Community Engagement Research Publications

See below for the 20 most recent publications from the Centre. For more please visit Goldsmiths Research Online.

From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders
Thompson, Naomi ; Bright, Graham and Hart, Peter. 2025. From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section] (In Press)

Unaccompanied Afghan minors in the UK: integration dilemmas in retrospect
Sidiqi, Rohina and Nkhoma, Pearson . 2025. Unaccompanied Afghan minors in the UK: integration dilemmas in retrospect. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section] (In Press)

Kwapatakwapata! Young Malawian girls trapped in predatory odysseys
Nkhoma, Pearson . 2025. Kwapatakwapata! Young Malawian girls trapped in predatory odysseys. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section] (In Press)

Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities
Callan, Brian; Nkhoma, Pearson and Thompson, Naomi , eds. 2025. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Edited Book] (In Press)

Reflections on being ‘outsider-insiders’ and ‘insider-outsiders’ - fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women
Thompson, Naomi and Nasimi, Rabia. 2025. Reflections on being ‘outsider-insiders’ and ‘insider-outsiders’ - fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790 [Book Section] (In Press)

Challenging Patriarchy through Credit: Assessing Microfinance’s Role in Women Empowerment and Rural Development in Malawi
Silavwe, Tughaniwe and Nkhoma, Pearson . 2025. 'Challenging Patriarchy through Credit: Assessing Microfinance’s Role in Women Empowerment and Rural Development in Malawi'. In: The 87th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Salt Lake City, United States 30 July - 2 August 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Forthcoming)

Homosexuality in Malawi and the Global South: The Colonial Legacy
Nkhoma, Pearson . 2025. 'Homosexuality in Malawi and the Global South: The Colonial Legacy'. In: The 87th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Salt Lake City, United States 30 July - 2 August 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Forthcoming)

Rethinking Perspectives: Misconceptions about Anti-Vaxxers within Black Communities in the Context of COVID-19 and Covid-19 Vaccine
Nkhoma, Pearson . 2025. 'Rethinking Perspectives: Misconceptions about Anti-Vaxxers within Black Communities in the Context of COVID-19 and Covid-19 Vaccine'. In: The 87th Annual Meeting of the Rural Sociological Society. Hilton Salt Lake City Center, United States 30 July - 02 August 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item] (Forthcoming)

Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report
Woodger, David ; Thompson, Naomi ; Law, Natalie and Freund-Williams, Leo. 2025. Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London, London. [Report]

Being a therapist in a time of climate breakdown
Frizell, Caroline . 2025. Being a therapist in a time of climate breakdown. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy: An International Journal for Theory, Research and Practice, ISSN 1743-2979 [Article] (In Press)

End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania
Pentaris, Panagiotis . 2025. End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania. In: Julia Morgan and Vincent La Placa, eds. Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 167-180. ISBN 9781032381237 [Book Section]

Can we walk a little slower? Ethics as a portal to hope, humility and playfulness in a precarious world.
Frizell, Caroline and Rova, Marina . 2025. 'Can we walk a little slower? Ethics as a portal to hope, humility and playfulness in a precarious world.'. In: 8th European Congress of Qualitative Inquiry: Hope, Humility and Playfulness in a Precarious World. University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom 7 - 10 January 2025. [Conference or Workshop Item]

An Exploration of Lived Experiences of Sexually and Gender Diverse Staff Members in Higher Education: A Case Study
Pentaris, Panagiotis ; Dudley, Alan; Evans, David; Hocham, David; Yau, Carmen ; Matthews, Kassandra and Hassan, Rania. 2025. An Exploration of Lived Experiences of Sexually and Gender Diverse Staff Members in Higher Education: A Case Study. Journal of Homosexuality, 72(7), pp. 1200-1221. ISSN 0091-8369 [Article]

Large Group as critical pedagogy in Higher Education: professional arts therapies training through experiential embodied learning
Frizell, Caroline and Law, Agnes . 2024. 'Large Group as critical pedagogy in Higher Education: professional arts therapies training through experiential embodied learning'. In: ECARTE 17h European Arts Therapies Conference. Ghent University, Belgium 11 -14 September. [Conference or Workshop Item]

The Re-Awakening Role of Social Workers in Policy-making following a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Education and Practice
Pentaris, Panagiotis . 2024. The Re-Awakening Role of Social Workers in Policy-making following a Global Pandemic: Lessons for Education and Practice. Ревија за социјална политика/Journal of Social Policy, 20(1), pp. 5-23. ISSN 1857-6052 [Article]

Migrant Respectability: An Intersectional Bourdieuan Approach to Iranian Migrants’ Experiences of Class and Religion
Fathi, Mastoureh and Torbati, Atlas . 2024. Migrant Respectability: An Intersectional Bourdieuan Approach to Iranian Migrants’ Experiences of Class and Religion. In: Başak Akkan; Julia Hahmann; Christine Hunner-Kreisel, and Melanie Kuhn, eds. Overlapping Inequalities in the Welfare State: Strengths and Challenges of Intersectionality Framework. Cham, Switzerland: Springer, pp. 69-82. ISBN 9783031522260 [Book Section]

WEIRD: Political feeling and the emergence of dissent in Israeli Solidarity Activists
Callan, Brian . 2024. WEIRD: Political feeling and the emergence of dissent in Israeli Solidarity Activists. Contention: The Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Protest, 12(1), pp. 31-51. ISSN 2572-7184 [Article]

Trapped in Predatory Odysseys: The Cycle of Slavery and Exploitation for Unaccompanied Minors
Nkhoma, Pearson . 2024. 'Trapped in Predatory Odysseys: The Cycle of Slavery and Exploitation for Unaccompanied Minors'. In: ISPCAN Sweden Congress 2024. Uppsala, Sweden 18-21 August 2024. [Conference or Workshop Item]

