Dr Jawiria Naseem

• PhD in Sociology (UCL)
• MA in Post-colonial British Studies (Sorbonne, Paris 3)
• BA in English Literature and History (Sorbonne, Paris 3) 
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Jawiria teaches on the BA Education undergraduate degree course as well as the MA Education and MSc TESOL. She also leads the Personal Academic Tutoring module for all Year 1 students in the Department of Education and Social Justice. She is also the School’s Exchange Tutor.

Current research

2023 - Decolonising UK universities: a review of improvements and challenges in decolonial activities and initiatives 

Jawiria is the PI on a project funded by the Society for Research into Higher Education.

The aim of the project is to profile current development, advancement and challenges in decolonising UK universities. The objectives are to:

1. Undertake a critical literature review to map decolonial initiatives and activities focused on transformation of the UK HE
2. Develop an understanding of the (recurrent) challenges to the implementation of a decolonial agenda
3. Seek expert student and staff view via a roundtable discussion to explore strategies for the dismantling of structural barriers to decolonial efforts in institutional policies and practices

2021 - Anti-Racists School Project

Jawiria is a Research Fellow on this project which supports Birmingham school leaders and teachers to share and develop transformative anti-racist education practices. Recent contributions with the Project lead, Dr Karl Kitching, may be viewed on YouTube.

Previous research

2021-2022: Exploring the mental health-related experiences of BAME doctoral students: a comparative institutional case study at two English universities

Co-I and Lead for the University of Birmingham on a cross-institutional project which aimed to gain insights into experiences of academic belonging and non-belonging among a diversity of doctoral students at pre- and post-92 universities. 

Enterprise, Engagement and Impact Activities

2020 - Written evidence to Parliament’s Select Committee on Covid-19 and Education (section 7)

May 2020 - Interviewed on The UK Breakfast Show (radio), ‘Education and its future under the pandemic’

May 2027 - Interviewed on BBC1 (TV), The Big Questions, ‘Can White People Experience Racism?’

Selected Invited Presentations

Decolonising Methodologies, Curricula, and Institutions across Time and Disciplines. Dr Jawiria Naseem was invited to present the decolonising curriculum project at the Institute of Advanced Studies in April 2022. She discussed 1) how (or whether) activists of decolonisation appeal to previous decolonising initiatives in the field of education, and, if they do, how this shapes their current decolonising activities; and 2) how activists of decolonisation have addressed the challenge of confronting the apparently value-neutral analytic tools of research and teaching in the field of education.

Naseem, J. (2022) ‘‘La France est raciste’: les pakistanaises et leurs experiences sur le marché du travail en France’, invited presentation, Le Réseau Professionel des Pakistanais Francophones, Paris (France), March.

Kitching, K. and Naseem, J. (2022), ‘Race Equality in Schools in the Wake of COVID-19’, invited presentation, University of Birmingham School, Birmingham (UK), January.

Naseem, J. (2021), ‘Covid-19, Education and Inclusive Digital Future’, invited presentation, Atlas Grad Institute, Istanbul (Turkey), February.

Naseem, J. (2020), ‘Educational and social experiences of minority ethnic children and families during Covid-19 lockdown’, invited presentation, Birmingham Education Partnership-Education Matters Conference, Birmingham (UK), September.

Naseem, J. (2018), ‘Being a Second Generation Muslim Women in the French Labour Market’, Muslim Women in Western Labour Markets Symposium, Doha Institute of Graduate Studies, Doha (Qatar), April.