Dr Benedicte Brahic
Senior Lecturer
My profile
Biography
Academic and professional qualifications
Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE)
PhD in Sociology
MA Globalisation, Societies and Cultures
BA (Hons) Political Science
Other academic service (administration and management)
International Lead - Exchange coordinator
Co-convenor of the Migration and Interdisciplinary Global Studies (MIGS) group
Research group: Migration and Interdisciplinary Global Studies (MIGs) | MMU
Languages
English (near native)
French (near native)
Projects
Current projects:
Higher Educational Attainment Inequalities and Single Parent families in South Africa (HEAPS): differences by region, gender and race.
The HEAPS project has been conducted by a team of researchers from the University of KwaZulu Natal, the University of Stellenbosch and Manchester Metropolitan University.
HEAPS explores the impact of growing up in a single-headed household on access to & success in Higher Education. In doing so, the project shed light on some of the lesser-known, yet critical dynamics at play in advancing two Sustainable Development Goals which are core to advancing social justice in South Africa - namely Quality Education for all (SDG 4) and Gendered Inequalities (SDG 5).
The Manchester Bilingual Cafe
co-founded with Dr Coralie Herve and in collaboration with Multilingual Manchester - University of Manchester
The Bilingual Cafe seeks to foster knowledge exchange between researchers and the local bilingual and bi-cultural community. One central aim is to disseminate information on bilingualism through the organisation of meetings where parents/carers of bilinguals can exchange. These meetings are an opportunity to learn from other people’s experience and discuss with the researchers running the meeting.
http://mlm.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/activities/bilingual-cafe/
Teaching
Teaching
Globalisation, Media, Culture and Consumption (GMCC) - MA, Unit co-leader
Global Society - UG Year 1, Unit co-leader
World without Borders - UG Year 2, Unit co-leader
Subject areas
Sociology
Supervision
Yasmin Hussain (in progress),
Working Title: ‘A critical evaluation of the intersectionalities and competing discourses of globalisation, internationalisation and student mobility in the UK’
Research outputs
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Chapters in books
Brahic, B., Heyes, K., Arun, S. (2024) 'At Whose Cost? Vulnerable female migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) during the COVID-19 Crisis in England.' In Seedat-Khan, M., Zulueta, J.O. (ed.) Women and COVID-19: a clinical and applied sociological focus on family, work and community. London: Routledge, pp. 227-242.
Brahic, B., Heyes, K., Arun, S. (2023) 'At Whose Cost? Vulnerable Female Migrants with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) during the COVID-19 Crisis in England.' Women and COVID-19: a Clinical and Applied Sociological Focus on Family, Work and Community. pp. 227-241.
Brahic, B.A.M. (2018) ''Doing gender' across cultures: gender negotiations in European bi-national couple relationships.' In Crespi, I., Giada Meda, S., Merla, L. (ed.) Making Multicultural Families in Europe: Gender and Intergenerational Relations. Springer, pp. 39-56.
Brahic, B.A.M. (2015) 'European Bi-National Couples And Their Pre-Existing Families: ‘Doing Family’ Across Borders And Cultures.' Family Change in Times of the De-Bordering of Europe and Global Mobility: resources, processes and practices. Vilnius University Press,
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Journal articles
Beck, S., Brahic, B. (2023) 'Par-delà l’expatriation et la migration: L’identification des Français hors de France à l’aune de la mobilité et de l’immobilité.' Migrations Société, 193(3) pp. 133-149.
Heyes, K., Brahic, B., Ramnund-Mansingh, A., Ingram, N., Arun, S., Seedat-Khan, M. (2023) '“I Cannot Fall Pregnant!”: Unequal Bodies in South African Higher Education.' Girlhood Studies, 16(1) pp. 71-86.
Brahic, B.A.M., Miao, S., Webb, S.J., Harvey, A.G. (2023) 'Reflexive, relevant and interactive: a STEM student-centred pedagogical approach for responsible research and innovation (RRI) training in higher education.' Research in Science and Technological Education, pp. 1-20.
Brahic, B. (2020) 'From expat mothers to migrant mothers: Narratives of transformations, lost privileges and the ‘quieter’ everyday in Brexit Britain.' Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 48(9) pp. 2168-2186.
Arun, S., Brahic, B., Taylor, S. (2019) 'Global mobilities: united by dividing and accelerating precarities.' Migration and Development, 9(1) pp. 1-7.
Brahic, B., Lallement, M. (2018) 'From ‘Expats’ to ‘Migrants’: strategies of resilience among French movers in post-Brexit Manchester’.' Migration and Development, 9(1) pp. 8-24.
Jacobs, S.M., Brahic, B., Medusa Olaiya, M. (2015) 'Sexual harassment in an east African agribusiness supply chain.' The Economic and Labour Relations Review, 26(3) pp. 393-410.
Brahic, B., Jacobs, S. (2013) 'Empowering Women: A Labor Rights-Based Approach: Case Studies from East African Horticultural Farms.' Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 26(3) pp. 601-619.
Brahic, B. (2013) 'The politics of bi-nationality in couple relationships: A case study of european bi-national couples in Manchester.' Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 44(6) pp. 699-714.
Brahic, B., Olaiya, M.M., Jacobs, S., English, R. (2011) 'Organizing women workers in the agribusiness sector: Case studies from East Africa.' Labour, Capital and Society, 44(1)
Brahic, B.A.M., Medusa Olaiya, M., Jacobs, S., English, R. (2011) ''Organizing Women Workers in the Agribusiness Sector: Case Studies from East Africa'.' Labour, Capital and Society, 44(1) pp. 70-97.
Jacobs, S. (2004) 'Introduction: Women's Organisations and Networks: Some Debates and New Directions.' Journal of Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, 8(1-2) pp. 3-17.