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About

Biography

I am a professor in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen and Director of the Centre for Global Development. I am also a member of the Centre for Civil Society, the Rule of Law, and the New Europe Centre.

My main research interests are gender, wellbeing, quality of life and social quality, and social, economic and political transformations. I have researched the UK, the European Union, the former Soviet Union, East Africa, the Middle East, and North Africa. I am an author (with Claire Wallace and Melissa Taylor) of the best-selling text An Introduction to Sociology: Feminist Perspectives (3rd edition 2005), Routledge. My most recent books are Democratisation Against Democracy: How the EU Fails the Middle East (with Andrea Teti, Valeria Talbot and Paolo Maggiolini). Palgrave Macmillian, published in January 2020 and (with Andrea Teti and Francesco Cavatorta) The Arab Uprisings in Egypt, Jordan and Tunisia: Social, Economic and Political Transformations in the Arab World. Palgrave Macmillian, published in January 2018. I have published more than 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals. My work has been published in English, French, Italian, Swedish, Farsi, Polish, Korean and Chinese.

I am directing two funded research projects. The National Institute for Health and Care Global Health Research Group on Promoting Children's and Adolescents' Mental Wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa (£2.8m, 2022 -2026). The Fostering a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies for Improving People’s Quality of Life in Western Rwanda project funded under the Scottish Government's Scotland Rwanda Programme (£1.6m, 2017-24).

Qualifications

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Director of the Centre for Global Development

External Memberships

UKRI International Strategic Advisory Board

British Sociological Association

Funding Board, National Institute for Health Research, Research for Innovation and Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) funding.

Latest Publications

2024 - Accepted/In press
Engdawork Melese, K., D'Ambruoso, L., Hailu, T., Yared, M., Geletu, G. M., Gebremariam, S., Sebsibe, E., Abbott, P.
Frontiers in Sociology
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2024 - Published
Contributions to Conferences: Papers

2024 - Published
Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
Contributions to Conferences: Papers

2024 - Published
Abbott, P. A., Shanks, R., Stanley, I., D’Ambruoso, L.
PloS ONE, vol. 19, no. 5, e0286489
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2024 - Published
Ahles, A., Muhammad, A., Yenerall, J. N., Reedy, J., Shi, P., Zhang, J., Cudhea, F., Erndt-Marino, J., Miller, V., Mozaffarian, D., Abbott, P., Abdollahi, M., Abedi, P., Abumweis, S., Adair, L., Nsour, M. A., Alam, I., Al-Daghri, N., Sabico, S., Alhamad, N. A., Al-Hooti, S., Alissa, E., Al-Zenki, S., Anderson, S., Anzid, K., Arambepola, C., Arici, M., Arsenault, J., Asciak, R., Biró, L., Barengo, N., Barquera, S., Dommarco, J. R., Illescas-Zarate, D., Sánchez-Romero, L. M., Ramirez, S. R., Silva, I. R., Bas, M., Becker, W., Beer-Borst, S., Bergman, P., Lindroos, A. K., Sipinen, J. P., Moraeus, L., Boindala, S., Bovet, P., Bradshaw, D., Bundhamcharoen, K., Caballero, M. T., Haerpfer, C., Global Dietary Database
BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 1, e074562
Contributions to Journals: Articles

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Prizes and Awards

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research

Research Overview

I am the Director of the Centre for Global Development and a member of the Centre for Civil Society and the Rule of Law.

My main research interests are gender and social quality and quality of life, and social, economic and political transformations. I have expertise in both qualitative and quantitative social research methods. I have researched in the UK and Europe, the former Soviet Union, East Africa and the Middle East and North Africa.

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Applied Health Sciences, Politics and International Relations, Sociology.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Email Me

Applied Health Sciences

Supervising
Accepting PhDs

Politics and International Relations

Supervising
Accepting PhDs

Sociology

Supervising
Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

I am joint-lead on the National Institute for Health-funded project, NIHR Global Health Research Group on Promoting Children's and Adolescents' Mental Wellbeing in Sub-Saharan Africa (£2.9m, 2022-2026). I am directing the Fostering a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies for Improving People's Quality of Life in Western Rwanda project. The project is funded under the Scottish Government's Scotland Rwanda Programme (£1.5m, 2017-23). I am: a co-I on a project funded by the International Development Research Centre, Canada, Providing Timely Evidence to Facilitate the Socio-Economic Recovery from the Covid-19 Pandemic in Rwanda (2020-2023); on a UK R&I funded project on federalism in the Horn of Africa (2020-2023); on an AHRC funded project Toward the Development of Post Covid-19 Gender Policy Measures to End Modern Slavery and Exploitation in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector; on a project funded by the International Development Research Centre (2021-24) to investigate ways of reducing women's unpaid care work in rural Rwanda; and on a project on democratisation in Tunisia.

Knowledge Exchange

I am a member of UK R & I Global Challenges Research Fund Strategic Advisory Group

I publish articles in the Conversation and Open Democracy and regularly give presentations at the Festival of Social Sciences and May Fest.

Collaborations

University of Addis Ababa

University of Rwanda

Institute of Policy Analysis and Research-Rwanda

Supervision

I am currently supervising five PhD students.

