All Outputs (3)

Refugee identity and integration in Germany during the European “migration crisis”: Why local community support matters, and why policy gets it wrong (2022)
Journal Article
Lienen, C., & LeRoux-Rutledge, E. (in press). Refugee identity and integration in Germany during the European “migration crisis”: Why local community support matters, and why policy gets it wrong. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15562948.2022.2098445

Although the 2015 “refugee crisis” dominated Europe’s policy-making agenda, little research was actually conducted with refugees. Using focus groups, interviews and photovoice, this study explores the identity and integration processes of 20 refugees... Read More about Refugee identity and integration in Germany during the European “migration crisis”: Why local community support matters, and why policy gets it wrong.

Women saving the world: Narratives of gender and development on global radio (2022)
Book Chapter
LeRoux-Rutledge, E. (2022). Women saving the world: Narratives of gender and development on global radio. In New mediums, better messages? How innovations in translation, engagement, and advocacy are changing international development. New York: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198858751.001.0001

Radio has long been used as a tool for development – particularly when promoting gender equality and women’s empowerment – but far more attention has been paid to local community radio than to radio with a global reach. This chapter seeks to understa... Read More about Women saving the world: Narratives of gender and development on global radio.

Narratives (2022)
Book Chapter
LeRoux-Rutledge, E. (2022). Narratives. In The Palgrave Encyclopedia of the Possible (1-7). Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98390-5_182-1

While many definitions of narrative exist, at its most basic, a narrative is a temporal sequence of events with a plot connecting those events. When we express our identity -- who we are -- we often do so in narrative form, telling a life story that... Read More about Narratives.