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Personal profile
Research Expertise
I am a Sociologist and was the the Director of the Centre for Remote and Rural Studies at University of the Highlands and Islands, Inverness College, Scotland from 2008-2021. The Centre was established in 2004 as the UHI PolicyWeb. My particular research interests include exploring the complex and intersecting relationships between ‘communities of place’ ( remote and rural places in particular) and ‘communities of interests’, challenging normative assumptions about rural places and communities and focusing on diverse groups who are ‘othered’ on various grounds using qualitative methods. I have applied my interests to issues such as belonging and intersectional identities, migration and wellbeing, ethnicity and race, and to policy areas such as poverty and social exclusion and social welfare . I have also supervised PhD students on a range of topics.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Ethnicity, 'Race' and Place: experiences and issues of identity and belonging in rural minority ethnic households, University of Stirling
Award Date: 1 Jan 2009
Master of Arts, Sociology , The University of Edinburgh
Award Date: 1 Jan 1979
External positions
Expert Member of the Expert Advisory Group on Population and Migration , Scottish Govt
1 Apr 2022 → …
Advisory group member -Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG), Scottish Govt
Apr 2022 → …
Member, Commission on Local Democracy - Highland
Oct 2016 → 2017
Theme Lead- RPLC Migration in Remote and Rural Areas , Rural Policy Learning commons
1 Jun 2014 → 30 Sept 2017
Co- Investigator , Rural Policy Learning Commons- University of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Mar 2014 → 2015
Research associate , The University of Edinburgh
2010 → …
Associate Director , The University of Edinburgh
2005 → …
Faculty Member, International Comparative Rural Policy Studies (ICRPS) Summer Institute
31 Jul 2004 → …
Associate member, The Transatlantic Rural Research Network (TARRN)
2004 → 2017
Keywords
- H Social Sciences (General)
- Rural, rural change and development
- social justice , equalities, migration
- social sustainability
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Projects
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The Rural-Migration Nexus: Global Problems, Rural Issues.
De Lima, P., 12 Mar 2023, Rural-Migration Nexus: Global Problems, Rural Issues.. Kerrigan, N. & de Lima, P. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Editorial: The Well-being of International Migrants in Rural Areas: Bridging the Migration-Development Nexus
De Lima, P., Leach, B., Radford, D. & Arora-Jonsson, S., 15 Apr 2022, In: Frontiers in Sociology . p. 4-8 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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What do Children think of their own bilingualism? Exploring bilingual children’s attitudes and perceptions. Internal Journal of Bilingualism.
Peace-Hughes, T., De Lima, P., Cohen, B., Jamieson, L., Tisdall, E. K. M. & Sorace, A., 17 Mar 2021, In: International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism. 25, 5, p. 1183–1199 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenging a “Cycle of Neglect”: Health and Safety Among Transnational Agricultural Workers in Canada and the UK
De Lima, P. & Dabrowska-Miciula, E., 25 Oct 2020, Health, Safety and Well-being of Migrant Workers: New Hazards, New Workers. Diaz Bretones, F. & Santos, A. (eds.). 1st ed. Springer, p. 137-156 19 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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International Migration: Sustaining Rural Communities
De Lima, P. & carvajal, L., 28 Oct 2019, Handbook of International Comparative Rural Policy. Vittauri, M., Devlin, J., M, P. & Johnson, T. (eds.). Routledge, 10Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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1.9-W1Ethnicity, race and Place Nexus – understanding migrant and minority ethnic health and wellbeing in rural areas in the EU and Canada
Dabrowska-Miciula, E., Silvius, R., de Lima, P., Sotkasiira, T., Silvius, R., Jean-Pierre, J., Campos-Flores, L., Kerrigan, N., Bopp, T. & Cacho, P., 17 Apr 2018, In: European Journal of Public Health. 28, suppl_1, p. 7 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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After Brexit: 10 key questions for rural policy in Scotland
Atterton, J., Copus, A., Glass, J., Liddon, A., De Lima, P., McCracken, D., Moxey, A., Philip, L., Shortall, S. & Shucksmith, M., Jan 2018, Newcastle. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Activities
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Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) Expert Advisory Group
Philomena De Lima (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → 30 Jun 2023Activity: Other › Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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Migration and Population Expert Advisory Group
Philomena De Lima (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → 31 Dec 2024Activity: Other › Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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Timespan Board member
Philomena De Lima (Member)
1 Apr 2021Activity: Other › Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
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Palgrave Macmillan (Publisher)
Philomena De Lima (Editor)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity
Press/Media
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UHI professorâ(EURO)(TM)s talk challenges notion of migrants taking jobs
27/11/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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