Rajan-Rankin, Sweta - Brunel University - Department of Clinical Sciences

个人简介

2012: Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA) 2010: DPhil (Doctor of Philosophy) in Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford (“The Balancing Act? Work-Family Conflict and Balance in Indian Call Centers”, minor corrections) 2005: MPhil (Masters of Philosophy) in Comparative Social Policy, Department of Social Policy and Social Work, University of Oxford. (“Gendered Impact of Structural Adjustment Programmes: A Study of Three Indian States”, awarded 2:1). 2002: Master of Arts Degree in Social Work (MSW), Specialization in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India (Best Social Work Student, Best Field Work Student, Best Student in Medical and Psychiatric Social Work, awarded First Class). 2000: Bachelor of Arts (Honors) Degree in Psychology, Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi, India, (awarded 2:1).

研究领域

Sweta Rajan-Rankin is primarily interested in globality, cultural politics of emotion and post-colonial framings of worker identity in developing and developed country contexts. Her DPhil thesis from Oxford University titled "The balancing act? Work-life conflict and balance in Indian call centres" explored the shifting work-life experiences of globally outsourced call centre workers. Emotional labour, humour as a tool for resistance, gendering of organizations and unpacking paternalistic practices inform much of her research. Viewing 'culture', ‘race’ and 'gender' as post-structuralist spaces where identity is being constantly reshaped and redefined, she is interested in the ways in which 'westernized' work practices are localized in developing countries. She is also interested in the cultural politics of emotion, and the extent to which emotionality and gendered performance are culturally attenuated within human service and care work. Her work on emotional resilience among trainee social workers and practitioners highlight the embodied nature of emotion work in the helping professions and the need to frame resilience as part of the development of congruent self-identity, rather than just a survival skill to prevent burnout in front-line work. She has recently been awarded the Athena Swan grant (￡14,966) to explore the lived experiences of ethnic minority elders who are growing ‘old’ in a foreign land. By drawing on cultural theory and post-colonial approaches, this cross-cultural ethnography aims to explore sense of belonging and diasporic imaginary among South Indian elders living in India and the UK. She is interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of emotional resilience and professional development, critical race theory, post-coloniality and globalization, and ageing and diaspora.

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Rajan-Rankin, S. (2016) 'Paternalism and the paradox of work-life balance: Discourse and practice'. Community Work and Family. doi: 10.1080/13668803.2016.113413. Download publication Rajan-Rankin, S. (2015) 'Anti-racist social work in a 'post-race society'? Interrogating the amorphous 'other''. Critical and Radical Social Work, 3 (2). pp. 207 - 220. doi: 10.1332/204986015X14286590888439 Download publication Rajan-Rankin, S. (2013) 'Self-identity, embodiment and the development of emotional resilience'. The British Journal of Social Work, Online First doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bct083 Download publication