Book

Benchekroun, R. (2025). Precarious Motherhood: Navigating relationships and support post-migration in the UK.

UCL Press. https://uclpress.co.uk/book/precarious-motherhood/

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Journal articles

Sheard, L., Previdoli, G., Burton, W., Benchekroun, R., Power, M., Doherty, B., Hadley, P., Kapetenaki, A.B., Islam, S., Mirza, S., Cameron, C., Pickett. K., Hutton, A., Edwards, C., Bryant, M. (2025). Fair food futures UK: Protocol for a mixed methods study exploring what approaches adopted by community food organisations are more likely to prevent the need for emergency food in two multicultural communities in Northern and Southern England. PLOS ONE. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304917

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Benchekroun, R. (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, 11(2).   https://www.digest.ugent.be/article/id/90128/

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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

 

​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

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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​

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Benchekroun, R. (2023). Mothers Doing Friendship in a Hostile Environment: Navigating Dialectical Tensions and Sharing Support, Sociology. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380385231184812 

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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

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​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

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Benchekroun, R. (2021). Caring through a screen: Caring for kin under lockdown, Families, Relationships and Societies. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674321X16293510454010

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Book chapters

Iqbal, H., Faircloth, C., Twamley, K. and Benchekroun, R. (2023). Families and COVID-19: The beginning of our story. In  K. Twamley, H. Iqbal and C. Faircloth (Eds.) Family Life in the Time of COVID - International perspectives. UCL Press. https://www.uclpress.co.uk/products/184220

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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://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10105213/1/Refuge-in-a-Moving-World.pdf

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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

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Benchekroun, R. (2023). How hostile immigration policies affect mothers and their access to support, UCL IOE blog.

https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2023/04/21/how-hostile-immigration-policies-affect-mothers-and-their-access-to-support/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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Benchekroun, R. (2020). Sociograms in critical methodologies, The Sociological Review online. https://www.thesociologicalreview.com/sociograms-in-critical-methodologies/

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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

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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/

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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/

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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/

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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/

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Reports and other research outputs

Benchekroun, R., Previdoli, G., Burton, W., Doherty, B., Kapetanaki, A., Hadley, P. A., Power, M. & Bryant, M. (2024).

Tackling Food Insecurity Through Different Local Models of Support. 

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Hadley, P., Previdoli, G., Power, M., Doherty, B., Kapetanaki, A. B., Sheard, L., Benchekroun, R., Burton, W., Cameron, C., Islam, S., Dunlop, R., Mirza, S., McGeoghegan, L., Pickett, K. & Bryant, M. (2024). Tackling food insecurity through different models of community support: National policy briefing in response to the UK Food Security Report 2024

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Benchekroun, R. (2023) The Hostile Environment, insecure immigration statuses and NRPF: impact on mothers’ relationships and access to support - Policy briefing 

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Benchekroun, R. with Knowles, J. (2023) How does the Hostile Environment affect mothers with NRPF? [video]. https://mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Play/100456 

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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/

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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.

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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/  

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YRAP (2021). Participation as protective - infographic, Safer Young Lives Research Centre. https://www.beds.ac.uk/sylrc/young-researchers-advisory-panel/yrap-resources/

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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/

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Conferences

Benchekroun, R. and Grondelaers, H. (2025) Precariously positioned mothers: the role of domestic spaces and social infrastructure in doing friendship and accessing support. BSA Annual Conference.

Previdoli, G. and Benchekroun, R. (2025) ‘Click and collect’ versus ‘wait and hope’: Transformations in community food support, and implications for inequalities. Case studies from an ethnography conducted in two UK cities. BSA Annual Conference.

 

Previdoli, G. and Benchekroun, R. (2025) Transformations in community food support and implications for families with children. Case studies from an ongoing ethnography conducted in two UK cities. Food Charity, Welfare State Transformations, and Affective Economies: Critical Engagements Conference, Vienna University.

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Previdoli, G., Benchekroun, R., Burton, W., Kapetanaki, A., Cameron, C., Sheard, L., Power, M., Hadley, P. A., Doherty, B., Pickett, K., Islam, S., Mirza, S. & Bryant, M. (2024). Fair Food Futures UK: using systems mapping to elucidate emerging organisational models adopted by community food organisations (CFOs) to respond to food insecurity in Bradford and Tower Hamlets, London, UK. p. S47. 

 

Grondelaers, H. and Benchekroun, R. (2025) The role of domestic spaces and social infrastructure in navigating precarious motherhood and friendship. ASA Annual Conference.

 

Benchekroun, R. and Grondelaers, H. (2025) The role of domestic spaces and social infrastructure in shaping friendship practices of precariously positioned mothers post-migration. Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR), University of Edinburgh.

 

Grondelaers, H. and Benchekroun, R. (2025) The role of housing and social infrastructure in navigating friendship for mothers living in liminality. REFUFAM Annual Conference.

 

Benchekroun, R. and colleagues (2024) Community food organisations: the role of different prevention models in reducing food poverty (in theory and practice). Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference.

 

Benchekroun, R. (2023). Mothers doing friendship in a hostile environment. IMISCOE, Warsaw, Poland. (05/07/23)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Benchekroun, R. (2022). Mothering in a hostile environment. BSA Annual Conference. (21/04/22)

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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.

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Benchekroun, R. and Warrington, C. (2021). Participatory Groupwork with Young People. International Association for Social Work with Groups (IASWG) Annual Conference.

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Benchekroun, R. (2021). Caring through a screen under lockdown. BSA Annual Conference.

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Benchekroun, R. (2020). Doing friendship in a hostile environment. UCL IOE Doctoral Conference.

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Keating, A. and Benchekroun, R. (2019). Researching Youth at the Margins: Do different methods produce different data?, ESA annual conference.

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Benchekroun, R. (2019). Ethical Quandaries of an Ethnographer. UCL IOE Doctoral Conference.