Nouf Rasheed Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture Amongst Doctors and Nurses in Saudi Arabia Hospitals

Kaeeba Bakali Ali. A Qualitative Study of the Development and Implementation of a Social Practice Approach to Adult literacies teaching in the Western Province of Rwanda

Nyirahabimana Astérie. The Contribution of Adult Literacies to Childhood Development: A Case Study of Karongi District, Western Province, Rwanda.

Elise Boyle. Education in the Islamic State.

David McCusker. Prison Education: Learning How to Start Your Business on Release from Prison in Scotland.

Funding and Grants

Director of the NIHR Global Health Research Group in Promoting children's and Adolescents' Mental Wellbeing in sub-Saharan Africa. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Social Care 2021-2026

Principal Investigator: Fostering a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies for Improving People’s Quality of Life in Western Rwanda project. Funded by the Scottish Government 2017-2023.

Co-Investigator: Providing Timely Evidence to Facilitate the Socio-Economic Recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic in Rwanda project. Funded by the International Development Research Centre (Canadian Government) 2020-2023.

Co-Investigator: _Toward the Development of post-Covid-19 Gender Policy Measures to End Modern Slavery and Exploitation in the Bangladeshi Garment Sector. F_unded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council 2020-21.

Co-Investigator: Partnership Programme for Capacity Building Centre of Excellence in Good Governance. Funded by UK Research and Innovation 2020-23.

Principal Investigator: In Their Own Words: The Democracy Tunisians Want. Funded by the Scottish Funding Council 2021.

Co-Investigator: Assess the Impact and Scalability of Participatory Programs on Reducing and Redistributing Unpaid Care work among Women in Rwanda”: A Case Study of Reseaux des Femmes Unpaid Care work Project in Rwanda (GRoW Project). Funded by the International Development Research Centre (Canadian Government) 2021-2024.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

I currently teach on the 6th Century Course: Africa: Sustainable Development for All. I also surpervise PhD students.

Publications

2024 - Accepted/In press
Engdawork Melese, K., D'Ambruoso, L., Hailu, T., Yared, M., Geletu, G. M., Gebremariam, S., Sebsibe, E., Abbott, P.
Frontiers in Sociology
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2024 - Published
Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
Contributions to Conferences: Papers

2024 - Published
Islam, M., Abbott, P., Haque, S.
Contributions to Conferences: Papers

2024 - Published
Abbott, P. A., Shanks, R., Stanley, I., D’Ambruoso, L.
PloS ONE, vol. 19, no. 5, e0286489
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2024 - Published
Ahles, A., Muhammad, A., Yenerall, J. N., Reedy, J., Shi, P., Zhang, J., Cudhea, F., Erndt-Marino, J., Miller, V., Mozaffarian, D., Abbott, P., Abdollahi, M., Abedi, P., Abumweis, S., Adair, L., Nsour, M. A., Alam, I., Al-Daghri, N., Sabico, S., Alhamad, N. A., Al-Hooti, S., Alissa, E., Al-Zenki, S., Anderson, S., Anzid, K., Arambepola, C., Arici, M., Arsenault, J., Asciak, R., Biró, L., Barengo, N., Barquera, S., Dommarco, J. R., Illescas-Zarate, D., Sánchez-Romero, L. M., Ramirez, S. R., Silva, I. R., Bas, M., Becker, W., Beer-Borst, S., Bergman, P., Lindroos, A. K., Sipinen, J. P., Moraeus, L., Boindala, S., Bovet, P., Bradshaw, D., Bundhamcharoen, K., Caballero, M. T., Haerpfer, C., Global Dietary Database
BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 1, e074562
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2024 - Published
Abbott, P., Nixon, G., Stanley, I., D'Ambruoso, L.
Frontiers in public health, vol. 11, 1309649
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2024 - Published
Mtika, P., Abbott, P., Nzabalirwa, W., Byaruhanga, I. K.
Education Applications & Developments IX. Carmo, M. (ed.). InScience Press, pp. 271-283, 13 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

2023 - Published
Lara-Castor, L., Micha, R., Cudhea, F., Miller, V., Shi, P., Zhang, J., Sharib, J. R., Erndt-Marino, J., Cash, S. B., Mozaffarian, D., Bas, M., Ali, J. H., Abumweis, S., Krishnan, A., Misra, P., Hwalla, N. C., Janakiram, C., Liputo, N. I., Musaiger, A., Pourfarzi, F., Alam, I., DeRidder, K., Termote, C., Memon, A., Turrini, A., Lupotto, E., Piccinelli, R., Sette, S., Anzid, K., Vossenaar, M., Mazumdar, P., Rached, I., Rovirosa, A., Zapata, M. E., Asayehu, T. T., Oduor, F., Boedecker, J., Aluso, L., Ortiz-Ulloa, J., Meenakshi, J. V., Castro, M., Grosso, G., Waskiewicz, A., Khan, U. S., Thanopoulou, A., Malekzadeh, R., Calleja, N., Ocke, M., Haerpfer, C., Abbott, P., Global Dietary Database
Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 5957
Contributions to Journals: Articles

2023 - Published
Byaruhanga, I., Sapsford, R., Abbott, P.
Rwanda: The Institute of Policy Analysis and Research (IPAR-Rwanda) (PDF). 6 pages.
Other Contributions: Other Contributions

2023 - E-pub ahead of print
Mtika, P., Abbott, P.
Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education
Contributions to Journals: Articles