Moving Through the Policy Environment: The Political Life of the Nomadism Definition

该奖学金的主要目的是在博士成就的基础上再接再厉，以便将我对学术生涯的专业抱负与在人类学和方法论方法及其现实世界影响方面具有开创性的研究结合起来。为了实现这一目标，我们的目的是进行后续的实地考察，与一系列不同的受众接触，增加我的研究的政策影响，并建立专业网络。通过使用数字和传统的面对面方法，我的研究试图考察旅行者游牧类别的社会和政治生活，因为它在地方议会办公室、私人和第三部门组织之间移动，进入议会委员会，通过法庭，并进入旅行者营地。这项后续研究的目的是为公共、私人和第三部门组织的内部运作提供新的见解，检查这些机构的运作如何影响旅行者和吉普赛人，并探索在研究这种决策环境是如何在网上制定的过程中涉及的潜在方法创新。为了进一步了解这些政策制定领域，并研究如何为旅行者和吉普赛人改善政策结果，我还将咨询牛津大学移民、政策和社会中心以及该大学政策参与网络的相关专家。此外，这笔奖学金将用于与学者、非政府组织雇员、旅行者和吉普赛人合作并扩大我的关系网，以建立一个咨询小组。在这里，目的是结合我们的研究材料，并汇编一个可供旅行者和吉普赛人以及代表他们行事的人使用的证据库。这些资源还将用于与地方议会、大伦敦管理局的磋商，以及用于学术研究。该奖学金还将用于与非政府组织合作，参与并审查伦敦市长在将旅行者游牧的修改定义落实到伦敦计划中的进展情况。此外，在奖学金期间，我的目标是与在英国进行大部分旅行者和吉普赛人需求评估的组织合作(并对其进行调查研究)，以设计更好地反映这些社区的情况和要求的研究材料。由于奖学金将被用来建立我的专业声誉，我打算通过不同的平台传播我的研究成果，与不同的受众接触。这将包括在著名的学术期刊上发表文章，与一位杰出的旅行者和吉普赛人学者共同编辑一本书，并在国际会议上展示我的研究成果。关于现实世界的影响，在研究金期间，我将根据我的调查结果向人权组织提交报告，并在一个旅行者/吉普赛非政府组织主办的会议上提交一篇以政策为导向的论文。为了确保它接触到更广泛的受众，我还计划在媒体平台和渠道上传播我的研究成果。该奖学金的另一个目的是争取我导师的帮助，与那些在地区和地方政府工作的人建立关系，扩大我的专业网络，并朝着我获得永久学术职位的目标迈进。最后，由于奖学金的首要目标是开始学术生涯，我将花时间开发新的研究主题和问题，申请更多的早期职业职位，并在牛津大学人类学和博物馆人种学学院以及移民、政策和社会中心教授课程。

The main aim of the fellowship is to build on the achievements of the PhD, in order to combine my professional aspirations for an academic career with research that is groundbreaking in terms of its anthropological and methodological approach, and its real-world impact. To achieve this, the intention is to conduct follow-up fieldwork, engage with a range of different audiences, increase the policy impacts of my research, and build professional networks. Through employing digital and conventional face-to-face methods, my research seeks to examine the social and political life of the category of Traveller nomadism as it moves between the offices of local councils, and private and third sector organisations, into assembly committees; through court rooms, and onto Travellers' encampments. The aim of this follow-up research is to provide fresh insights into the inner workings of public, private, and third sector organisations, to examine how the operations of these institutions affect Travellers and Gypsies, and to explore the potential methodological innovations involved in researching how this policymaking environment is enacted online. In order to further understand these areas of policymaking, and to examine how improved policy outcomes can be achieved for Travellers and Gypsies, I will also consult relevant experts at Oxford University's Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society, and from the University's Policy Engagement Network. Additionally, the fellowship will be used to work with and expand my network of scholars, NGO employees, and Travellers and Gypsies, to establish an advisory group. Here, the aim is to combine our research materials and compile an evidence base that can be accessed by Travellers and Gypsies and those acting on their behalf. These resources would also be used in consultations with local councils, the Greater London Authority, and for academic research. The fellowship will also be used to work with NGOs, engaging in and examining the London Mayor's progression towards implementing a modified definition of Traveller nomadism into the London Plan. Additionally, during the fellowship I aim to work with (and conduct investigative research on) the organisation that conducts the majority of Traveller and Gypsy needs assessments in the UK, to design research materials that better reflect the circumstances and requirements of these communities. As the fellowship will be used to build my professional reputation, I intend to engage with a range of audiences by disseminating my research through different platforms. This will consist of publishing in renowned academic journals, co-editing a book with a preeminent scholar of Travellers and Gypsies, and presenting my research at international conferences. Regarding real-world impact, during the fellowship I will submit reports based on my findings to human rights organisations, as well as presenting a policy-oriented paper at a conference hosted by a Traveller/Gypsy NGO. To ensure that it reaches wider audiences, I also plan to disseminate my research on media platforms and outlets. A further aim of the fellowship is to enlist the help of my mentor to build relationships with those working at regional and local levels of government, expand my professional network, and move towards my goal of attaining a permanent academic position. Finally, as the overarching aim of the fellowship is to launch an academic career, I will devote time to developing new research topics and questions, applying for further early career positions, and teaching courses at Oxford's School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, and at the Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society.