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Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach (2023)
Journal Article
Monk, D., Walton, E., Madziva, R., Opio, G., Kruisselbrink, A., & Openjuru, G. L. (2023). Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach. Children & Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12810

This paper draws on empirical evidence from a 3-year research project in Northern Uganda examining the educational experiences of refugees with disabilities. The authors present the compounded and interrelated challenges children with disabilities an... Read More about Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach.

Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa (2022)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., Mahiya, I., & Nyoni, C. (2022). Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa. Children & Society, https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12680

This paper draws on research with a group of Zimbabwean orphaned young people. It explores their experiences of migrating to South Africa during the COVID-19 period when official borders were closed. It draws attention to the complexities of south–so... Read More about Childhood and children's migration in the era of COVID-19: A case study of Zimbabwean children/young people's migration to South Africa.

The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe (2022)
Journal Article
Dzinamarira, T., Nachipo, B., Nyathi, A., Madziva, R., Herrera, H., Siegel, H., & Musuka, G. (2022). The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe. Health Promotion Perspectives, 12(1), 34-36. https://doi.org/10.34172/hpp.2022.05

Efforts to control the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic have been negatively affected by myths, misconceptions and misinformation, fuelled by an “infodemic” spread via social media platforms. In response, The Zimbabwean COVID-19 response... Read More about The case to scale up edutainment as an effective public health communication intervention to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe.

Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis (2022)
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Dzinamarira, T., Nkambule, S. J., Hlongwa, M., Mhango, M., Iradukunda, P. G., Chitungo, I., …Ngara, B. (2022). Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis. Safety and Health at Work, 13(3), 263-268. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shaw.2022.04.001

Health care workers (HCWs) are more than ten times more likely to be infected with coronavirus infectious disease 2019 (COVID-19) than the general population, thus demonstrating the burden of COVID-19 among HCWs. Factors that expose HCWs to a differe... Read More about Risk Factors for COVID-19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers. A First Report From a Living Systematic Review and meta-Analysis.

Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe (2021)
Journal Article
Murewanhema, G., Mukwenha, S., Dzinamarira, T., Mukandavire, Z., Cuadros, D., Madziva, R., …Musuka, G. (2021). Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe. Vaccines, 9(12), Article 1481. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9121481

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the learning of millions of children across the world. Since March 2020 when the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in Zimbabwe, the country, like many others, has gone through periods of closing and re-opening... Read More about Optimising COVID-19 Vaccination Policy to Mitigate SARS-CoV-2 Transmission within Schools in Zimbabwe.

Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 surveillance at ports of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe due to anticipated increased human mobility during the festive period (2021)
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Madziva, R., Murewanhema, G., Dzinamarira, T., Herrera, H., & Musuka, G. (2021). Enhancing SARS-CoV-2 surveillance at ports of entry between South Africa and Zimbabwe due to anticipated increased human mobility during the festive period. Public Health In Practice, 2, Article 100215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2021.100215

“Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation (2021)
Journal Article
Hack-Polay, D., Mahmoud, A. B., Kordowicz, M., Madziva, R., & Kivunja, C. (2021). “Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation. BMC Psychology, 9(1), Article 125. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-021-00630-6

Background: The article examines how and why multiple identities are altered, used and discarded by forced migrants. Methods: The research is located in the constructivist paradigm. We used thematic analysis to analyse data gathered through interview... Read More about “Let us define ourselves”: forced migrants’ use of multiple identities as a tactic for social navigation.

Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe (2021)
Journal Article
Madziva, R., Thondhlana, J., Chiyevo Garwe, E., Murandu, M., Chagwiza, G., Chikanza, M., & Maradzika, J. (2021). Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s1), 285-302. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s1.285

In this paper we engage with the situation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) residing in two informal settlements in Zimbabwe, within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. We draw on an ongoing collaborative, interdisciplinary and impact-oriente... Read More about Internally displaced persons and COVID-19: a wake-up call for and African solutions to African problems – the case of Zimbabwe.

