Ojeaku Nwabuzo
Biography
Ojeaku's doctoral research focuses on anti-racism advocacy and anti-discrimination policies, supervised by Ilke Adam (IES) and Sophie Withaeckx (RHEA) . This research project aims to advance our understanding of anti-racism and the complex processes that generate racism using insights from critical race theory, black feminist theory and decolonial theory. It will focus on how anti-racism is practiced and the systems of oppression that shape anti-racist advocacy and policy development.
Since her MA in Political Communications at Goldsmiths (University of London), Ojeaku has worked on race related research projects for 10 years. She currently works as a senior research officer as the European Network Against Racism, writing EU reports on racism and racial discrimination in the criminal justice system, migration and people of African descent. She previously worked at the Runnymede Trust, a UK race equality think tank, as a research and policy analyst.