Institute of Education London

Dr Humera Iqbal

• • BSc (Hons), M.Phil, PhD (Cantab)
  • Research Officer
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Policy and Society
• Department:
  • Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
• Centre:
  • Centre for Critical Education Policy Studies (CeCeps)
• Summary:
  • As a psychologist, my research interests include parenting and family life in multicultural settings, and in particular how ethnicity and race influence parenting practices. My PhD explored these areas in relation to British South Asian and non-immigrant White families.

    Other interests include friendship patterns and child development across cultures, immigration, ethnic-racial socialization, acculturation and multiculturalism.

• Research:
  • Together with Professor Carol Vincent of the IOE and Dr Sarah Neal of the University of Surrey, I am working on an ESRC funded project exploring 'Children and Adults' Friendships across Social Class and Ethnic Difference'
• Conferences/presentations:
  • 'Growing up in Multi-Ethnic Britain: A study of British South Asian and White Families living in the UK' at the Centre for Family Research Seminar Series, University of Cambridge, Cambridge. Oct 2012

    'Parenting and Family life in Multicultural Britain: Comparing British South Asian and Non-immigrant White families in the UK.' At the International Association for Cross Cultural Psychology (IACCP) regional conference, Istanbul. July 2011

    'Parenting and Ethnicity in a Multicultural Context: A Comparison of Parenting & Child Development in British South Asian & Non-immigrant White families in the UK' at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Biennial Meeting, Montreal, April 2011.

• Languages Spoken:
  • Urdu (advanced), Hindi (intermediate) Punjabi (basic)
• Website / Blogsite:
  • http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/about/people/HumeraIqbal.php