What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators (2021)
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Madziva, R., Thondhlana, J., & Garwe, E. (2022). What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators. Journal of the British Academy, 9s1(1), 101-125. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s1.101

The importance of diaspora and transnational knowledge production, innovation, and development is of growing interest, particularly in the developing world. The phenomenal increase in high human capital migration from poor to rich countries has histo... Read More about What can the African diaspora contribute to innovation and knowledge creation? The case study of Zimbabwean innovators.

Bordering Through Religion: A Case Study of Christians from the Muslim Majority World Seeking Asylum in the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Madziva, R. (2020). Bordering Through Religion: A Case Study of Christians from the Muslim Majority World Seeking Asylum in the UK. International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 9(3), 47-60. https://doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i3.1591

The current global 'crisis' of the refugee movement has drawn to the forefront longstanding public worries about welcoming and accommodating refugees, especially in liberal democratic States. While religion is central to refuge, very little is known... Read More about Bordering Through Religion: A Case Study of Christians from the Muslim Majority World Seeking Asylum in the UK.

Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa (2020)
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Walton, E., McIntyre, J., Awidi, S. J., De Wet-Billings, N., Dixon, K., Madziva, R., …Wedekind, V. (2020). Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa. Frontiers in Education, 5, Article 47. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2020.00047

International conventions acknowledge the right of refugees and of disabled people to access quality inclusive education. Both groups struggle to assert this right, particularly in the Global South, where educational access may be hindered by system... Read More about Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: opportunities and challenges (2017)
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Madziva, R., & Thondhlana, J. (2017). Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: opportunities and challenges. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 47(6), 942-961. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057925.2017.1375848

While existing research has shown the importance of the three interrelated domains of the wider policy, the school and home/community environments in the development of quality education for learners, this literature does not fully capture the experi... Read More about Provision of quality education in the context of Syrian refugee children in the UK: opportunities and challenges.

“Your name does not tick the box”: the intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system (2017)
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Madziva, R. (in press). “Your name does not tick the box”: the intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system. Ethnic and Racial Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2017.1318215

This article draws on research with Pakistani Christians seeking asylum in the UK, focusing on those with English/biblical names, exploring, firstly the relationship between names and religious persecution in the country of origin, and secondly the c... Read More about “Your name does not tick the box”: the intertwining of names, bodies, religion and nationality in the construction of identity within the UK asylum system.

Negotiating employability: migrant capitals and networking strategies for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK (2016)
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Thondhlana, J., Madziva, R., & McGrath, S. (in press). Negotiating employability: migrant capitals and networking strategies for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK. Sociological Review, 64(3), 575-592. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12373

In this paper we focus on highly skilled migration from Zimbabwe to the UK, exploring these migrants’ social capital sources/structures and content. In doing so we pay attention to routes of migration and how they shape migrants’ networking capabilit... Read More about Negotiating employability: migrant capitals and networking strategies for Zimbabwean highly skilled migrants in the UK.

Transnational parenthood and forced migration: the case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws (2016)
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Madziva, R. (2016). Transnational parenthood and forced migration: the case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws. Families, Relationships and Societies, 5(2), 281-297. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674315X14479281723965

Within transnational studies literature, there is a tendency to assume that migrant parents have ready access to paid work once they arrive in countries of destination, which subsequently enables them to maintain transnational ties with children and... Read More about Transnational parenthood and forced migration: the case of asylum-seeking parents who are forcibly separated from their families by immigration laws.

‘When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: symbolic objects in the policing of migration (2016)
Journal Article
Lowndes, V., & Madziva, R. (2016). ‘When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: symbolic objects in the policing of migration. Critical Social Policy, 36(4), https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018316643949

The ‘Go Home Van’ was the centrepiece of the UK government’s 2013 immigration enforcement campaign. Vehicles were driven around ethnically diverse London neighbourhoods clad with giant posters offering irregular migrants a choice between ‘voluntary d... Read More about ‘When I look at this van, it’s not only a van’: symbolic objects in the policing of migration.