated domains of the wider policy, the school and home/community environments in the development of quality education for learners, this literature does not fully capture the experiences of the refugee population. In this article we focus on a group of Syrian refugees who came as part of the first large cohort that was welcomed in the UK in December 2015. We adapt Tikly’s qualit…
Transnational mothering and forced migration: Understanding the experiences of Zimbabwean mothers in the UK
A growing body of scholarship has documented the experiences of different groups of migrants involved in the maintenance and development of transnational families worldwide showing that proximity is not a prerequisite of family life and that families can successfully be done from a distance. While most work deals with the experiences of labour migrants less attention has been paid to forced migrants. Still little is known about families that fail…
Your name does not tick the box: The intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system
This article draws on research with Pakistani Christians seeking asylum in the UK, focusing on those with English/biblical names, exploring, firstly the relationship between names and religious persecution in the country of origin, and secondly the complex interaction between names, bodies, religion and nationality within the UK asylum system. It argues that in responding to the perceived threats of immigration and terrorism, British immigration …
Negotiating Employability: Migrant Capitals and Networking Strategies for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
In this paper we focus on highly skilled migration from Zimbabwe to the UK, exploring these migrants' social capital sources/structures and content. In doing so we pay attention to routes of migration and how they shape migrants' networking capabilities and patterns. We further take a Bourdieusian perspective and explore the intersection between social capital and cultural capital in the process of migrants' negotiation of employment opportunitie…
A gift exchange relationship? Reflections on doing qualitative research with vulnerable migrants
Recent reflections on the study of forced migration stress the importance of constructing ethically sound research relationships that both respect research participants as autonomous agents and protect them from all forms of harm in the research process. Although this is important, very little research in this area has focused directly on the production of intimacy in the research process and how intimate research relationships that are produced …
Transnational parenthood and forced migration: The case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws
Within transnational studies literature, there is a tendency to assume that migrant parents have ready access to paid work once they arrive in countries of destination, which subsequently enables them to maintain transnational ties with children and kin left behind. In this article I argue that more attention needs to be paid to the ways in which immigration regimes and policies construct certain groups of migrants, such as asylum-seekers, as und…
Communicating Employability: The Role of Communicative Competence for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: Symbolic objects in the policing of migration
The ‘Go Home Van’ was the centrepiece of the UK government’s 2013 immigration enforcement campaign. Vehicles were driven around ethnically diverse London neighbourhoods clad with giant posters offering irregular migrants a choice between ‘voluntary departure’ and criminal arrest. Abandoned shortly afterwards in response to complaints, the GHV nonetheless had a significant impact on migrants. Through interviews and focus groups, this article inves…
Childhood and children's migration in the era of Covid‐19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa
This paper draws on research with a group of Zimbabwean orphaned young people. It explores their experiences of migrating to South Africa during the COVID‐19 period when official borders were closed. It draws attention to the complexities of south–south migration in the era of COVID‐19 in a way that situates the orphaned child migrants as having contradictory, fluid identities that are simultaneously victimised, agentic and infinitely more comple…
Transnational mothering and forced migration: Understanding the experiences of Zimbabwean mothers in the UK
A growing body of scholarship has documented the experiences of different groups of migrants involved in the maintenance and development of transnational families worldwide showing that proximity is not a prerequisite of family life and that families can successfully be done from a distance. While most work deals with the experiences of labour migrants less attention has been paid to forced migrants. Still little is known about families that fail…
A gift exchange relationship? Reflections on doing qualitative research with vulnerable migrants
Recent reflections on the study of forced migration stress the importance of constructing ethically sound research relationships that both respect research participants as autonomous agents and protect them from all forms of harm in the research process. Although this is important, very little research in this area has focused directly on the production of intimacy in the research process and how intimate research relationships that are produced …
Transnational parenthood and forced migration: The case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws
Within transnational studies literature, there is a tendency to assume that migrant parents have ready access to paid work once they arrive in countries of destination, which subsequently enables them to maintain transnational ties with children and kin left behind. In this article I argue that more attention needs to be paid to the ways in which immigration regimes and policies construct certain groups of migrants, such as asylum-seekers, as und…
When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: Symbolic objects in the policing of migration
The ‘Go Home Van’ was the centrepiece of the UK government’s 2013 immigration enforcement campaign. Vehicles were driven around ethnically diverse London neighbourhoods clad with giant posters offering irregular migrants a choice between ‘voluntary departure’ and criminal arrest. Abandoned shortly afterwards in response to complaints, the GHV nonetheless had a significant impact on migrants. Through interviews and focus groups, this article inves…
Negotiating Employability: Migrant Capitals and Networking Strategies for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
In this paper we focus on highly skilled migration from Zimbabwe to the UK, exploring these migrants' social capital sources/structures and content. In doing so we pay attention to routes of migration and how they shape migrants' networking capabilities and patterns. We further take a Bourdieusian perspective and explore the intersection between social capital and cultural capital in the process of migrants' negotiation of employment opportunitie…
Communicating Employability: The Role of Communicative Competence for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK
Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: Opportunities and challenges
While existing research has shown the importance of the three interrelated domains of the wider policy, the school and home/community environments in the development of quality education for learners, this literature does not fully capture the experiences of the refugee population. In this article we focus on a group of Syrian refugees who came as part of the first large cohort that was welcomed in the UK in December 2015. We adapt Tikly’s qualit…
Your name does not tick the box: The intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system
This article draws on research with Pakistani Christians seeking asylum in the UK, focusing on those with English/biblical names, exploring, firstly the relationship between names and religious persecution in the country of origin, and secondly the complex interaction between names, bodies, religion and nationality within the UK asylum system. It argues that in responding to the perceived threats of immigration and terrorism, British immigration …
Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa
International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system constraints, resource limitations and negative attitudes. Our concern is the intersectional and compounding effect of being a disabled refugee in Sub-Saharan Africa. Disabled refugees have been invisi…
Let us define ourselves”: Forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation
Our research contributes to the literature on migrant identity practice concerning the stigma associated with forced migrant status and the extent to which migrants appraise their reception in exile as undignified. Additionally, examining migrant identities allows the researchers to apprehend the diverse facets of identity as far as migrants are concerned. Future research may draw a larger sample to examine other impactful dimensions of identity …
Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach
This paper draws on empirical evidence from a 3‐year research project in Northern Uganda examining the educational experiences of refugees with disabilities. The authors present the compounded and interrelated challenges children with disabilities and their families face as they navigate their educational experiences and seek out opportunities to live well. The authors seek to make a contribution towards improving educational experiences by first…
Childhood and children's migration in the era of Covid‐19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa
This paper draws on research with a group of Zimbabwean orphaned young people. It explores their experiences of migrating to South Africa during the COVID‐19 period when official borders were closed. It draws attention to the complexities of south–south migration in the era of COVID‐19 in a way that situates the orphaned child migrants as having contradictory, fluid identities that are simultaneously victimised, agentic and infinitely more comple…
Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach
The article listed below, intended for publication in the Special Issue ‘Childhoods and South-South Migration’ was inadvertently published in a regular issue, volume 38, Issue 5. This article should be cited as shown below. Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach David Monk, Elizabeth Walton, Roda Madziva, George Opio, Annemaaike Kruisselbrink, George Ladaah O…
Sociology (12 works) · Political science (11 works) · Gender Studies (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (7 works) · Refugee (7 works) · Gender Studies (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Social science (6 works)