Dr Jane Freedman

Jane Freedman

BA, MSc, DEA, Doctorat

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Telephone: (023) 8059 4755
Email: J.L.Freedman@soton.ac.uk

Biography

Academic Qualifications
1996 Doctorat, Université de Paris VII
1992 DEA, Institut d'Etudes Politiques Paris
1991 MSc, London School Economics
1990 BA, Oxford University

Research interests

Gender and politics, immigration and asylum policies, migration and citizenship, european politics and european integration.

Work in progress

I am currently working as a visiting professor at the Sorbonne University in Paris

Selected publications

Books
 Jane Freedman 2007 Gendering the International Asylum and Refugee Debate. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
 Jane Freedman 2004 Immigration and Insecurity in France. Aldershot: Ashgate.
 Jane Freedman 2001 Feminism. Buckingham: Open University Press.
 Jane Freedman 1997 Femmes Politiques: Mythes et Symboles. Paris: L'Harmattan.
Edited books and volumes
 Jane Freedman, Jules Falquet, Aude Rabaud, Francesca Scrinzi (ed.) 2008 Genre et Migrations Femmes, Genre, Migrations et Mondialisation. Paris: Cedref.
 Jane Freedman and Jerome Valluy (eds) 2007 Persecutions des femmes: savoirs, mobilisations et protections. Paris: Editions du Croquant.
 Jane Freedman (ed.) 2003 Gender and Insecurity: Migrant Women in Europe (editor). Aldershot: Ashgate.
 Jane Freedman (ed.) 2000 Women, Immigration and Identities in France (editor). Oxford: Berg.
Chapters in books
 Jane Freedman 2006 The Headscarf Debate: Muslim Women in Europe and the "War on Terror" In K. Rygiel and K. Hunt (eds), Engendering the War on Terror: War Stories and Camouflage Politics. Aldershot: Ashgate.
 Jane Freedman 2008 The French “Sans-Papiers” Movement: An Unfinished Struggle? In W. Pojman (ed.), Migration and Activism in Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
 Jane Freedman 2008 Une analyse « genrée » des politiques européennes de l’asile. In C. Audebert and E. Ma Mung (eds), Les migrations internationales : enjeux contemporains et questions nouvelles,. Bilbao: Université de Deusto.
 Jane Freedman and Lucy Mazdon 2006 Un repli sur lui-même du débat public Les débats publics dans les télévisions européennes (pp. 101-132). Paris: L'Harmattan.
 Jane Freedman & Nana Poku 2005 State Responses to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. In U. Engel and G. R. Olsen (eds), Understanding the African Exception. Aldershot: Ashgate.
 Jane Freedman 2004 Introduire le genre dans le débat sur l’asile politique: l’insecurité croissante pour les femmes réfugiées en Europe. In M. Hersent and C. Zaidman (eds), Genre, Travail et Migration en Europe. Paris: Paris VII.
 Jane Freedman 2002 Women in the European Parliament. In K. Ross (ed.), Women, Politics and Change (pp. 179-189). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
 Jane Freedman 2001 L'affaire des foulards: Defining a feminist anti-racist strategy in French schools. In K. Blee and F. Twine (eds), Feminism and Anti-Racism: International Struggles. New York: New York University Press.
 Jane Freedman 2000 Immigrant and ethnic minority women in Contemporary France. In U. Tidd and A. Gregory (eds), Women in Contemporary France. Oxford: Berg.
 Jane Freedman 2000 Women in the European Parliament: Uniting and representing women’s interests? In B. Axford, D. Berghahn, N. Hewlett (eds), Unity and Diversity in the New Europe. Bern: Peter Lang.
Articles in journals
 Jane Freedman 2008 Women¹s Right to Asylum. Human Rights Review, 9, 4
 Jane Freedman 2009 Protecting Women Asylum Seekers and Refugees: From International Norms to National Protection? International Migration
 Jane Freedman 2008 Women Seeking Asylum: The Politics of Gender in the Asylum Determination Process. International Feminist Journal of Politics, 10, 2, 154-172.
 Jane Freedman 2008 Nouvelles mobilisations autour de l’asile: le cas des persecutions spécifiques aux femmes,. Asylon(s), 5
 Jane Freedman 2007 Women, Islam and Rights in Europe: Beyond a Universalist/Culturalist Dichotomy. Review of International Studies, Vol. 33, No. 1, 29-44., (ISSN: 0260-2105)
 Jane Freedman 2006 Citizenship, Identity and Borders in an Enlarging Europe. Parliamentary Affairs, 59, 4, 709-712.
 Jane Freedman & Nana Poku 2005 The Socio-Economic Context of HIV/AIDS. Review of International Studies, 31, 4, 665-686.
 Jane Freedman 2004 Increasing Women’s Political Representation: The Limits of Constitutional Reform. West European Politics, 271, 1, 104-124.
 Jane Freedman 2004 Secularism as a barrier to integration. The French Dilemma. International Migration, 42, 3, 4-27.
 Jane Freedman 2002 Women in the European Parliament. Parliamentary Affairs, 55, 1, 179 - 189.
Reports
 Jane Freedman 2006 L'accueil des femmes demandeuses d'asile et refugiees a Paris. Report to Report for the Mairie de Paris
 Jane Freedman 2004 HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa: Best Practice in HIV/AIDS Governance: The Senegal Experience. Report to UN Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. Addis Ababa: United Nations.
 Jane Freedman 2003 HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa: Health Sector Responses to the HIV/AIDS Pandemic. Report to UN Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. Addis Ababa: United Nations.
 Jane Freedman 2000 . Report to Assessment of the results of the European elections in terms of women's participation and factors influencing the 1999 results. Brussels: European Commission., (Report for the EU Commission DGV)