Dr Rachel Benchekroun
Book
Benchekroun, R. (forthcoming, March 2025). Precarious Motherhood: Navigating relationships and support post-migration in the UK. UCL Press. https://uclpress.co.uk/book/precarious-motherhood/
Journal articles and book chapters
Benchekroun, R. (forthcoming, 2024). Mothers experiencing legal and financial precarity post-migration: solidarity practices, everyday resistance and the role of social infrastructure. Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies.
Benchekroun, R., Humphris, R. and Sigona, N. (2024). Mothering in hostile environments: migrant families negotiating the welfare and immigration regime nexus, Critical Social Policy, 44(2), 285-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/02610183231223956
Benchekroun, R. (2024). Mothers Doing Friendship in a Hostile Environment: Navigating Dialectical Tensions and Sharing Support, Sociology. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380385231184812
Warrington, C., Benchekroun, R., Millar, H., Whittington, E., Bradley, L., Elizabeth, M., Hamilton, C., Howard, K., Poingdestre, E., and Walker, K. (2024). Participation for protection: New perspectives on the value of young people’s involvement in research addressing sexual violence. Childhood, 31(3), 349-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682241269720
Murray, E., Keating, A., Cameron, C., Benchekroun, R., Whewall, S., Booker, C., and Jivraj, S. (2024). Residence in coastal communities in adolescence and health in young adulthood: An 11-year follow-up of English UKHLS youth questionnaire respondents. Health and Place. https://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S1353-8292(24)00067-4
Keating, A., Benchekroun, R., Cameron, C. and Whewall, S. (2024). Movers, Returners and Stayers: the role of place in shaping the (im)mobility aspirations of young people in coastal towns. Journal of Youth Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2024.2337932
Benchekroun, R. (2023). Strategic mothering in a hostile environment: how hostile immigration policies shape mothering, belonging and citizenship in the UK, Ethnic and Racial Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2023.2193253
Benchekroun, R. and Cameron, C. (2023). Shrinking social spaces: The role of nurseries as social infrastructure and brokers of support in times of crisis, Children and Society. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/chso.12775
Iqbal, H., Faircloth, C., Twamley, K. and Benchekroun, R. (2023). Families and COVID-19: The beginning of our story. In Family Life in the Time of COVID - International perspectives. Eds. K. Twamley, H. Iqbal and C. Faircloth. UCL Press. https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/184220
Manoussaki-Adamopoulou, I., Sedacca, N., Cortes Saavedra, A., Benchekroun, R., Knight, A. and Greatrick, A. (2022). Reflecting on Crisis: Ethics of dis/engagement in migration research, Migration and Society, 5(1), 124-135. https://doi.org/10.3167/arms.2022.050111
Benchekroun, R. (2021). Caring through a screen: Caring for kin under lockdown, Families, Relationships and Societies. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16293510454010
Pascal, A. et al. (2020). We Are Movers: We Are Towers of Strength, in Qasmiyeh, E. (ed.) Refuge in a Moving World: Tracing refugee and migrant journeys across disciplines, London: UCL Press. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv13xprtw
Blogposts and short articles
Benchekroun, R. (2023). The Role of Friendships in a Hostile Environment, COMPAS.
https://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/article/the-role-of-friendships-in-a-hostile-environment
Benchekroun, R. (2023). How hostile immigration policies affect mothers and their access to support, UCL IOE blog.
Benchekroun, R. and Cameron, C. (2023). Learning from the Covid lockdowns: how can nurseries support parents and carers at the sharp end? UCL IOE blog. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/07/19/learning-from-the-covid-lockdowns-how-can-nurseries-support-parents-and-carers-at-the-sharp-end/
Benchekroun, R. (2022). Opportunities, aspirations and mobilities for coastal youth: emerging findings, UCL Global Youth. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/global-youth/2022/11/11/opportunities-aspirations-and-mobilities-for-coastal-youth-emerging-findings/
Benchekroun, R. and Curtin, P. (2022). Researching with young people in coastal towns: what have we learned about co-production with young people? UCL Centre for Global Youth. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/global-youth/2022/03/10/researching-with-young-people-in-coastal-towns-what-have-we-learned-about-co-production-with-young-people/
Benchekroun, R. and Humphris, R. (2021). UK Hostile Environment Resource Guide 2: Access to health, Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment. https://acssmigration.wordpress.com/2021/09/27/uk-hostile-environment-resource-guide-2-access-to-health/
Benchekroun, R. and Humphris, R. (2021). UK Hostile Environment Resource Guide 1: What is the hostile environment?, Social Scientists Against the Hostile Environment. https://acssmigration.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/the-hostile-environment-resource-guide-1-what-is-the-hostile-environment/
