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Dr Marketa Dolezalova

  • Position: Lecturer in Social Policy
  • Areas of expertise: welfare; inequality; care; migration; work; well-being; anthropology of the state; ethnicity; Roma; mobility
  • Email: M.Dolezalova@leeds.ac.uk
  • Location: 12.13 Social Sciences Building
  • Website: Researchgate

Profile

I am a Lecturer in Social Policy (Teaching & Research) specialising in migration, inequality and welfare and ethnographic research. I have conducted research in the UK and in the Czech Republic, with a focus on migration, welfare and work, ethicity, exclusion, populism, and the state. I am a convener of the Anthropology of Labour network, one of the networks of the European Association of Social Anthropologists.

I have previously worked with the third sector on health inequalities of Roma migrants and recently I have worked with the UK BME Anti-slavery Network on creating resources for migrants working in adult social care in the UK.

Research interests

My research interests revolve around welfare, inequality, work, care, and exclusion with a specific focus on migrants. I am interested in the relationship between the state and its residents, and in the processes involved in the development and implementation of policy.

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://essl.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD Social Anthropology, University of Manchester
  • MA Anthropological Research, University of Manchester
  • BA Anthropology, Goldsmiths College

Professional memberships

  • Royal Anthropological Institute
  • European Association of Social Anthropologists
  • Czech Association for Social Anthropology

Student education

I lead and teach on several modules at the school at both undergraduage and postgraduate levels, including Debating Welfare States, Key debates in Social Policy, Approaching the Social Sciences and Exploring the City.

Research groups and institutes

  • Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies