Elsbeth Robson
doctor
Human Geography
hull
United Kingdom
Biography
She is a human and development geographer with research and teaching interests in social inequality, ethics and social justice, particularly with respect to women and children/youth. Her research embraces qualitative, participatory and quantitative research methods. Geographically her research concentrates on sub-Saharan Africa. In the UK Dr Elsbeth Robson has been employed by/affiliated with the Universities of Keele, Durham, Liverpool and Brunel and in Africa the University of Malawi and Ahmadhu Bello Unversity, Nigeria. She has been a visiting scholar at the University of Zimbabwe, Gothenborg University (Sweden), University of Oulu (Finland) and Leiden University (Netherlands).
Research Interest
Engagement with policy and practice underlies my research / consultancy and I have considerable experience of knowledge exchange ensuring policy relevance and maximum impact.
Publications
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Robson, E. 2004 'Hidden child workers: Young carers in Zimbabwe' Antipode vol. 36, no. 2, pp227-248.
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Robson, E; Porter, G; Hampshire, K; & Bourdillon, M. 2009 ‘Doing it right?’: working with young researchers in Malawi to investigate children, transport and mobility Children’s Geographies vol. 7, no. 4, pp467-480.
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Porter, G., Hampshire, K., Robson, E., Abane, A., Mashiri, M., Munthali, A. 2017 Young People’s Daily Mobilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: Moving Young Lives Palgrave Macmillan DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-45431-7
