Dr Madeline-Sophie Abbas
Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Race and Anti-Racism)Profile
Dr Madeline-Sophie (Maddy) Abbas completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Leeds, funded by a University Research Scholarship. She is a critical race scholar and activist engaged in anti-racism, decolonisation and social justice. She joined Lancaster in September 2022 as a Senior Lecturer in Racism and Anti-Racism in the Department of Sociology.
Previous posts include Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Sociology at Leeds Trinity University, Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester, Research Associate at Cambridge University for the Cambridge Migration Research Network, now the Centre for the Study of Human Movement, Lecturer in Sociology at Oxford Brookes University, and Teaching Assistant at the University of Leeds.
Research Overview
My research and teaching interests are in critical race and whiteness studies, Islamophobia, counter-terrorism, security and surveillance, and refugee, asylum and migration. My research projects have explored the impact of counter-terrorism measures on British Muslims and institutional racism and race equality within higher education. My current project looks at counter-terrorism policing, citizenship stripping and human rights.
Current Research
Her recent Research England’s policy support funded project (2022) explored the impact of Prevent and related legislation on British Muslims’ experiences of citizenship and wider issues of citizenship deprivation and human rights in the context of counter-terrorism and security.
Current Teaching
Racisms and Racial Formations SOCL243 - module lead (second year)
MA Dissertation SOCL949 - module lead (MA)
Contemporary Issues in Global Social Theory - guest lecturer (MA)
Gender and Women's Studies - guest lecturer (first year)
PhD Supervision Interests
I am interested in working with PhD candidates whose projects relate to my research interests of racism and anti-racism, race and ethnicity/critical race and whiteness studies, including work on: • Islamophobia • Counter-terrorism, security and surveillance • Refugee, asylum and migration • Institutional racism and race equality
Combatting Islamophobia: Addressing causes, finding solutions
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Islamophobia: The Causes and Cures
Invited talk
Resurgences of national citizenship in Europe? Brexit and other restrictions
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Parliament Week: the people of Afghanistan look to the future
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Challenging academic debates: situating decolonial science, art and faith in the syllabus
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Manchester : Manchester University Press (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
British Journal of Sociology (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Not the Fake News (part of Refugee Week)
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
British Sociological Association (External organisation)
Member of an organisation
The Higher Education Academy (External organisation)
Membership of council
Nominated for Undergraduate Dissertation Supervisor Award
Prize (including medals and awards)
Faculty Outstanding Award for Teaching
Prize (including medals and awards)
Highly Recommended Sociology Public Engagement Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)
- Security Lancaster
- Security Lancaster (Sociology)