Elaine Bauer

Dr. Elaine Bauer is a distinguished academic and researcher with over two decades of experience in social anthropology and sociology. Holding a PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London, she has made significant contributions to the fields of international migration, transnationalism, race and ethnic relations, and family and kinship studies. Dr. Bauer has served in various academic and research roles, including as a Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at London South Bank University, and most recently as a Research Assistant at the University of Greenwich. Her extensive research portfolio includes impactful projects such as examining the experiences of BAME migrant mothers in the UK and exploring the dynamics of trust and leadership in community partnerships. Dr. Bauer's work has been widely disseminated through books, peer-reviewed journals, and international conferences, solidifying her reputation as a leading expert in her field.

• Institute for the Study of the Americas, University of London - Associate Fellow
• The Young Foundation - Research Fellow

• Research Assistant, University of Greenwich, London, UK, 01/2019, 12/2023
• Research Assistant, London South Bank University, London, UK, 01/2010, 12/2012
• Research Officer, Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK, 01/2007, 12/2010
• PhD Research, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK, 09/2001, 06/2006
• Research Fellow, The Young Foundation, London, UK, 01/1997, 12/2005
• MA Research, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, 09/1999, 06/2001
• Research Fellow, The Young Foundation, London, UK, 01/1997, 12/1998

• The Creolisaton of London Kinship: Mixed African-Caribbean and white British extended families, 1950-2003, Elaine Bauer, Amsterdam University Press, 2010
• Jamaican Hands Across the Atlantic: Transnational Families, Elaine Bauer & Paul Thompson, Ian Randle Publishers, 2006
• Black-White Mixed Relationships in Canada, Elaine Bauer, University of Guelph, 2001
• An Academic And Voluntary Sector Collaboration to Facilitate Relationship Support for 'Mixed' Couples and Families: Project Report, Elaine Bauer, C. Houlston, L. Coleman & R. Edwards, Families & Social Capital Research Group, 2012
• Racialized citizenship, respectability and mothering among Caribbean mothers in Britain, Elaine Bauer, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 41, 1, 151-169, 2018, 10.1080/01419870.2017.1317826
• Practising kinship care: Children as language brokers in migrant families, Elaine Bauer, Childhoods, 23, 1, 22-36, 2016, 10.1177/0907568215574917
• Group Analysis in Practice: Narrative Approaches, Ann Phoenix, Julia Brannen, Heather Elliott, Janet Smithson, Paulette Morris, Cordet Smart, Ann Barlow & Elaine Bauer, Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 17, 2, 9, 2016, fqs160294
• Practising kinship care: Children as language brokers in migrant families, Elaine Bauer, Childhoods, 23, 1, 22-36, 2016
• Reconstructing Moral Identities in Memories of Childhood Language Brokering Experiences, Elaine Bauer, International Migration, 51, 5, 205-218, 2012
• Challenging gender practices: Intersectional narratives of sibling relations and parent-child engagements in transnational spaces, Ann Phoenix & Elaine Bauer, European Journal of Women's Studies, 19, 4, 490-504, 2012
• An Academic and Voluntary Sector Collaboration to Facilitate Relationship Support for 'Mixed' Couples and Families, C. Lester, Elaine Bauer, C. Houlston & R. Edwards, Families, Relationships and Societies, 1, 2, 255-262, 2012
• Language Brokering: Practicing active citizenship, Elaine Bauer, mediAzioni, 10, 2010
• Sources and Means of Mixing: The growth of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families in London, Elaine Bauer, Oral History, 37, 2, 76-86, 2009
• Shifting Jamaican migrant identities: Out to new countries and back to the homeland, Elaine Bauer & Paul Thompson, BIOS Zeitschrift Fűr Biographieforschung, Oral History und Lebensverlaufsanalysen, 20, 2007
• Sources of Aid and Resilience and Points of Pain in Jamaican Migrant Families, Paul Thompson & Elaine Bauer, Revue Européenne des Migrations Internationales, 21, 3, 9-26, 2005
• She's always the person with a very global vision': The Gender Dynamics of Migration, Narrative Interpretation and the Case of Jamaican Transnational Families, Paul Thompson & Elaine Bauer, Gender and History, 16, 2, 334-375, 2004
• Evolving Jamaican Migrant Identities: Contrasts between Britain, Canada and the United States, Paul Thompson & Elaine Bauer, Community, Work and Family, 6, 1, 89-102, 2002
• Recapturing Distant Caribbean Childhood and Communities: The Shaping of Memory in the Testimonies of Jamaican Migrants in Britain and North America, Paul Thompson & Elaine Bauer, Oral History, 30, 2, 49-59, 2002
• Jamaican Transnational Families: Points of Pain and Sources of Resilience, Paul Thompson & Elaine Bauer, Wadabagei: A Journal of the Caribbean and its Diaspora, 3, 2, 1-37, 2000
• Interracial Relationships: The Women's Experiences, Elaine Bauer, Oral History, 18, 39-64, 1998

