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Dr Gemma Catney

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Dr Gemma Catney

Dr Gemma Catney

School of Natural and Built Environment

Gemma is a Population Geographer with research interests in ethnic residential segregation and diversity, ethnic inequalities, and internal migration.

Her main research focuses include;

  • The changing residential geographies of ethnic diversity, mixing and segregation
  • The relationship between ethnic concentrations and neighbourhood deprivation
  • Labour market inequalities between ethnic groups, in particular the role of place in influencing employment outcomes
  • The multiple scales of neighbourhood identity.

Contact info

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  • g.catney@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0) 28 9097 3411
  • @gemmacatney

Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of:

  • Ethnic diversity
  • Ethnic residential segregation
  • Eethnic inequalities, particularly in the labour market
  • Spatial inequalities
  • Internal migration
  • Neighbourhood identity and belonging
  • Spatial data analysis

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Neighbourhood inter-ethnic/religious mixing in ‘post-conflict’ Northern Ireland

Public outreach & key achievements

  • https://theconversation.com/profiles/gemma-catney-314066/articles
  • http://www.niussp.org/article/the-significance-of-age-to-the-study-of-ethnic-residential-segregationlimportance-de-lage-dans-letude-de-la-segregation-residentielle-ethnique/
  • http://hummedia.manchester.ac.uk/institutes/code/briefingsupdated/has-neighbourhood-ethnic-segregation-decreased.pdf
  • https://www.jrf.org.uk/report/ethnic-minority-disadvantage-labour-market
  • https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/feb/27/neighbourhood-ethnic-segregation-decreased
  • http://blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/posts/2017/01/segregation-and-inequalities-what-should-we-take-from-the-casey-review/

Research students

PhD area Geographic Inequalities in Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Labour Market Experiences in England and Wales.
Name Sarah Garlick
Years of study 2017-2029
Country Country: UK (England)
Funder ESRC CASE Studentship (with Department for Work and Pensions)
   
PhD area Exploring the Connections Between Persistent Area Deprivation and Health using Consistent Small Area Census Datasets, 1971-2011
Name Emily Dearden
Years of study 2015-19
Country UK (England)
Funder ESRC
   
PhD area Family Farm Men and ‘Belonging’ across the Life Course
Name Lorraine Holloway-McCarney
Years of study 2018-2021
Country UK (Northern Ireland)
Funder DEFRA

Alumni: Where are they now

 

PhD area Transition to Adulthood in Britain: The analysis of Life Trajectories of Young Adults
Name Dr Alina Pelikh
Years of study 2014-2018
Country UK (England)
Current Position Senior Research Officer (Policy Unit), Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex
   
PhD area Mortality of Immigrants and their Descendants in Britain
Name Dr Matthew Wallace
Years of study 2012-2016
Country UK (England)
Current Position Postdoctoral Researcher, French National Demographic Institute (Ined), Paris
   
PhD area The Geography of the Anglo-Jewish Population in the Twenty First Century: Spatial Distribution, Characteristics, and Trends
Name Dr Philip Sapiro
Years of study 2014-2017
Country UK (England)
Current Position Honorary Research Fellow, University of Liverpool

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