Loritta Chan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3751788 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loritta Chan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loritta |
| FAMILY NAME | Chan |
| SIGNATURE | CHAN L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5188-8850 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Performing the city
The vision of decolonising research with children and young people remains unrealised when particular forms of knowledge production continue to be privileged while others are marginalised. Decolonisation entails recognising plural epistemologies and examining how knowledge is produced, transmitted, and legitimised. It also requires attention to the deep interconnections between knowledge, identity, and lived experience. In India, young people’s e…
A tale of two Youth Expert Groups ( YEGs )
This paper explores how research advisory groups can be a vehicle for youth activism. It draws on our experiences with young activists, aged 15–26 years, in India and Brazil, who were advisors on a research project focused on youth livelihoods in cities. These young people played a vital role in supporting youth researchers, identifying research themes and developing engagement and advocacy strategies. Through this paper, we explore how the Youth…
Reimagining institutional ethics procedures in research partnerships with young people across Majority/Minority World contexts
While institutional ethics are crucial, their application on the ground often creates tensions with what is considered ‘ethical'. This paper reflects on the dissonances between formal institutional ethics and community-based research. The focus is on a project involving young people from India and Brazil, where they actively contributed as co-researchers and advisors. The project's international collaboration encompassed partners from Majority an…
Revisiting schooling access and urban livelihoods
Investing in children’s schooling is one of the ways which families seek to improve their livelihoods in the city due to its potential for economic and social mobility, and access to a wider range of opportunities. However, it is not possible to discuss schooling outcomes without understanding the journeys of how families access schooling in the first place. In this critical review, I focus on India to unpack this question of access. I argue that…
Ethno-Caste influences on migration rates and destinations
Garbage Citizenship
When one thinks of infrastructure in globalizing cities, inter-city roads and bridges that allow for greater connectivity, airports, flashy malls, residential complexes and so on that build toward
Unsettled peace? The territorial politics of roadbuilding in post-war Sri Lanka
Of bombs and belts
Recently, much scholarship has been dedicated to exploring China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A majority of this work has focused on global dimensions of the BRI, typically considering notions of a changing geopolitical landscape or South-South cooperation. However, these grand narratives often displace local realities, especially in the arenas of local political conflict and environmental degradation. Using examples from Sri Lanka, we quest…
Environmental neglect
Of bombs and belts
Recently, much scholarship has been dedicated to exploring China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A majority of this work has focused on global dimensions of the BRI, typically considering notions of a changing geopolitical landscape or South-South cooperation. However, these grand narratives often displace local realities, especially in the arenas of local political conflict and environmental degradation. Using examples from Sri Lanka, we quest…
Unsettled peace? The territorial politics of roadbuilding in post-war Sri Lanka
Environmental neglect
Ethno-Caste influences on migration rates and destinations
Environmental neglect
Ethno-Caste influences on migration rates and destinations
Garbage Citizenship
When one thinks of infrastructure in globalizing cities, inter-city roads and bridges that allow for greater connectivity, airports, flashy malls, residential complexes and so on that build toward
Unsettled peace? The territorial politics of roadbuilding in post-war Sri Lanka
Of bombs and belts
Recently, much scholarship has been dedicated to exploring China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). A majority of this work has focused on global dimensions of the BRI, typically considering notions of a changing geopolitical landscape or South-South cooperation. However, these grand narratives often displace local realities, especially in the arenas of local political conflict and environmental degradation. Using examples from Sri Lanka, we quest…
Revisiting schooling access and urban livelihoods
Investing in children’s schooling is one of the ways which families seek to improve their livelihoods in the city due to its potential for economic and social mobility, and access to a wider range of opportunities. However, it is not possible to discuss schooling outcomes without understanding the journeys of how families access schooling in the first place. In this critical review, I focus on India to unpack this question of access. I argue that…
Reimagining institutional ethics procedures in research partnerships with young people across Majority/Minority World contexts
While institutional ethics are crucial, their application on the ground often creates tensions with what is considered ‘ethical'. This paper reflects on the dissonances between formal institutional ethics and community-based research. The focus is on a project involving young people from India and Brazil, where they actively contributed as co-researchers and advisors. The project's international collaboration encompassed partners from Majority an…
A tale of two Youth Expert Groups ( YEGs )
This paper explores how research advisory groups can be a vehicle for youth activism. It draws on our experiences with young activists, aged 15–26 years, in India and Brazil, who were advisors on a research project focused on youth livelihoods in cities. These young people played a vital role in supporting youth researchers, identifying research themes and developing engagement and advocacy strategies. Through this paper, we explore how the Youth…
Performing the city
The vision of decolonising research with children and young people remains unrealised when particular forms of knowledge production continue to be privileged while others are marginalised. Decolonisation entails recognising plural epistemologies and examining how knowledge is produced, transmitted, and legitimised. It also requires attention to the deep interconnections between knowledge, identity, and lived experience. In India, young people’s e…
Political science (8 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Water Governance and Infrastructure (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Children's Rights and Participation (3 works)