Professor Cathy McIlwaine has a BA (Geography) and MA (Latin American Studies) from the University of Liverpool and a PhD from the London School of Economics. Prior to joining King's, Cathy held positions in the Geography Departments of the London School of Economics and Political Science (1994-5) and at Queen Mary University of London (1995-2017). She also worked at the World Bank as a Social Scientist Research Project Manager (1-year secondment) in Washington DC(1998-9). Cathy has served or is currently serving as a trustee for the following organisations: Carila Latin American Welfare Group (2006-9), Children Change Colombia (2010-17), Latin Elephant (2014-present) and the Latin American Bureau (2019-present). She is also an advisory board member of the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (2017-present) and is an Advisory Council Member for the Institute of Latin American Studies, London (2013-present). Cathy has served or is currently serving as a trustee for the following organisations: Carila Latin American Welfare Group (2006-9), Children Change Colombia (2010-17), Latin Elephant (2014-present) and the Latin America Bureau (2019-present). She is also an advisory board member of the Latin American Women’s Rights Service (2017-present). Cathy also works with arts and theatre organisations, such as the People’s Palace Projects, CASA Latin American Theatre Festival, Footprint Productions, and Migrants in Action. She has collaboratively produced (with Gaël le Cornec) a verbatim theatre play (Efêmera), a short film based on this (Ana), a sound-performance installation (Believe), and a multi-media video installation We Still Fight in the Dark, all based on her research on violence against women and girls. She co-coordinates the King's Visual and Embodied Methodologies Network (with Jelke Boesten and Rachel Kerr).

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  • King's College London

    Other, London, United Kingdom
    Professor. Vice Dean Research

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Feminized precarity among onward migrants in Europe: reflections from Latin Americans in London

Authors Cathy McIlwaine
Year 2020
Journal Name Ethnic and Racial Studies
1 Journal Article

Legal Latins: Creating Webs and Practices of Immigration Status among Latin American Migrants in London

Authors Cathy McIlwaine
Year 2014
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Citations (WoS) 19
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2 Journal Article

The Gendering of Political and Civic Participation among Colombian Migrants in London

Authors Cathy McIlwaine, Anastasia Bermúdez
Year 2011
Journal Name Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space
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4 Journal Article

Ambivalent citizenship and extraterritorial voting among Colombians in London and Madrid

Authors CATHY McILWAINE, ANASTASIA BERMUDEZ
Year 2015
Journal Name Global Networks
Citations (WoS) 5
5 Journal Article

Introduction: towards migration-violence creative pathways

Authors Cathy McIlwaine, Megan Ryburn
Year 2024
Journal Name Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
6 Journal Article

Men on the move: narratives of migration and work among low-paid migrant men in London

Authors Kavita Datta, Cathy McIlwaine, Joanna Herbert, ...
Year 2009
Journal Name Social & Cultural Geography
8 Journal Article
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