• VOUCH UK, Committee member, Voluntary charity organization for the support of underprivileged Jamaican children's education, 01/2004, 12/2020
• John Howard Society, Mediator in the 'Alternative Measures Program', liaising between 12-15 year old first-time offenders and the judicial system, 01/1995, 12/1999

Migrant Mothers and no Recourse to Public Funds, This social impact research explored the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) migrant mothers who have lived in the UK, working and raising their families for many years, yet have been refused Right to Remain status, and consequently no recourse to public funds or social benefits., 01/2019, 12/2020 Trust and Leadership in the Community, This study gathered impact evidence from the Challenging Hate Crime Partnership work with the charity organization Second Wave, the University of Greenwich and other partners. It explored the extent to which trust and community leadership might be developed and improved, as a result of positive engagement in a collaborative community youth group partnership working together against hate crime. It also sought to understand the kinds of exchange in discussion, that may facilitate improved trust-building in the community., 01/2020, 12/2021 Black and Minority (BAME) Postgraduate Research (PGR) Student experiences at University of Greenwich, This project investigated BAME PGR student experiences, looking specifically at areas such as their supervision experiences; the university support structures available to them; the opportunities they feel they have as PGR students; the university structures in place that provide them with a sense of equality and inclusion. It aimed to use the data collected to implement policies within the university, and provide structures which will improve and enhance PGR student experiences., 01/2021, 12/2023 Facilitating relationship support for 'Mixed' Couples and Families: A Collaborative Approach and Evaluation, This was a knowledge transfer project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). It represented a research-into-practice collaboration between academics (from University of Southampton, London South Bank University and University of Nottingham) and voluntary sector organizations (One Plus One, Intermix, Mix Together and People in Harmony) concerned with couple and family relationship support and with 'mixed' people and families support respectively. The project translated research findings on 'mixed' (race/ethnicity/faith) couple relationships into useful on-line resources for 'mixed' couples experiencing relationship difficulties, and for organisations and frontline practitioners seeking to support them. The project also shaped an agenda for research with practice implications. Findings from this project were disseminated at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, and resulted in a monograph and a peer-reviewed journal publication. This project was selected and submitted as a Research Impact Case Study for the UK universities Research Excellence Framework (REF)., 01/2010, 12/2012 Transforming Experiences: Re-conceptualizing identities and 'non-normative' childhoods, The Transforming Experiences research project was an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)-funded study, and was carried out at the Thomas Coram Research Unit, Institute of Education, University of London. The study investigated the impact of childhood experiences on adult identities among adults who had one of three types of family experience, namely: (i) as children they came to Britain from the Caribbean to rejoin their parents in the process of serial migration; (ii) as children who grew up in a family with members of visibly mixed ethnicity; and (iii) as children of minority ethnic migrants who sometimes took responsibility for their parents as translators and interpreters. The project was carried out collaboratively by a team of three researchers from multidisciplinary fields. Findings from this project were disseminated at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, and resulted in numerous peer-reviewed journal publications., 01/2007, 12/2010 The Creolization of London Kinship: Mixed African-Caribbean and White British Extended families, 1950-2003, Qualitative research exploring the family relationships of thirty-four mixed African-Caribbean and white British extended families in London, looking historically at family members' experiences across three to four generations from the 1950s to 2003, to see how their relationships evolved, how individuals changed in their attitudes and sociability, how individuals in these mixed families have innovated in order to create their own forms of kinship, and how the 'mixed-heritage' children in these families have used the resources of history, language and culture in their local context, to experiment and innovate their own constructions of ethnic identity. Findings from this research were disseminated at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, and resulted in a book titled 'The Creolization of London Kinship: Mixed African-Caribbean and White British Extended families, 1950-2003' (2010) and two peer-reviewed journal publications., 01/2001, 12/2006 Jamaican Transnational Families, A qualitative, and collaborative project consisting of forty-five transnational Jamaican families, with members living in Britain, USA, Canada and Jamaica. The research explored both the strengths and stress points of migration, showing how members of the same families migrated to different continents, yet succeeded in maintaining a network of contact and mutual support, including those left behind and who chose not to migrate. It also compared the fate of family members in different socio-geographical contexts. Findings from this research were disseminated at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, and resulted in a book titled 'Jamaican Hands Across the Atlantic' (2006) and numerous peer-reviewed journal publications., 01/1997, 12/2005 Black-White Mixed Relationships in Canada, Qualitative research on twenty couples in black Caribbean and white Canadian mixed relationships in and around the Greater Toronto Area. Findings from this research were disseminated at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, and resulted in two journal articles and a book chapter. The monograph may also be found on the National Library of Canada website., 01/1999, 12/2001 Interracial Relationships: The Women's Experiences, Qualitative research exploring the experiences of black Caribbean and white Canadian women in interracial heterosexual marriages in Ontario, Canada. Findings from this research were disseminated at numerous national and international conferences, seminars and workshops, and resulted in a peer-reviewed journal publication., 01/1997, 12/1998