Dr Sadaf Rizvi

  • Qualifications and position:
    • DPhil, MPhil, MSc, BA
    • Research Officer
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Policy and Society
  • Department:
  • Centre:
  • Summary:
    • Sadaf Rizvi is a social anthropologist. Her specific areas of interest are anthropology of education, childhood ethnography, education and social cohesion, faith schools and Islam in the West. She earned her doctorate in social anthropology from University of Oxford and studied 'Muslim schools in Britain: Socialization and identity'. She is currently investigating 'learning and life chances in city regions in England'. Before joining the Institute, Sadaf worked at Brunel University, Centre for Human Geography and Department of Anthropology. She also worked as an Associate Lecturer for the Open University, UK. Prior to commencing her career in England, Sadaf was associated with the Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational Development in Pakistan and conducted research on community-based education programs aimed at improving access and quality of education for disadvantaged children. Her first career was in the development sector in Pakistan where she worked with the Canadian International Development Agency, CIDA.
  • Research Projects:
    • Learning and life chances in cities

      Mothers' choices and experiences of training in West London

      A Muslim girls' school in Britain: Socialization and identity

      Muslims and community cohesion in Britain

      News cultures, security and transnational belonging: Perceptions of British Pakistani women

      Tuning in: Diasporas at BBC World Service

      Community-based education programs in Pakistan

  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Faith schools and social cohesion

      Children and young people (particularly from minority ethnic backgrounds)

      Gender and development

      Pakistan and Pakistani diaspora

      Muslims and Islam in the West

  • Conferences/presentations:
    • 'Muslim Girls in England: Socialization, identity and integration'. Making European Muslims Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 27-29 Oct 2011. (Invited speaker)

      'Achieving economic improvement and social cohesion in city regions: The role of new forms of apprenticeships in England', European Conference for Educational Research, Berlin, Germany, 13-16 Sep 2011.

      'Applying the 'holistic' approach: Researching education and training in an English city-region', British Education Research Association Conference, London, England, 6-8 Sep 2011.

      'Muslim Schools in Britain: Socialization and Identity', 21st Century Anthropology: Global Processes and Power, Oxford, England, 28-29 June, 2007.

      'Strategies to Enhance Female Participation in Education in the Northern Areas, Pakistan', Comparative International Education Society Conference, New Orleans, USA, 12 – 15 March 2003.

      'Models of Financing Community Schools in Pakistan – Variations and Implications', International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI), Sydney, Australia, 5 –8 January 2003.

  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • England (faith schools, education and social cohesion).
      Pakistan (community based education, development).
  • Languages Spoken:
    • Urdu (advanced)
      Arabic (basic)
  • Languages Written:
    • Urdu (advanced)
      Arabic (basic)
  • Research Students:
    • Farzana Hassan – Islamic supplementary schools in London

      Dagny Fosen - Low attainment of primary school children in developing countries

      Busra Inayat – Influence of organizational and family factors in women's career advancement in Pakistan

Dr Sadaf Rizvi

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Publications

  • Fuller, A., Rizvi, S. & Unwin, L. (2012) 'Can apprenticeship save the city?: Examining the potential of vocational education and training to serve both social and economic', British Journal of Educational Studies
  • Rizvi, S. (forthcoming) (ed) Multidisciplinary approaches in educational research: Case studies from Pakistan and the UK. Pakistan.
  • Rizvi, S. (2011) 'Passport to love: Dramatizing forced marriage between Pakistan and the Pakistani diaspora' in A. Skuse, M. Gillespie, & G. Power (eds) , Broadcasting Social Change: Drama, Development and Cross-cultural Translation. India (Sage).
  • Rizvi, S. (2011) 'Studying best practices in community managed education programs in Pakistan' S. Rizvi, (ed) , Multidisciplinary approaches to educational research: Case studies from Europe and the developing world. New York (Routledge).
  • Wainwright, E., Marandet, E., & Rizvi, S. (2011) 'The means of correct training: embodied regulation in training for body work among mothers', Sociology of Health and Illness 33 (2), 220–236.
  • Acosta, R., Rizvi, S. and Santos, A. (2010) Making Sense of the Global: Anthropological Perspectives on Interconnections and Processes. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK..
  • Rizvi, S. (2010) 'Telling the Whole Story: An Anthropological Conversation on Conflicting Discourses of Integration, Identity, and Socialization'' in Acosta, R., Rizvi, S. and Santos, A. , (ed) Making Sense of the Global: Anthropological Perspectives on Interconnections and Processes. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK.
  • Rizvi, S. (2008) 'Ethnographic research in a Muslim school: reflections on fieldwork experience' Sridhar, D., Anthropologists Inside Organizations: South Asian Case Studies. Case Studies, New Delhi: Sage.
  • Rizvi, S. (2007) 'News cultures, security and transnational belonging: cross generational perspectives among British Pakistani women', European Journal of Cultural Studies 10 (3), 327-342.
  • Farah, I. & Rizvi, S. (2007) 'Public-private partnerships: implications for schooling in Pakistan', Journal of Social Policy and Administration 14 (4), 339-354.
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