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Majella Kilkey, MA PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Social Policy
University of Sheffield
Sheffield, England, United Kingdom

Majella Kilkey's work is in the field of migration studies, with particular focus on the intersections between migration and families / care / gender / ageing / geopolitical transformations, which she approaches from sociological and social policy perspectives. These interests coalesce in different configurations around three key areas: transnational families, transnational political economy of care and migration and transformations. She works with groups traditionally seen as ‘marginalised’ / ‘excluded’ / ‘disadvantaged’, including older people with a migrant background, young migrants and asylum seekers and migrant care workers. Her research is grounded in partnership working, and she uses creative and participatory approaches to research lived experience with the aims of engendering inclusion, respect and esteem. She has a strong track record in co-producing public engagement events around challenging topics. Majella has a strong track record in UKRI funding, and is involved in two current initiatives: she is Principal Investigator on the project Storying Life Courses for Intersectional Inclusion: Ethnicity and Wellbeing Across Time and Place (2022-2025), funded under the ESRC’s Inclusive Ageing programme; and Co-Investigator in the ESRC’s Centre for Care (2021-2026), leading a programme of work on Borders and Care. From January 2025, she will be Co-Editor in Chief of the Journal Families, Relationships and Societies (Bristol University Press).

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