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Dr. Anita Howarth serves as Senior Lecturer in Journalism within the Department of Social and Political Sciences at Brunel University's College of Business, Arts and Social Sciences. Her office is located in Marie Jahoda 222, with active contact channels indicating current academic engagement. She holds significant administrative responsibilities including PGR Co-Director (since 2024), former PG Programme Coordinator (2017-2023), and Ethics Coordinator for her department.
Her educational background includes a PhD from the London School of Economics & Political Science (2003-2012) on GM Food discourse, an MSc in Politics and Public Policy from Birkbeck College (1999-2001), and a BA Hons in History and English from the University of Natal, South Africa (1982-1986). Prior to academia, she worked as a journalist on business press and financial desks.
Dr. Howarth's research centers on media/journalism intersecting with social justice, specifically examining how political actors legitimize or challenge dominant perspectives. Her work spans
- Visual politics of migration crises
- Food poverty and austerity narratives
- Digital activism and fake news
- University technology governance
- Refugee representation and border politics
Her publication trends reveal consistent focus on migration visual politics (40% of recent works), food poverty discourse (30%), and digital technology governance (20%), with increasing methodological innovation in visual analysis. Current major output includes the monograph Britain's Manufactured Migrant Crisis: A Visual Politics (Taylor & Francis, 2025).
Dr. Howarth collaborates extensively, notably with Dr. Yasmin Ibrahim on projects examining:
- University lecture capture policies
- Calais refugee camp representations
- Digital activism against food poverty
Professional engagement includes editorial roles for the International Journal of E-Politics and memberships in MECCSA, British Sociological Association, and Political Studies Association. Her teaching portfolio covers Foundations of Research, Journalism in the Digital Age, and Ethics modules.
