Roda Madziva

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  University Park
  Nottingham
  NG7 2RD
  UK
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• Roda.Madziva@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Roda Madziva is an Associate Professor in the School of Sociology and Social Policy, at the University of Nottingham. She moved to this post after several post-doctoral years at the University of Nottingham. She holds a PhD (2011) and Master's (with Distinction) in Social Policy and Administration (2007), both from the University of Nottingham.

Teaching Summary

Teaching responsibilities:

MA in Social Science Research - Programme Convenor

Researching the Social: Contemporary Debates in Sociology (PGT) - Module Convenor

Contemporary Sociological Theory (UG) - Module Convenor

Race, Ethnicity and Colonial Modernity (UG) - Module Co-convenor

Research Summary

Roda's research is mainly in the area of global sociology with a focus on migration, race and inequalities. Focusing on migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and victims of human… read more

Recent Publications

• CHIKWIRA, L. and MADZIVA, R., 2023. Transnational Families and Complex Gender Relations: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Migrant Women Living in the UK. In: CIENFUEGOS, J., BRANDHORST, R. and FAHY BRYCESON, D., eds., Handbook of Transnational Families Around the World Springer. 39-52
• MONK, D., WALTON, E., MADZIVA, R., OPIO, G., KRUISSELBRINK, A. and OPENJURU, G.L., 2023. Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach Children and Society.
• NYASHANU, M., MBALINDA, S.N., MADZIVA, R. and EKPENYONG, M.S., 2023. Perceptions and attitudes of black Sub-Saharan African migrants from war-torn zones towards accessing health services in the English West Midlands region, UK International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care.
• MUTENHERWA, F., HERRERA, H., MADZIVA, R., MUKWENHA, S. and MUREWANHEMA, G., 2023. Understanding the role of intimate partner violence on HIV transmission in Zimbabwe: Secondary data analysis of data from the Zimbabwe demographic survey 2015-2016 Health Promotion Perspectives.

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Current Research

Roda's research is mainly in the area of global sociology with a focus on migration, race and inequalities. Focusing on migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and victims of human trafficking, her empirical work and publications to date have been mainly driven by the concern to expose the ideological assumptions that frame discourses of inclusion and exclusion, and the extent to which they reveal (racialised) hierarchies of human worth. Roda has worked closely with non-governmental organisations, migrant support organisations and faith communities at local, national and international levels.

Recent projects include the following:

• ESRC/GCRF funded study (as PI): 'Combating Human Trafficking: The role of NGOs in the fight against Human Trafficking In Zimbabwe' December 2019 - February 2022)
• BA funded study (as CI): 'Disabled Refugee students Included and Visible in Education (DRIVE): Challenges and opportunities in three African countries' (March 2020 - August 2022)
• UKRI/GCRF funded study, '(as CI) 'Internally Displaced Persons and COVID-19: Leveraging local low cost COVID-19 solutions in informal settlements in Zimbabwe' (August 2020 - February 2022).

Roda would be particularly interested in supervising research students with a focus on migration, race, ethnicity and inequalities.