Benchekroun, R. and Cameron, C. (2021). Early childhood: the changing face of parent-practitioner relations during the pandemic, UCL IOE blog. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/10/28/early-childhood-the-changing-face-of-parent-practitioner-relations-during-the-pandemic/
Benchekroun, R. (2020). Sociograms in critical methodologies, The Sociological Review online. https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/sociograms-in-critical-methodologies/
Benchekroun, R. (2020). Doing friendship at a distance, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships. http://crfrblog.blogspot.com/2020/07/doing-friendship-at-distance.html
Benchekroun, R. (2020). We Are Movers: We Are Towers of Strength, Refugee Hosts. https://refugeehosts.org/2020/08/03/we-are-movers-we-are-towers-of-strength/
Benchekroun, R. and Keating, A. (2019). ‘Mapping young lives: what are the spaces and places that young people use in coastal towns?’, UCL Centre for Global Youth. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/global-youth/2019/07/18/mapping-young-lives-what-are-the-spaces-and-places-that-young-people-use-in-coastal-towns/
Benchekroun, R. and Keating, A. (2019). ‘Attachment to place: how do young people feel about their seaside town?’, UCL Centre for Global Youth. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/global-youth/2019/07/16/attachment-to-place-how-do-young-people-feel-about-their-seaside-town/
Benchekroun, R. (2019). ‘Piloting place-based and participatory youth research: lessons learned in Margate’, UCL Centre for Global Youth. https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/global-youth/2019/07/16/piloting-place-based-and-participatory-youth-research-lessons-learned-in-margate/
Reports and other research outputs
Benchekroun, R. (2023) The Hostile Environment, insecure immigration statuses and NRPF: impact on mothers’ relationships and access to support - Policy briefing
Benchekroun, R. with Knowles, J. (2023) How does the Hostile Environment affect mothers with NRPF? [video]. https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/100456
Benchekroun, R., Keating, A., Cameron, C. and Curtin, P. (2022) Growing up in coastal towns – emerging findings (2022). Published online at https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/global-youth/2022/11/14/growing-up-in-coastal-towns-emerging-findings-report/
Carroll, N., Twamley, K., Iqbal, H., Faircloth, C. and Benchekroun, R. (2022). Families and Community in the Time of COVID-19 (FACT-COVID) Final Report. London: University College London.
Benchekroun, R., Cameron, C. and Marmot, A. (2020). Practitioner wellbeing and the physical environment in early childhood education and care (ECEC) settings: Literature review. https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10109905/
YRAP (2021). Participation as protective - infographic, Safer Young Lives Research Centre. https://www.beds.ac.uk/sylrc/young-researchers-advisory-panel/yrap-resources/
Exhibition: We Are Movers: We are Towers of Strength (2019), Migration Museum. https://www.migrationmuseum.org/event/we-are-movers-we-are-towers-of-strength/
Conferences
Benchekroun, R. (2023). Mothers doing friendship in a hostile environment. IMISCOE, Warsaw, Poland. (05/07/23)
Benchekroun, R. (2023). Mixed-status extended families: how hostile immigration policies trouble relationships and constrain mothering. European Society on Family Relations Annual Conference, University of Roskilde, Denmark. (14/06/23)
Benchekroun, R. (2023). Co-producing and sharing knowledge with relevant communities on the impact of hostile immigration policies: navigating practical and ethical questions. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester. (14/04/23)
Benchekroun, R. (2023). Researching growing up in coastal towns: the contributions of a co-production approach. British Sociological Association Annual Conference, University of Manchester. (14/04/23)
Benchekroun, R. (2023). Multiple hats, diverse needs: Engaging ethically with relevant communities as an activist-researcher. Hope Into Action Social Sciences Impact Conference, University of Oxford. (21/03/23)
Benchekroun, R. (2022). Mothering in a hostile environment: Mothers with insecure statuses living in the UK. IRIS 10th Anniversary Conference, University of Birmingham. (15/09/22)
Benchekroun, R. (2022). Mothering in a hostile environment. BSA Annual Conference. (21/04/22)
Benchekroun, R. and Cameron, C. (2021). Early childhood education. Environment and wellbeing under Covid in four countries. Comune di Foligno Assessorato all’Istruzione - Seminario di Studi: La nascita degli asili nido comunali in Italia Dal D.L. 1044/77 al D.L. 65/15: linee di sviluppo storiche e pedagogiche.
Benchekroun, R. and Warrington, C. (2021). Participatory Groupwork with Young People. International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG) Annual Conference.
Benchekroun, R. (2021). Caring through a screen under lockdown. BSA Annual Conference.
Benchekroun, R. (2020). Doing friendship in a hostile environment. UCL IOE Doctoral Conference.
Keating, A. and Benchekroun, R. (2019). Researching Youth at the Margins: Do different methods produce different data?, ESA annual conference.
Benchekroun, R. (2019). Ethical Quandaries of an Ethnographer. UCL IOE Doctoral Conference.