Researcher and Consultant
ABOUT
I am currently finishing my PhD on the role of learning for mothers seeking sanctuary in Wales. I have an MSc in Social Sciences Research Methods, an MA in Human Rights and Social Change, a BA in History, and a British Computer Society Graduate Diploma
I previously worked as a project manager and business analyst for over a decade, focusing on organisational and systems change. I then moved into the education sector as an ESOL teacher and then into Higher Education. I am a qualified teacher with a PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and an Associate Fellowship of the Advance Higher Education Academy. I’m also an Associate Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management.
GET IN TOUCH
I am available for training and research consultancy. I specialize in collaborative work focused on evidence for funding applications and policy or service improvements. I am particularly interested in projects relating to social justice and inequity.
SPEAKING
BERA Conference, 2021
British Education Research Association
Online
Breaking Boundaries Conference, 2021
Cardiff University
AWARDS
2024 ESRC Celebrating Impact – shortlisted
2021 Audrey Jones Research Awardee, Wales Assembly of Women
Publications:
Edwards, C.W., Shobiye, L. and Jones, R.D., 2025. A welcoming nation? Intersectional approaches to migration and diversity in Wales. Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru| University of Wales Press.
Narratives of coercive precarity experienced by mothers seeking asylum in the UK (Wales) http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2022.2079383
Mothers’ Seeking Sanctuary: Wellbeing, Learning and Education in Wales FINAL BRIEFING REPORT -MAY 2022 http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.33658.98248
Including temporal experiences https://walesdtp.ac.uk/methodsblog/2018/11/
November 2018
Re-planning for and in a pandemic https://walesdtp.ac.uk/methodsblog/2021/11/02/methodological-plan-vs-pandemic-reality/
November 2021
Research Stories 