Jana Kriechbaum

Overview

Jana Kriechbaum is a doctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology and Criminology. In her thesis, she investigates the interaction of women's and migrants' rights with gendered violence in all its forms, examining how national policies and institutional practices shape support infrastructures for women with insecure migration status in post-Brexit Britain through a feminist and intersectional lens.

Jana specialises in qualitative research methodologies, such as constructivist grounded theory, situational analysis, and other interpretative approaches. Her research expertise includes violence against women and complex interventions, social harm and structural inequalities, as well as border processes and immigration regimes.

Qualifications

• MA Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria, 2019 - March 2023
• Erasmus + Student Sociology, Goldsmiths University of London, United Kingdom, October 2020 - March 2021
• BA Sociology, University of Vienna, Austria, October 2014 - November 2018
• Erasmus + Student Sociology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2016 - August 2017
• AFHEA, City, University of London, United Kingdom

Employment

• REF Administrator, City, University of London, United Kingdom, April 2026 - present
• Research Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, November 2024 - June 2025
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, City, University of London, United Kingdom, October 2024 - present

Languages

English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and German (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)

Title of thesis: Shifting (In)securities: A qualitative investigation of gendered harm and violence against women with insecure migration status in post-Brexit Britain

October 2023 - September 2026

Summary of research

This qualitative research sheds light on the support landscape for women with insecure migration status who experience gendered harm and violence in post-Brexit Britain. By engaging with the migrant support and the specialist Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) sector, the research project aims to contribute to a more nuanced understanding of the issue from a holistic perspective.

Research students

1^stsupervisor

• Professor Carrie Myers, Professor of Criminology and Victimology

2^ndsupervisor

• Dr Alexandria Innes, Reader

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