Kasia Narkowicz

Contested Spaces: Group Identities and Competing Rights in Transitioning Warsaw
Supervisors: Professor Gill Valentine, Professor Richard Phillips, Dr Tariq Jazeel

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Research summary

My project is situated in Poland and addresses tensions between social groups and the ways they claim their right to occupy and take up public space in different forms. The research is based on two case studies currently played out in the Polish public sphere; a conflict around a mosque construction and a conflict around abortion. This project uses mixed qualitative methods such as focus groups, individual interviews, participant observation and media discourse analysis.

This project makes part of the LiveDifference (Living with Difference in Europe) research programme, led by Professor Gill Valentine and funded by the European Research Council.

Research interests

• Religion and Secularism
• Islam, Muslims and Islamophobia
• Feminism
• Group conflicts
• Public space

Academic Background

2009–2010: MSc Globalisation & Development, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK
2007–2008: MA Ethnology and Gender Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden
2006–2007: Interdisciplinary Humanities & Social Science, Jagiellonian University, Poland
2005–2006: International Journalism & Human Rights, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
2001–2004: BA Ethnology and Gender Studies, University of Stockholm, Sweden

Contact Details

Address: Department of Geography, University of Sheffield, Winter Street, Sheffield, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
Email: ggp12kn@sheffield.ac.uk