Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Political trust
- Trust-building
- Trust and marginalised communities
- Social cohesion and peacebuilding
Publications
External roles and responsibilities
Biography
Dr Jenniger Gaskell is a Senior Research Fellow on the TrustGov project (trustgov.net) where she leads the qualitative part of the project. She has designed and run over 60 focus groups in 8 different countries on the topic of political trust. Before joining the project, she worked as a Research Fellow on the H2020 Data Pitch project, while completing an interdisciplinary PhD in Web Science at the University of Southampton.
Her doctoral research was on the uses of ICTs for peacebuilding (peacetech), and during her studies, she co-organised the Build Peace Conference on technology and peace, and co-founded Build Up, a social enterprise operating at the intersection of civic engagement, technology, and peace.
You can find more information on her personal website: www.jengaskell.com