Dr. Patricia Ward
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Research associate
NameMs Dr. Patricia Ward
Project: HumGlobal
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Vita
May 2021-Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate Center for Integration Studies
School of Humanities and Social Sciences Technische Universität Dresden
September 2020-May 2021
Postdoctoral Fellow (Guest Affiliate as of May 2021) Department of Ethics, Law, and Politics Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity
September 2020
Ph.D., Sociology, Boston University
Research Interest
Global/Transnational Sociology, Work & Labour, Migration/Mobility Studies, Organizations, Race and Ethnicity, Middle East
Publications (related to TUDiSC)
Monographs
Ward, P. 2020. How Humanitarian Relief ‘Works’: International Aid Organizations and Local Labor in Crisis Contexts. PhD Dissertation. Boston University, USA.
Articles
Ward, P. 2020. “‘What do they want from us?’ How locals work to meet their employers’ expectations in Jordan’s aid sector.” Sociology of Development 6(3): 318-337.
Ward, P. 2020. “Capitalising on ‘local knowledge’: The labour practices behind successful aid projects, the case of Jordan.” Current Sociology. Online first: https://doi.org/10.1177/0011392120905342.
Ward, P. 2018. “Place matters: Understanding aid work in Jordan through cafe interviews.” American Center for Oriental Research Blog. <https://www.acorjordan.org/2018/02/06/understanding-aid-work/>.
Ward, P. 2016. “‘Are you really a refugee?’: Exploring academia’s impact on framing current discourse and approaches to resettlement,” in After the Flight: The Dynamics of Refugee Settlement and Integration, M. Poteet and S. Nourpanah (eds), UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 81-102.
Ward, P. 2014. “Refugee cities: Reflections on the development and impact of UNHCR urban refugee policy in the Middle East.” Refugee Survey Quarterly 33(1): 77-93.
Esser, D. and P. Ward. 2013. “Ageing as a global public health challenge: From complexity reduction to aid effectiveness.” Global Public Health 8(7): 745-768.
Ward, P. 2012. “Evolving roles of national and international NGOs in protracted urban refugee contexts: The case of Iraqis in the Middle East.” Oxford Monitor of Forced Migration 2(1): 17-20.