ORCID: 0000-0003-2485-787x

• CHIKWIRA, L. and MADZIVA, R., 2023. Transnational Families and Complex Gender Relations: A Case Study of Zimbabwean Migrant Women Living in the UK. In: CIENFUEGOS, J., BRANDHORST, R. and FAHY BRYCESON, D., eds., Handbook of Transnational Families Around the World Springer. 39-52
• MONK, D., WALTON, E., MADZIVA, R., OPIO, G., KRUISSELBRINK, A. and OPENJURU, G.L., 2023. Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach Children and Society.
• NYASHANU, M., MBALINDA, S.N., MADZIVA, R. and EKPENYONG, M.S., 2023. Perceptions and attitudes of black Sub-Saharan African migrants from war-torn zones towards accessing health services in the English West Midlands region, UK International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care.
• MUTENHERWA, F., HERRERA, H., MADZIVA, R., MUKWENHA, S. and MUREWANHEMA, G., 2023. Understanding the role of intimate partner violence on HIV transmission in Zimbabwe: Secondary data analysis of data from the Zimbabwe demographic survey 2015-2016 Health Promotion Perspectives.
• MADZIVA, R., NACHIPO, B., MUSUKA, G., CHITUNGO, I., MUREWANHEMA, G. and PHIRI, B., 2022. The role of social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: Salvaging its ‘power��� for positive social behaviour change in Africa Health Promotion Perspectives. 12(1), 22-27
• MUREWANHEMA, G., DZINAMARIRA, T., CHINGOMBE, I., MAPINGURE, M.P., MUKWENHA, S., CHITUNGO, I., HERRERA, H., MADZIVA, R., NGWENYA, S. and MUSUKA, G., 2022. Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern, inequitable distribution of vaccines and implications for control of COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa International Journal of Infectious Diseases. 114, 268-272
• MADZIVA, R., MUREWANHEMA, G., MUSUKA, G., MAPINGURE, M.P., CHINGOMBE, I., HERRERA, H., CHIYAKA, E.T. and DZINAMARIRA, T., 2022. Fighting COVID-19 pandemic fatigue and complacency in Zimbabwe Public Health in Practice. 3, 100236
• DZINAMARIRA, T., NACHIPO, B., NYATHI, A., MADZIVA, R., HERRERA, H., SIEGEL, H. and MUSUKA, G., 2022. The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe Health Promotion Perspectives. 12(1), 34-36
• MADZIVA, R., MAHIYA, I. and NYONI, C., 2022. Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa Children and Society.
• SIWALE, J., THONDHLANA, J. and MADZIVA, R., 2021. Fostering Local Enterprise Development in Resource-Constrained Developing Countries: Matarenda and Microcredit Compared. In: CHINGARANDE, S.D., THONDHLANA, J., MADZIVA, R. and ANDERSON, A.H., eds., Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement 40. Brill. 76 - 97
• THONDHLANA, J., GARWE, E.C. and MADZIVA, R., 2021. What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators. Journal of the British Academy. 9(s1), 101 -125
• MADZIVA, R., THONDHLANA, J., GARWE, E.C., MURANDU, M., CHAGWIZA, G., CHIKANZA, M. and MARADZIKA, J., 2021. Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe Journal of the British Academy. 9 (s1), 285–302
• ANDERSON, A.H., CLIFFORD, M., MADZIVA, R. and THONDHLANA, J., 2021. Entrepreneurship in Matarenda: Some Case Studies. In: CHINGARANDE, S.D., THONDHLANA, J., MADZIVA, R. and ANDERSON, A.H., eds., ). Matarenda/Talents in Zimbabwean Pentecostalism: Empowerment, Gender and Development in an African Movement Brill. 139–160
• HACK-POLAY, D., MAHMOUD, A.B., KORDOWICZ, M., MADZIVA, R. and KIVUNJA, C., 2021. "Let us define ourselves”: Forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation. Black Psychology. 9(125),
• MADZIVA, R., MUREWANHEMA, G., DZINAMARIRA, T., HERRERA, H. and MUSUKA, G., 2021. Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 surveillance at ports of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe due to anticipated increased human mobility during the festive period Public Health in Practice. 2, 100215-16
• MUREWANHEMA, G., MUKWENHA, S., DZINAMARIRA, T., MUKANDAVIRE, Z., CUADROS, D., MADZIVA, R., CHINGOMBE, I., MAPINGURE, M., HERRERA, H. and MUSUKA, G., 2021. Optimising COVID-19 vaccination as a critical control strategy to mitigate SARS-C0V-2 transmission alongside other infection prevention and control strategies within schools in Zimbabwe Vaccines. 9(12), 1-10
• WALTON, E., MCINTYRE, J., AWIDI, S.J., DE WET-BILLINGS, N., DIXON, K., MADZIVA, R., MONK, D., NYONI, C., THONDHLANA, J. and WEDEKIND, V., 2020. Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa Frontiers in Education. 5(47),
• MADZIVA, R., 2020. Bordering Through Religion: A Case Study of Christians from the Muslim Majority World Seeking Asylum in the UK International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy. 9(3), 47-60
