ReSearching Diversity

In this episode, we talk to Yudith Namer who is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Public Health at Bielefeld University (Germany). Our main topics are immigration, othering and health. We learn how Yudit has been combining her different professional roles as therapist, researcher, and teacher (PAST), we discuss an inspiring research article on immigration, discrimination, and health research among Mexicans in the United States (PRESENT), and we talk about relational justice, relational ethics, and de-colonizing practices in research (FUTURE).

Show Notes

In this episode, we talk to Yudit Namer who is a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Public Health at Bielefeld University (Germany). Our main topics are discrimination and othering and how they relate to the health of different generations of migrants.

PAST (00:02:10): We learn how Yudit has been combining her different professional roles as therapist, researcher, and teacher.
PRESENT (00:14:54): We discuss an inspiring research article by Viruell-Fuentes (2007) on immigration, discrimination, and health
research among Mexicans in the United States.
FUTURE (00:30:17): Yudit elaborates on relational justice, relational ethics, and de-colonizing practices in research.

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We want to thank Minor Revisions for the music, Lotte Kooijman for the logo design, Joep Hofhuis for post production, and zeythehuman for their artwork. Stay tuned and talk soon! 


Full reference of this episode’s article:
Viruell-Fuentes, E. A. (2007). Beyond acculturation: immigration, discrimination, and health research among Mexicans in the United States. Social Science & Medicine, 65(7), 1524-1535. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.010

What is ReSearching Diversity?

Join a group of six women in social sciences in their aim to increase visibility of inspiring social scientists and of cutting-edge research on ethnic, cultural, and migration-related diversity. Each episode, two hosts invite one outstanding scientist to discuss their PAST (personal path into academia), the PRESENT (research article or book chapter that has recently inspired them), and the FUTURE (recent developments and paradigm shifts in academia and social sciences).

For more information on the episode, guest, and included references, please visit https://www.researchingdiversity.com.
You can also follow us on Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Facebook.

We want to thank Minor Revisions for the music, Lotte Gottschewski-Kooijman for the logo design, Max Kersten for post production, and zeythehuman for their artwork. Stay tuned and talk soon!