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Faculty of Health & Social Care

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Lead Researcher Professor Joanna Bornat

Joanna Bornat is Emeritus Professor of Oral History in the Faculty of Health and Social Care at the Open University. She has researched and written on topics relating to remembering in late life for a number of years. She is a member of the Academy of Social Sciences and joint editor of Oral History. She is currently principal researcher, investigating with Dr Bill Bytheway, ‘The Oldest Generation’ a project which is part of the ESRC funded programme, Timescapes.

Co-investigator Dr Parvati Raghuram

Parvati Raghuram is Lecturer in Geography at the Open University. In a series of papers she has been exploring the intersection between family, labour markets and immigration regulations. In particular, she has published a number of articles on gender and skilled migration in the UK including several on the experiences of Asian medical migrants. She has co-authored The Practice of Cultural Studies, Gender and International Migration in Europe and co-edited South Asian women in the diaspora and Tracing Indian diaspora: Contexts, Memories, Representations.

Research Fellow Dr Leroi Henry

Leroi Henry was Research Fellow for the project at the Faculty of Health and Social Care at The Open University. Previously he worked on the REOH project which explored the experiences of migrant nurses and other health professionals in the UK. His other research interests focus on the interplay between identity, migration and international development and have included exploring the roles of Diasporas in development and the relationship between ethnicity and indigenous development in Africa. Leroi is now Senior Research Fellow at the Working Lives Institute at London Metropolitan University.

The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302)