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Dr Kasia Narkowicz is a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Middlesex University's Law and Social Sciences Department (Faculty of Business and Law). With a PhD in social conflicts around race, religion, and gender in Poland, she has held academic posts at the University of Gloucestershire, University of York, University of Cambridge, and Södertörn University. Her research focuses on migration, gender, Islamophobia, and post-socialist/postcolonial intersections in Central and Eastern Europe.
Education highlights include a PhD in Social Sciences from the University of Cambridge, alongside research fellowships at leading international institutions. She currently supervises doctoral candidates investigating migrant essential workers and related sociopolitical dynamics.
Her research explores migration's socio-political impacts, particularly for Polish communities in the UK, Brexit's effects on migrant rights, and racialization processes. Key themes include the paradox of Poles being perceived as 'white enough' yet excluded from UK national belonging, and the intersection of gendered nationalism in post-authoritarian societies.
Advising and grants: Supervises Terrance Belfon and Raja Hussain in doctoral research on migrant workers. Led the Health, Social, Economic & Cultural Impacts of Covid-19 on Migrant Essential Workers in the UK project, producing both academic and policy-oriented outputs.
Labs/teams: Active in Middlesex's Law and Social Sciences research community, contributing to interdisciplinary projects on migration, race, and gender across Europe.
