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Research Interests
Power, desire and affect in identity performances and social relationships: race, materiality of class, masculinities and femininities, gender and sexuality; Place identity, home, asymmetries of belonging; Personality vulnerability and relational patterns in intimate or interpersonal relationships; Complex, intergenerational and collective trauma and violence; Psychosocial studies: application of psychoanalysis, narrative and discourse analysis to critical qualitative research.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Bridging senses of place and mobilities scholarships to inform social-ecological systems governance: A research agenda
Gottwald, S., Kołodyńska, I., Buchecker, M., Di Masso, A., Fagerholm, N., Frąckowiak, M., Hakkarainen, V., Kajdanek, K., Lau, U., Manzo, L. C., Ortiz-Przychodzka, S., Pearson, J., Quinn, T., Rogowski, Ł., Stedman, R., Stewart, W. P., Trąbka, A., Williams, D. R., von Wirth, T. & Zawieska, J. & 1 others, , Jun 2024, In: Applied Geography. 167, 103286.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Between Fanon and Lacan: Rupturing Spaces for the Return of the Oppressed
Lau, U., 2021, In: Studies in Gender and Sexuality. 22, 4, p. 278-292 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Place Detachment and the Psychology of Nonbelonging: Lessons from Diepsloot Township
Lau, U., Durrheim, K. & Young, L. S., 1 Jan 2021, Changing Senses of Place: Navigating Global Challenges. Cambridge University Press, p. 103-115 13 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Storylines in psychology: rewriting or rehearsing colonial scripts? Response to ‘Frantz Fanon and the decolonial turn in psychology: From modern/colonial methods to the decolonial attitude’ by Nelson Maldonado-Torres
Lau, U., 1 Dec 2017, In: South African Journal of Psychology. 47, 4, p. 442-445 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Research psychology interns' formative training experiences
Nkadimeng, P. S., Lau, U. & Seedat, M., 1 Sept 2016, In: South African Journal of Psychology. 46, 3, p. 401-414 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)