Olga Cara
Biographic Data
| ID | 4084667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Cara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Cara |
| SIGNATURE | CARA O |
| AFFILIATIONS | IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6241-989X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Caring at a Distance: Digital Anchors and the Relational Work of Academic Mobility
This article examines how Latvian early‐career researchers in the United Kingdom navigate academic mobility by cultivating relational moorings through digitally mediated practices in their professional and personal lives. We introduce the concept of digital anchors—socio‐technical infrastructures that sustain affective stability and continuity, and afford care under conditions of ongoing movement and precarity. Digital anchors are not reducible t…
Racial microaggressions on the initial teacher education programmes: Implications for Minority Ethnic Teacher Retention
The representation and retention in the teaching profession are lower for people from all minority ethnic groups in England. The most significant ethnic disparities were found to occur in the early career stages (Worth et al., 2022). This article draws on critical race theory to investigate how racism, in the form of racial microaggressions, contributes to these disparities. It shares the findings from a small-scale research project on student te…
Geography Matters: Explaining Education Inequalities of Latvian Children in England
This article explores the issue of “geography of education” focusing on the pivotal contribution of place to one’s education. The geographic location of schools and the administrative organisation of local authorities that are responsible for state schools in England create sociospatial inequalities that are associated with individual life‐course trajectories and can contribute to the intergenerational transfer of disadvantage. This article focus…
Lives on the border: Language and culture in the lives of ethnic Russian women in Baltinava, Latvia
This study draws on ethnographic research conducted in a small village, Baltinava in Latvia, 2.5 kilometres from the border with Russia. The research examines how ethnic Russian women create a specific Latvian Russian identity by contrasting themselves from ethnic Latvians and Russians who live in Russia and identifying with both groups at the same time. To narrate their lives and to make them meaningful, real and/or perceived “attributes” are co…
The Acculturation of Russian-Speaking Adolescents in Latvia: Language Issues Three Years After the 2004 Education Reform
This article presents research findings on acculturation strategies (attitudes and behaviors) in the language domain of Russian-speaking adolescents in Latvia in the context of the education reform. Data comes from a longitudinal study of adolescents from schools with Russian as the language of instruction in Riga; the same schools were invited to participate in the survey in 2002 and 2007. Comparison between language attitudes and behavior two y…
The Acculturation of Russian-Speaking Adolescents in Latvia: Language Issues Three Years After the 2004 Education Reform
This article presents research findings on acculturation strategies (attitudes and behaviors) in the language domain of Russian-speaking adolescents in Latvia in the context of the education reform. Data comes from a longitudinal study of adolescents from schools with Russian as the language of instruction in Riga; the same schools were invited to participate in the survey in 2002 and 2007. Comparison between language attitudes and behavior two y…
Racial microaggressions on the initial teacher education programmes: Implications for Minority Ethnic Teacher Retention
The representation and retention in the teaching profession are lower for people from all minority ethnic groups in England. The most significant ethnic disparities were found to occur in the early career stages (Worth et al., 2022). This article draws on critical race theory to investigate how racism, in the form of racial microaggressions, contributes to these disparities. It shares the findings from a small-scale research project on student te…
Geography Matters: Explaining Education Inequalities of Latvian Children in England
This article explores the issue of “geography of education” focusing on the pivotal contribution of place to one’s education. The geographic location of schools and the administrative organisation of local authorities that are responsible for state schools in England create sociospatial inequalities that are associated with individual life‐course trajectories and can contribute to the intergenerational transfer of disadvantage. This article focus…
Lives on the border: Language and culture in the lives of ethnic Russian women in Baltinava, Latvia
This study draws on ethnographic research conducted in a small village, Baltinava in Latvia, 2.5 kilometres from the border with Russia. The research examines how ethnic Russian women create a specific Latvian Russian identity by contrasting themselves from ethnic Latvians and Russians who live in Russia and identifying with both groups at the same time. To narrate their lives and to make them meaningful, real and/or perceived “attributes” are co…
Lives on the border: Language and culture in the lives of ethnic Russian women in Baltinava, Latvia
This study draws on ethnographic research conducted in a small village, Baltinava in Latvia, 2.5 kilometres from the border with Russia. The research examines how ethnic Russian women create a specific Latvian Russian identity by contrasting themselves from ethnic Latvians and Russians who live in Russia and identifying with both groups at the same time. To narrate their lives and to make them meaningful, real and/or perceived “attributes” are co…
The Acculturation of Russian-Speaking Adolescents in Latvia: Language Issues Three Years After the 2004 Education Reform
This article presents research findings on acculturation strategies (attitudes and behaviors) in the language domain of Russian-speaking adolescents in Latvia in the context of the education reform. Data comes from a longitudinal study of adolescents from schools with Russian as the language of instruction in Riga; the same schools were invited to participate in the survey in 2002 and 2007. Comparison between language attitudes and behavior two y…
Geography Matters: Explaining Education Inequalities of Latvian Children in England
This article explores the issue of “geography of education” focusing on the pivotal contribution of place to one’s education. The geographic location of schools and the administrative organisation of local authorities that are responsible for state schools in England create sociospatial inequalities that are associated with individual life‐course trajectories and can contribute to the intergenerational transfer of disadvantage. This article focus…
Racial microaggressions on the initial teacher education programmes: Implications for Minority Ethnic Teacher Retention
The representation and retention in the teaching profession are lower for people from all minority ethnic groups in England. The most significant ethnic disparities were found to occur in the early career stages (Worth et al., 2022). This article draws on critical race theory to investigate how racism, in the form of racial microaggressions, contributes to these disparities. It shares the findings from a small-scale research project on student te…
Caring at a Distance: Digital Anchors and the Relational Work of Academic Mobility
This article examines how Latvian early‐career researchers in the United Kingdom navigate academic mobility by cultivating relational moorings through digitally mediated practices in their professional and personal lives. We introduce the concept of digital anchors—socio‐technical infrastructures that sustain affective stability and continuity, and afford care under conditions of ongoing movement and precarity. Digital anchors are not reducible t…
Sociology (4 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Latvian (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works)