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Jason Hart is a social anthropologist by training (BA, MA, Ph.D University of London). He joined the University of Bath in September 2009 after seven years as a researcher and lecturer at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford. He is also Visiting Lecturer at the Centre for Children’s Rights Studies, University of Geneva
Much of Jason’s work has explored the experience of and institutional response to young people on the margins of society and the global economy. Themes such as protection, child rights, peacebuilding, home, militarisation and asylum have been central to this research. Much of his research has been undertaken in situations of political violence and displacement. Jason has worked in South Asia (Sri Lanka, Nepal, India and Bhutan) and, increasingly, in the UK. However, his principal area of interest is the Middle East, particularly Israel / occupied Palestinian territories and Jordan.
Jason has been employed as a consultant author, researcher, evaluator and trainer by various UN, governmental and non-governmental organisations. These include UNICEF, Save the Children, PLAN, Care International, and the Canadian International Development Agency. He has also served as an advisor to the UN in the formulation of studies, guidelines and policies.
Research interests
- Healthy Housing for the Displaced. Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council/ GCRF 2016-2020
- The Moral Economy of Children's Rights: The UNCRC and International Development. British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship 2013-14
- Protecting Palestinian Children: whose concepts? whose politics? 2007-2009. Funded by the East-West Trust and the Council for British Research in the Levant
- The Global Political Economy of Childhood Poverty 2007-2008. Funded by DfID through Young Lives, Department of International Development, Univ. of Oxford
- Children’s Everyday Lives in Political Violence and Economic Uncertainty 2004-2006. Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation through Johns Hopkins University
Recent and current doctoral supervision
- Kate Pincock: ‘F**king Not Kissing: Teenage Girlhood and Sexual Agency in Rural Tanzania’
- Anna Kvittingen: ‘Displacing Needs: The Politics of Humanitarian Aid to Refugees in Jordan’
- Frances Johnson: ‘Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children in the UK: Childhood, Agency and Integration
- Hilary Aked: ‘Israeli state power and the Zionist movement in the UK’
- Elise Reslinger: ‘In the shadows of the French asylum system: shedding light on home-making practices of accompanied children in Bretagne’
- Isabelle Schäfer: ‘Integration of forced migrants in the United Kingdom: the role of Higher Education Institutions’
Teaching
Awards:
- University of Oxford: Outstanding Teaching Award (2008-9)
- University of Bath: John Willis Award (2011-12)
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Anthropology, Doctor of Philosophy, Goldsmiths, University of London
Award Date: 31 Dec 1999
Social Anthropology, Master of Arts, School of Oriental and African Studies
Award Date: 30 Sep 1995
Middle Eastern studies, Bachelor of Arts, School of Oriental and African Studies
Award Date: 1 Jul 1994
External positions
Visiting Lecturer, University of Geneva
15 Mar 2010 → …
Research Associate, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford
1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2018
Visiting Professor , Norwegian National Technical University, (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
15 Jun 2009 → 20 Oct 2017
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Projects
- 10 Finished
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Child Protection in Gaza & Jordan: Understanding and addressing neglect through a systemic approach
Hart, J. & Al-Rozzi, M.
1/10/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research council
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Housing the marginalised in the global south
Coley, D., Albadra, D. & Hart, J.
14/09/20 → 31/07/21
Project: Research-related funding
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Philip Proudfoot BA PostDoc Fellowship
Proudfoot, P. & Hart, J.
1/03/19 → 28/02/22
Project: Research council
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Mandated to fail? Humanitarian agencies and the protection of Palestinian children
Hart, J. & Forte, C. L., Oct 2013, In: Disasters. 37, 4, p. 627-645 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Locating young refugees historically: Attending to age position in humanitarianism
Hart, J., 10 Apr 2014, In: European Journal of Development Research. 26, 2, p. 219-232 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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End user engagement in refugee shelter design: contextualising participatory process
Hart, J., Albadra, D., Paszkiewicz, N., Adeyeye, K. & Copping, A., 31 May 2022, In: Design Studies. 80, 101107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Neglect and the Protection of Refugee Children: A report on research in Jordan and the Gaza Strip, Palestine
Hart, J., Al-Rozzi, M. & Procter, C., 15 Jun 2022, 66 p.Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper
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Child Protection in Palestine and Jordan: From rights to principles?
Hart, J., 5 Dec 2021, International Child Protection: Towards Politics and Participation. Howard, N. & Okyere, S. (eds.). Palgrave MacmillanResearch output: Chapter or section in a book/report/conference proceeding › Chapter or section
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Data for 'Toward healthy housing for the displaced'
Albadra, D. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator) & Hart, J. (Creator), University of Bath, 11 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00433
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Shelter Assessment Matrix (SAM)
Kuchai, N. (Creator), Lo, S. (Creator), Albadra, D. (Creator), Coley, D. (Creator), Natarajan, S. (Creator), Hart, J. (Creator), Paszkiewicz, N. (Creator), Adeyeye, K. (Creator), Moran, F. (Creator), Ball, R. (Creator), Calabria-Holley, J. (Creator), Orr, J. (Creator) & de Castro, M. (Creator), University of Bath, 19 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.15125/BATH-00937
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