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Profile summary
Interdisciplinary academic (human rights, displacement and refugee studies, feminist vibrant materialism) skilled at conducting qualitative research with populations deemed vulnerable and with a strong interest in posthuman and vibrant materialist theories. Extensive experience with co-creation and creative methods, developing ethics protocols, public engagement, and knowledge exchange with academic and non-academic audiences.
Profile summary
Research Experience
2025 - 2027: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Leverhulme funded project Invisible Education Post-65
2024 – 2025: Independent Researcher. Free-lance and Associate researcher for Research Your Way
2020 – 2024: Doctoral Researcher & Teaching Assistant, University of Plymouth
2017 – 2020: Research Assistant - SERIO, Research & Innovation, University of Plymouth. Selected evaluation experience in the following projects: Ageing Well Torbay, Building Better Opportunities - Positive People, The Pause Plymouth Initiative, Evaluation of the Veteran’s Advocacy People’s service.
2013 – 2017: Research Assistant, Institute of Education, University of Plymouth. Selected academic research experience in the following projects: The Beyond Words Project; Preventing Higher Education drop-out (PrevDrop Erasmus Plus Project); ENTELS Erasmus Plus Project; EKT Erasmus Plus Project; Keepsinging Keepsakes Project – Evaluation; Finding your Way Project – Evaluation; Long term impacts of the Young Champion Experience with Exmoor National Park Authority.
2013: Research Assistant, School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth. Project: Transnational Migrant Children’s Language Practices in Translocal Spaces – Qualitative data collection, transcription, and data analysis.
Teaching Experience
University of Plymouth, School of Society & Culture, 2024
- Globalisation and social justice (Module Leader)
- Key concepts and skills for sociology (Seminar Tutor)
University of Plymouth, Institute of Education, 2020- 2023
- Praxis for Change
- Gender & Difference
- Research ethics and applied research in the Education Studies
University of Plymouth, School of Society and Culture, Sociology, 2021
- Guest speaker for the Social Theory Module, Spring term 2021. Lecture on Posthumanism.
University of Plymouth, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Science, 2017
- Guest lecturer: the Saharawi and International Human Rights Law
University of Plymouth Business School, 2014
- Professional Development Planning Module: Protégé́ Workshops: Introduction to Qualitative Research.
Academic qualifications
PhD in Education, Forced Migration Studies and Feminist Vibrant Materialism , University of Plymouth
… → 2024
MA in International Human Rights Law, American University in Cairo
Diploma in Forced Migration & Refugee Studies, American University in Cairo
BA in Anthropology and Sociology, Florida International University
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):
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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Dis/orientations with more-than-human whisperings: a feminist vibrant materialist exploration of the eye/I in auto-ethnography
Blandon, C., May 2025, Posthuman Adventuring : Moments, movements, encounters. Routledge, p. 40-56 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Troubling normative conceptualisations of vulnerability in research: Exploring notions of vulnerability and agency amongst women human rights Educators in Colombia
Blandon, C., 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review
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waves of flickering murmurs in everyday life: playing between ages
Haynes, J., Georgeson, J., Wickett, K., Andrews, M., Landau, D., Paal, K., Bush, E., Costa Carvalho, M., Johansson, V., Almeida, T., Peach, L., Caetano-Silva, G., Reynolds, R.-A., Khosa, B., Hannam, P., Wolf, A. C., Blandon, C., Petropoulos, G. & Oester-Barkey, H., 30 Nov 2024, In: Childhood and Philosophy. 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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VOICES FROM THE GROUND: Exploring the impact of Human Rights Education (HRE) on notions of empowerment among displaced women in Colombia
Blandon, C., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review
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WHAT’S IN IT FOR ME?: Challenges in decolonising ethics in education research with women in settings of conflict and crisis
Blandon, C., 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper (not formally published) › peer-review
Activities
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University of Exeter (External organisation)
Blandon, C. (Member)
2021 → …Activity: Membership › Member of network
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School of Advanced Study (External organisation)
Blandon, C. (Member)
2021 → 2025Activity: Membership › Member of network
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Global Transformative Education Network (GTEN) (External organisation)
Blandon, C. (Member)
2022 → …Activity: Membership › Member of network
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British Academy (External organisation)
Blandon, C. (Chair)
2024 → …Activity: Membership › Member of network
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Inter-disciplinary Webinar: Gender Matters:
Blandon, C. (Participant)
13 Dec 2022Activity: Event organisation or participation › Organising, hosting and/or delivering a workshop, seminar, course
Prizes
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First Prize Winner Early Career Researcher Presentation Award
Blandon, C. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Prize / award
Theses
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‘The more empowered I feel, the more vulnerable I become’: Exploring the entanglements of Human Rights Education (HRE), legal discourses and notions of agency and vulnerability amongst Human Rights Educators in Colombia
Blandon, C. (Author), Quinn, J. (Director of Studies (First Supervisor)) & Gristy, C. (Other Supervisor), 2024Student thesis: PhD
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