My research investigates intergenerational caring relations, young caregiving and care ethics in diverse contexts, including transnational families, the aftermath of family deaths and chronic illness. I was Principal Investigator of the Care, Inequality and Wellbeing in Transnational Families in Europe: a comparative, intergenerational study in Spain, France, Sweden and UK (2021-2024), funded by JPI ‘More Years Better Lives’/UKRI-ESRC) and are currently co-editing an edited volume on this topic. Recent publications focus on enforced transnationalism in displaced families in the UK (Mas Giralt and Evans, 2025) and young people’s caring practices in transnational families in Sweden and the UK (Suter et al, 2025). Previously, I have studied the translocal identities of young refugees and ‘second generation’ migrant youth in the UK, responses to family deaths in Senegal (funded by The Leverhulme Trust), gendered and intergenerational struggles over land in Ghana and Senegal, and young caregiving in families affected by HIV in Tanzania, Uganda and the UK, including African migrant families.
| Migration Reasearch Hub ID: 6464 | |
| ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4599-5270 |
| https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-evans-b0aa94127/ | |
| ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ruth-Evans-3 |
Expertise
Migration processes
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Migration drivers
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Migration forms
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Migration infrastructures
Migration consequences (for migrants, sending and receiving countries)
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Socio-cultural consequences
- Racism, xenophobia and discrimination
- Cultural identity and belonging
- Ethnic, religious and national minorities
- Migrants and religion
- Diasporas and transnational communities
- Descendants of migrants
- Marriage and migration
- Family relations and migration
- Upbringing of children and migration
- Migrants' language skills
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Socio-economic consequences
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Transversal consequences
Migration governance
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Immigrant policy and law
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Migration policy and law
Cross-cutting topics in migration research
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Migration research and theory
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Transversal themes
Disciplines
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Disciplines
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Subject Areas
Methods
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Other
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Qualitative research
Geographies
Roles
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University of Reading
University, Reading, United Kingdom
Professor in Human Geography
Research
Enforced Transnationalism From an Ethics of Care Perspective: Barriers to Living ‘Care‐Filled Lives’ and Resistance Tactics Among ‘Forced’ Transnational Families in the UK
| Authors | Rosa Mas Giralt, Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
Young People's Caring Practices in Transnational Families in Sweden and the UK: Care Ethics and Wellbeing
| Authors | Brigitte Suter, Ruth Evans, Rosa Mas Giralt, ... |
| Year | 2025 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
Time-space practices of care after a family death in urban Senegal
| Authors | Sophie Bowlby, Ruth Evans, Jane Ribbens McCarthy, ... |
| Year | 2021 |
| Journal Name | Social & Cultural Geography |
Making Sense of Family Deaths in Urban Senegal: Diversities, Contexts, and Comparisons
| Authors | Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Ruth Evans, Sophie Bowlby, ... |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | OMEGA-JOURNAL OF DEATH AND DYING |
| Citations (WoS) | 13 | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Picturing translocal youth: Self‐portraits of young Syrian refugees and young people of diverse African heritages in South‐East England
| Authors | Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2020 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
Producing emotionally sensed knowledge? Reflexivity and emotions in researching responses to death
| Authors | Ruth Evans, Sophie Bowlby, Jane Ribbens McCarthy, ... |
| Year | 2017 |
| Journal Name | International Journal of Social Research Methodology |
Producing emotionally sensed knowledge? Reflexivity and emotions in researching responses to death
| Authors | Ruth Evans, Jane Ribbens McCarthy, Sophie Bowlby, ... |
| Year | 2017 |
Struggles over family land? Tree crops, land and labour in Ghana’s Brong-Ahafo region
| Authors | Ruth Evans, Simon Mariwah, Kwabena Barima Antwi |
| Year | 2015 |
| Journal Name | Geoforum |
Parental death as a vital conjuncture? Intergenerational care and responsibility following bereavement in Senegal
| Authors | Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | Social & Cultural Geography |
Ethics of Care in Supporting Disabled Forced Migrants: Interactions with Professionals and Ethical Dilemmas in Health and Social Care in the South-East of England
| Authors | Gudbjorg Ottosdottir, Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2014 |
| Journal Name | British Journal of Social Work | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Sibling caringscapes: Time–space practices of caring within youth-headed households in Tanzania and Uganda
| Authors | Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2012 |
| Journal Name | Geoforum |
Young caregiving and HIV in the UK: caring relationships and mobilities in African migrant families
| Authors | Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2011 |
| Journal Name | Population, Space and Place |
| Citations (WoS) | 12 |
SOCIAL NETWORKS, MIGRATION, AND CARE IN TANZANIA Caregivers’ and children’s resilience to coping with HIV/AIDS
| Authors | Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2005 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Children and Poverty | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |
Suggested Research
SOCIAL NETWORKS, MIGRATION, AND CARE IN TANZANIA Caregivers’ and children’s resilience to coping with HIV/AIDS
| Authors | Ruth Evans |
| Year | 2005 |
| Journal Name | Journal of Children and Poverty | Taxonomy | View Taxonomy Associations |