Odein Princewill is a doctoral researcher at Loughborough University, researching migrant and refugee communities, with a focus on digital resilience and skills for citizenship. In addition to her research, Odein has previously worked as a Senior Advocate at an NGO providing administrative and research support to refugees and asylum seekers in the United Kingdom.
Prior to starting her research at Loughborough, Odein holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (University of Stellenbosch), a Bachelor of Social Science Honours in International Relations (University of Cape Town) and a Master of Laws in International Law and Global Governance (University of Leeds).
Odein has an interest in exploring extra curricula research pertaining to colonial, postcolonial and decolonial narratives within different social, economic and political spheres. She has previously worked with the School of Medicine at the University of Leeds to aid in the production of a decolonising resource for staff and students in the school. Odein has also published articles commenting on the current socio-economic order of the world in relation to respective colonial histories.
Migrant and Refugee Communities: Digital Resilience and Skills for Citizenship
Supervisors: Dr Sophie Cranston and Dr Michelle Richey
Odein’s research looks at how migrants and/or refugees utilise the digital as a tool within their migration trajectories. While academic attention has examined how the digital mediates the actual mobility of migrants, less attention has been paid to what can be described as ‘arrival infrastructures,’ the on-arrival structures which mediate settlement. This project intends to fill this gap by examining how digital spaces are produced and utilised by and for migrant communities to shape their experiences and outcomes. Examples include (but are not limited to) digital platforms and social integration, digital livelihoods support, and digital pro-social engagement (by and for migrant/refugee communities).
Defining Persistent Xenophobic Behaviour in South Africa as a Case of Internalised Colonialism
The Thinker, Vol. 86 No 1 (2021): Race. Racism. Anti-Racism
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/451
The Colonial Nature of Professional, Statutory and Regulatory Bodies in the United Kingdom
Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (2022)
https://teachingexcellence.leeds.ac.uk/research/student-research-experience-placements/the-colonial-nature-of-professional-statutory-and-regulatory-bodies/
Reconceptualising Conflict: The Case of Boko Haram and the Nigerian State
Conflict Research Network West Africa No.02 (2023)
https://www.cornwestafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Reconceptualising-Conflict-The-Case-of-Boko-Haram-and-the-Nigerian-State.pdf