School of Social and Political Science

Background

Supervisors: Dr. Angus Bancroft, Dr. Radhika Govinda, Dr. Gëzim Krasniqi

Education

University of Edinburgh, MSc Sociology by Research

School of Eastern European and Slavonic Studies, UCL, MA Political Sociology

King's College London, BA English and Communication

Conferences and workshops

June 2020, 'Epistemic Oppression and Resistance: Roma communities and the politics of knowledge production' at the Solidarity Across Difference workshop organised virtually by CRASSH, University of Cambridge

June 2019, 'Romani Women’s Activism in East-Central Europe: Theorising resistance and reimagining citizenship at the nexus of neoliberalism, nationalism, and feminist politics' at the Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Studies PhD Symposium 2019, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

June 2019, Co-presenter: Hay, Campbell, Clark, Kowalewska, Tammi & Balogh, 'A Hidden Community: Justifying the Inclusion of Roma as an Ethnic Identity in the 2021 Scottish Census', at the World Community Development Conference 2019, Dundee, Scotland.

May 2019, Conference co-organiser. Co-presenter: Kamya Choudhary, Marta Kowalewska and Cat Wayland, 'Decolonising Research and Feminist Friendships: A Conversation Across Boundaries’ at the Decolonising Feminist Knowledge Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

April 2019, 'Challenging European constructions of the gendered "Gypsy Other": Epistemic injustices, feminist complicities, and decolonial futures' at the Annual British Sociological Association Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland.

April 2019, Panelist & co-organiser. 'Doing Intersectionality in Social Research' panel, New Directions Conference, University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

July 2018, Romani Identities and Antigypsyism Summer School, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

June 2018, 'Papusza and the voice of the Romani woman in Poland', Impacts of Gender Discourse on Polish Politics, Society and Culture Conference, University College London, UK

Publications

Hay, N., Campbell, L., Kowalewska, M., Clark, C., Tammi, L., & Balogh, B. (2020). A Hidden Community: Justifying the Inclusion of Roma As an Ethnic Identity in the 2021 Scottish Census. Critical Romani Studies, 3(1), 46-71

Kowalewska, M. (2019) Review of Angela Kocze, Violetta Zentai, Jelena Jovanovic and Eniko Vincze (eds), The Romani Women’s Movement: Struggles and Debates in Central and Eastern Europe, London: Routledge, 2019. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 21(3), 522-524.

Kowalewska, M. (2018) Review of Nikolay Zakharov and Ian Law, Post-Soviet Racisms. London: Palgrave, 2017. Race & Class, 60(1), 104-107.

Teaching experience

University of Edinburgh
Sociology 1B: The Sociological Imagination: Private Troubles, Public Problems / Tutor, 2017/2018; 2018/2019

Nations and Nationalism / Tutor (UG honours), 2018/2019; 2020/2021

Gender, Marginality and Social Change / Guest Lecturer 2021

Nominated for "Best Practice in Inclusive Learning and Teaching" Teaching Award, 2019

University of Surrey
Researching the Social World: Qualitative Methods / Tutor, 2020/2021

Awards

1+3 Economic and Social Research Council studentship