maggieoneill

Personal Information

About me

I define myself as an inter-disciplinary scholar with expertise in cultural and critical criminology, critical and feminist theory and visual, participatory and performative research methods. I have a long history of collaborating with artists and working in partnership with community arts organisations, groups and communities. Research activity and outcomes include the development of theory; a focus upon innovative cultural, creative and participatory research methodologies; and the production of praxis - knowledge which addresses and intervenes in public policy. Outcomes from two recently funded AHRC research projects were highlighted as examples of good practice around impact. Some of this work can be seen on line at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/gallery/2009/jan/13/sense-...

My research activity has been instrumental in moving forward debates, dialogue and scholarship in three substantive areas: prostitution and the commercial sex industry (since 1990); forced migration and the asylum-migration nexus (since 1999); innovative participatory, performative and visual methodologies (since 1990). I was co-editor of Sociology, with Tony Spybey between 1999 and 2002. For an example of digital work with sex workers and residents in communities impacted by street sex work see: www.safetysoapbox.co.uk

Personal Website

http://www.dur.ac.uk/sass/staff/profile/?id=8314

Second Name

ONeill

First Name(s)

Maggie

Work

Institutional Affiliation

Durham University

Address

32 Old Elvet, Durham, DH1 3HN

Position

Reader in Criminology

Research Interests

forced migration, asylum-migration-community nexus, arts based methods and methodologies, participatory action research, digital narratives, sex work, sexual and social inequalities, psycho-social research and analysis, humiliation and human dignity, biographical sociology, narrative based methods, ethnographic approaches, mental health and well being, participatory and performative methods, film and film making.

Website

http://www.dur.ac.uk/sass/staff/profile/?id=8314

History

Member for

2 years 11 months