Dr Cathy Wilcock (she/her)

School of Geography and Planning

Research Fellow

c.wilcock@sheffield.ac.uk

Geography and Planning Building

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Dr Cathy Wilcock
School of Geography and Planning
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
Sheffield
S3 7ND

Profile: My background is in interdisciplinary social science. I use theoretical frameworks from political sociology, geography and politics and apply methodological approaches from anthropology, musicology and cultural studies. I have a PhD in Development Studies, a Masters in International Development and my first degree is in English Literature. I have worked in several interdisciplinary departments including the Global Development Institute, the International Institute of Social Studies and in Urban Studies at Sheffield.

Research interests: Migration and displacement, transnational political communities, belonging, citizenship and political identities, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, UK immigration policy, music scenes as political worlds.

Publications

Journal articles

Wilcock CA (2023) In the groove and in the moment: epistemology and ethics in ethnography with Sudanese musician revolutionaries. Qualitative Research, 23(3), 746-763.
Wilcock CA (2021) From Hybridity to Networked Relationality: Actors, Ideologies and the Legacies of Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 15(2), 221-243.
Wilcock CA (2020) Hybridising diasporic resistance to homeland peacebuilding: a case study of UK Sudanese activists and Sudanese peace. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(11), 2443-2461.
Bilgic A, Hoogensen Gjørv G & Wilcock C (2019) Trust, Distrust, and Security: An Untrustworthy Immigrant in a Trusting Community. Political Psychology, 40(6), 1283-1296.
WILCOCK C (2019) Why are migrant campaigns different from homeland campaigns? Understanding belonging in context among UK‐Sudanese activists. Global Networks, 19(2), 179-196.
Wilcock C (2018) Mobilising towards and imagining homelands: diaspora formation among U.K. Sudanese. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 44(3), 363-381. View this article in WRRO
Wilcock C (2015) Toyin Falola and Tyler Fleming (eds), Music, Performance and African Identities. Journal of Consumer Culture, 15(2), 281-283.
Wilcock CA () Scripting the nation: extraverted political propaganda from the Southern Sudanese Liberation Movement. Journal of Eastern African Studies, 1-19.
Wilcock CA () Hostile Immigration Policy and the Limits of Sanctuary as Resistance: Counter-Conduct as Constructive Critique. Social Inclusion, 7(4), 141-151.

Teaching interests: Development Studies, Migration, African Politics, Security and Peace

Teaching activities: I am open to supervising PGT and PGR projects in my areas of speciality. Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have a project in mind.