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Dr Utsa Mukherjee
Senior Lecturer in Education

Research area(s)

  • Sociology of Childhood
  • Sociology of Education
  • Race, Ethnicity and Racism
  • Social Class
  • Migration and Transnationalism
  • Leisure Studies

Research Interests

Utsa's research interests broadly centre around the following axes:

  • Children's everyday lives with a particular focus on generational order, parenting strategies, and children's agency
  • Intersection of race and class within parenting ideologies and family practices
  • Reproduction of social inequalities in the context of leisure
  • Critical race theory approaches to the study of childhood and parenting
  • South Asia and global South Asian diaspora
  • Critical sexuality studies

Research grants and projects

Grants

Seminar Series Award
Funder: Brunel University London
Duration: September 2023 - July 2024

Childhood Inequalities and Leisure: International Perspectives

Research and Development Fund
Funder: Leisure Studies Association
Duration: April 2022 - January 2023
Children's Leisurescapes and Parenting Strategies in Middle-Class British Indian Families: Building Knowledge, Impact and Skills
Funder: Economic and Social Research Council
Duration: October 2020 - August 2021

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Brunel University London
Kingston Lane
Uxbridge
Middlesex UB8 3PH

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