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Demelza joined the CCRI in 2023 and currently works on the Horizon-Europe RUSTIK project exploring socio-economic transitions in Monmouthshire, as well as projects connected to NICRE (National Innovation Centre for Rural Enterprise), rural affordable housing, and inequalities in access to nature through schools-based Forest School and Outdoor Learning provision.
Prior to this, Demelza was Academic Subject Lead for Social Sciences and Senior Lecturer in Sociology at University of Gloucestershire. She has also held research and lecturing posts at Aston University and the University of Birmingham, and has worked on research projects including the Horizon 2020-funded CHIEF (Cultural Heritage and Identities of Europe’s Future) project, which examined how young people across nine countries experienced cultural heritage and opportunities for inter-cultural dialogue.
She has additionally researched and published in the fields of migration and diaspora, diversity in religious communities, and families’ experiences of poverty and austerity. Prior to entering academia, Demelza worked in the third sector for organisations including the Arts Council, BBC Children in Need and the Refugee Council, with a focus on supporting participatory and empowering projects for disadvantaged children and young people.
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