Οικογένειες με ΛΟΑΤΚΙ+ γονείς στην Ελλάδα Οι εμπειρίες των γονέων
Pentaris, Panagiotis and Rainbow Families, Greece. 2024. Οικογένειες με ΛΟΑΤΚΙ+ γονείς στην Ελλάδα Οι εμπειρίες των γονέων. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London/Οικογένειες Ουράνιο Τόξο, London. [Report]

Ageing and loss attitudes of social work students: a cross-sectional study
Pentaris, Panagiotis . 2024. Ageing and loss attitudes of social work students: a cross-sectional study. Social Work Education, 43(9), pp. 2736-2753. ISSN 0261-5479 [Article]

Forthcoming publications 

The Routledge International Handbook of Glocal Social Work. Edited by Panagiotis Pentaris and Janet Walker. London: Routledge. Expected 2026. 

Weaponisation of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Edited by Atlas Torbati and Doireann Larkins. London: Routledge. Expected 2027 

• Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report  Woodger, David; Thompson, Naomi; Law, Natalie and Freund-Williams, Leo. 2025. Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London, London.  

• Race and Social Media research project - interim findings reportWoodger, David; Thompson, Naomi and Law, Natalie. 2024. Race and Social Media research project - interim findings report. Project Report. Meta.  

• Evaluation Report of the Project: “It Takes a Village”. Black Caribbean Boys of Excellence  Paquete Pereira, Lara; Ferns, Colette and Woodger, David. 2023. Evaluation Report of the Project: “It Takes a Village”. Black Caribbean Boys of Excellence. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London, London.  

• Report for Sussex University Race Equality Charter 2023  Woodger, David. 2023. Report for Sussex University Race Equality Charter 2023. Other. University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton.  

• Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year Three Evaluation, 2022/23  Spacey, Meghan; Woodger, David and Thompson, Naomi. 2023. Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year Three Evaluation, 2022/23. Project Report. Young Brent Foundation, London. 

• Hegemonic Islamic masculinities: Contextualising a new form of hegemonic masculinities in the Iranian diaspora in the UK  Torbati, Atlas. 2024. Hegemonic Islamic masculinities: Contextualising a new form of hegemonic masculinities in the Iranian diaspora in the UK. Irish Journal of Sociology, ISSN 0791-6035  

• Iranian Zoomers, A Generation of Bravery, Hope and Invincibility - Discover Society  Torbati, Atlas. 2023. Iranian Zoomers, A Generation of Bravery, Hope and Invincibility - Discover Society. Discover Society: New Series, 3(1), 

Acceptance of and Adherence to a Four-Dose RTS,S/AS01 Schedule: Findings from a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation Study for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme Price, Jessica; Gurley, Nikki; Gyapong, Margaret; Ansah, Evelyn Korkor; Awusabo-Asare, Kofi; Gyasi, Samuel Fosu; Nkhoma, Pearson; Nyondo-Mipando, Alinane Linda; Okello, George; Webster, Jayne; Desmond, Nicola; Hill, Jenny and Gordon, W. Scott. 2023. Acceptance of and Adherence to a Four-Dose RTS,S/AS01 Schedule: Findings from a Longitudinal Qualitative Evaluation Study for the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme. Vaccines, 11(12), 1801. ISSN 2076-393X 

Bernard, C. Gupta, A. Lakhanpaul, M. Sharma, A. & Peres, T. (2024)  Racially Minoritised Young People’s Experiences of Navigating COVID-19 Challenges: A Community Cultural Wealth Perspective.  British Journal of Social Work. 54 (7): 2833-3423. 

Bernard, C. Greenwood, T. Henri, T. (2023) A Qualitative Study of the Perspectives of Designated Safeguarding Leads Responding to Child Protection Concerns in Fee-Paying Schools. Child Abuse Review, 32 (6): 1-9.   

• Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults  Pentaris, Panagiotis and Patlamazoglou, Lefteris, eds. 2023. Bereavement in older age in LGBTIQ adults, Psychology & Sexuality, 14(4). 1941-9899 

• End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania  Pentaris, Panagiotis. 2025. End of Life Care Policy Across the United Kingdom, Cyprus, and Romania. In: Julia Morgan and Vincent La Placa, eds. Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care Policy and Practice: A Comparative Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 167-180. ISBN 9781032381237  

• Gender, Age and Identity  Pentaris, Panagiotis and Petricola, Mattia. 2024. Gender, Age and Identity. In: Douglas J. Davies, ed. A Cultural History of Death: Volume 6: A Cultural History of Death in the Modern Age. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781472536266  

• Immortality and Transhumanist Rituals  Pentaris, Panagiotis and Pitsillides, Stacey. 2024. Immortality and Transhumanist Rituals. In: , ed. Death and Bereavement Rituals in European Contexts. Congelia.  

• Speculative fiction and thanatological imagination: challenging the ethics of technological aliveness and (im)mortality  Pentaris, Panagiotisand Petricola, Mattia. 2024. Speculative fiction and thanatological imagination: challenging the ethics of technological aliveness and (im)mortality. In: Nina Lykke; Tara Mehrabi and Marietta Radomska, eds. Routledge Handbook of Queer Death Studies. Abingdon: Routledge.  

• Afterword  Pentaris, Panagiotis. 2023. Afterword. In: Daniel Enstedt and Lisen Dellenborg, eds. Culture, Spirituality and Religious Literacy in Healthcare: Nordic Perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 232-242. ISBN 9781032320540