• ANDERSON, A.H., CLIFFORD, M., MADZIVA, R., THONDHLANA, J. and GORONGA, P., 2019. Exploring the Pentecostal Faith—Sustainability—Entrepreneurship Nexus in Zimbabwe. In: FILHO, W.L. and MCCREA, A.C., eds., Sustainability and the Humanities 1st edition. Springer. 225-237
• MADZIVA, R. and LOWNDES, V., 2018. What counts as evidence in adjudicating asylum claims? Locating the monsters in the machine – an investigation of faith-based claims. In: NERLICH, BRIGITTE, HARTLEY, SARAH, RAMAN, SUJATHA and SMITH, ALEX., eds., Science and the Politics of Openness: Here be Monsters. Manchester University Press.
• MADZIVA, R., SIWALE, J. and THONDHLANA, J., 2018. Exploring Gender and Diaspora Investment Among Diaspora Women in the United Kingdom. In: D. HACK-POLAY and J. SIWALE, eds., African Diaspora Direct Investment: Establishing the Economic and Socio-cultural Rationale Palgrave: MacMillan.
• THONDHLANA, J. and MADZIVA, R., 2018. Skilled Migrant African Women of Faith and Diaspora Investment. In: D. HACK-POLAY and J. SIWALE, eds., African Diaspora Direct Investment: Establishing the Economic and Socio-cultural Rationale Palgrave: MacMillan.
• THONDHLANA, J. and MADZIVA, R., 2018. English language as an inclusion tool: the case of Syrian refugees in UK primary schools. In: SAFFORD, K. and CHAMBERLAIN, L., eds., Learning and Teaching Around the World: Comparative and International Studies in Primary Education 1st edition. Routledge. 76-83
• MCGRATH, S., MADZIVA, R. and THONDHLANA, J., 2017. Rethinking the Employability of International Graduate Migrants: Reflections on the experiences of Zimbabweans with degrees from England. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 41(2), 238-259
• MADZIVA, R., 2017. “Your name does not tick the box”: the intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 41(5), 938-957
• THONDHLANA, J. and MADZIVA, R., 2017. English Language as an Integration Tool: The case of Syrian Refugees to the UK.. In: ERLING ELIZABETH., ed., English across the Fracture Lines: the Contribution and Relevance of English to Security, Safety and Stability in the World. The British Council.
• MADZIVA, R. and THONDHLANA, J., 2017. Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: Opportunities and challenges. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. 46(6), 942-961
• PALACIOS-ARAPILES, S. and MADZIVA, R., 2017. “A dignified standard of living” for asylum-seekers? An analysis of the UK’s labour market restrictions for asylum-seekers. Refugee Review: Special Focus Labour. III, 65-81
• MADZIVA, R., MCGRATH, S. and THONDHLANA, J., 2016. ‘Communicating Employability: the Role of Communicative Competence for Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK’. Journal of International Migration and Integration. 17(1), 235-252
• MADZIVA, R., 2016. ‘Transnational parenthood and forced migration: the case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws’. Families, Relationships and Societies. 5(2), 281- 97
• LOWNDES, V., AND MADZIVA, R., 2016. When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: Symbolic objects in the policing of migration. Critical Social Policy. 36(4), 672-692
• THONDHLANA J., MADZIVA, R. AND MCGRATH, S., 2016. Negotiating Employability: Migrant capitals, networking strategies and their roles in shaping labour market trajectories and outcomes for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK. The Sociological Review. 64, 575-592
• MADZIVA R., 2015. A Gift exchange relationship? Reflections on doing qualitative research with vulnerable migrants. Families, Relationships and Societies: An International journal of research and debate. 4(3), 465-80
• MADZIVA, R., MCGRATH, S. AND THONDHLANA J., 2014. The Hidden Face of Discrimination in the Global Labour Market: The Case of Zimbabwean Highly Skilled Migrants in the UK”. In: People of African Descent and Black Europeans, edited by European Network Against Racism, 140–156. Brussels: ENAR
• MADZIVA, R. and ZONTINI, E., 2012. Transnational mothering and forced migration: understanding the experiences of Zimbabwean mothers in the UK. European Journal of Women's Studies. 19(4), 428-443
• MADZIVA R., 2010. Living Death: Separation in the UK Forced Migration Review. 34, 70-71
• • BECKER, S., JOSEPH, S., BEAUMONT, M., ELWICK, H., MADZIVA, R. AND BECKER, F.,, Devon Young Carers Evaluation - Outcomes of Young Carers Support Services for Devon Consortium 2009-2011, Final Report Young Carers International, University of Nottingham.
• • BECKER, S., JOSEPH, S., BEAUMONT, M., ELWICK, H., MADZIVA, R. AND BECKER, F., 2011., The Princess Royal Trust for Carers/Comic Relief Young Carers Grants Programme 2008-2011, Final Evaluation Report The Princess Royal Trust for Carers, London.