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Research interests
My main research interest is in investigating the means through which social and cultural factors influence the economy and in particular how these factors influence the operation of markets in developing countries. I therefore investigate at the boundary of economics and other social sciences, in particular drawing on economic anthropology and economic sociology to investigate the social and cultural dimensions of market transactions and market development. My research can also be characterised as empirically driven and methodologically inductive in seeking to understand this boundary through the study of actually existing markets and the processes through which they are instantiated.
Having started my career as a development practitioner, my priority is research that engages theory with policy and practice. The core focus of my work to date has been on microfinance and the wider financial markets it operates within. I have therefore been engaged with a number of research and action research projects relating to the microfinance sector. More recently through my engagement with the Wellbeing in Developing Countries research programme (WeD) I have considered how markets relate to this wider goal.
Research interests
- Poverty, inequality, wellbeing and sustainable livelihoods
- Markets - social and cultural dynamics and the role of institutions
- Microfinance and microenterprise
- Gender analysis of development interventions
- Regional focus: Africa – particularly Eastern Africa
- Development management with a particular focus on monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment
- Research methods: use of mixed methods, participatory and qualititative methods
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Projects 2010 2016
- 2 Finished
KTP with Oxford Policy Management Limited (2)
Johnson, S., Copestake, J. & Vujić, S.
6/03/14 → 5/03/16
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
KTP with Oxford Policy Management Ltd
1/09/10 → 31/08/12
Project: Central government, health and local authorities
Research Output 1997 2018
‘Upliftment’, friends and finance: Everyday exchange repertories and mobile money transfer in Kenya
Johnson, S. & Krijtenburg, F., 31 Dec 2018, In : The Journal of Modern African Studies. 56, 4, p. 569-594 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Microfinance and gender: issues, challenges and the road ahead
Garikipati, S., Johnson, S., Guérin, I. & Szafarz, A., 2017, In : The Journal of Development Studies. 53, 5, p. 641-648 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Qualitative research and the evaluation of development impact: incorporating authenticity into the assessment of rigour
Johnson, S. & Rasulova, S., 2017, In : Journal of Development Effectiveness. 9, 2, p. 263-276 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
“We don’t have this is mine and this is his”: managing money and the character of conjugality in Kenya
Johnson, S., 2017, In : Journal of Development Studies. 53, 5, p. 755-768 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Competing visions of financial inclusion in Kenya: the rift revealed by mobile money transfer
Johnson, S., 2016, In : Canadian Journal of Development Studies. 37, 1, p. 83-100Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Thesis
An institutional analysis of savings group development using evidence from Kenya
Author: Malkamaki, M., 21 Mar 2016Supervisor: Johnson, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
Managing for organisational self-reliance and social impact in Indian microfinance: alternatives to the mainstream
Author: Humberstone, J., 19 Apr 2015Supervisor: Copestake, J. (Supervisor) & Johnson, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
The impact of institutional reforms on poverty and inequality in Tanzania
Author: Sansa, G., 1 Jul 2010Supervisor: Standing, G. (Supervisor), Johnson, S. (Supervisor) & Dinerstein, A. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD
“Financial inclusion does not come easily”: An institutional analysis of the development of the microfinance markets
Author: Goodwin-Groen, R., 12 Dec 2012Supervisor: Johnson, S. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › PhD