I regularly provide peer reviews for academic journals and I have experience as a consultant for EU reports, and as a commentator in the UK media. My expertise has also been called upon as an independent expert in cases related to asylum claims.
- Invited Speaker: Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research and Data’s (WISERD) Bangor University, Roundtable: “Roma civil society organisations in Europe: Navigating uncertainty in times of Brexit and Covid-19” (July 2021).
- Invited Speaker: Loughborough University, London, Roundtable: “Roma Diplomacy and Voice in International Politics” (November 2021).
- BBC Radio Kent ‘Drivetime’ Brexit debate (16 July 2018)
- Chair and participant in round table discussing “Britishness and National Identity” in response to Octopus at the Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (19 June 2018)
- Keynote speaker: ‘Inspiring Kent Labour Women Event’ (10 March 2018)
- Independent Expert Opinion provided supporting Asylum application of Romani man at the Miami Immigration Court, USA (November 2017)
- Interviewed and quoted in Financial Times article about EU Roma policy ‘Roma: Moving target’ (25 February 2014)
- Consultancy for European Parliament Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (January 2011)
- Invited Speaker: Disputed Rights: The free movement of Roma as EU citizens, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Specialist Seminar, Bucharest, Romania (December 2010).
- BBC Expert Adviser on stereotypes depicting Roma ‘Silent Witness’, (February 2010).
Peer reviews
I regularly review articles for the following academic journals:
Ethnic and Racial Studies; Ethnopolitics; Europe-Asia Studies; International Journal of Human Rights; Journal of Contemporary European Research; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies; Journal of International and Intercultural Communication; Journal of International Migration and Integration; Nationalities Papers; Patterns of Prejudice; Social Inclusion
Publications:
Dr Laura Cashman (2017) ‘New label no progress: Institutional racism and the persistent segregation of Romani students in the Czech Republic’ Race, Ethnicity and Education 20(5) pp.595-608. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13613324.2016.1191698
Dr Laura Cashman (2011) ‘Czech Republic Country Report’ in Measures to promote the situation of Roma EU citizens in the European Union, Brussels: European Parliament
Dr Laura Cashman (Ed) (2009) 1948 and 1968 – Dramatic milestones in Czech and Slovak History, London: Routledge.
Dr Laura Cashman (2009) Romani Teaching Assistants in the Czech Education System: An Opportunity to Address Barriers to the Labour Market? In Agarin, T. and Brosig, M. (eds) Minority Integration: Debating Ethnic Diversity in Eastern Europe, Amsterdam: Rodopi pp. 305-330.
Dr Laura Cashman (2008) “Put your own house in order first”: Local perspectives on the influence of the EU on Romani integration policies in Czech Republic, Journal of Contemporary European Research, 4 (3) pp. 193 – 208. 1815-347X
Dr Laura Cashman (2008) Developing an effective Romani integration strategy: Experiences of ethnoculturally neutral and specific policies in the Czech Republic, Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, 8 (3) pp. 595 – 618.
Dr Laura Cashman (Ed.) (2008) Europe-Asia Studies Special Issue: 1948 and 1968 – Dramatic milestones in Czech and Slovak History, 60 (10)
Dr Laura Cashman (2008) Remembering 1948 and 1968: Reflections on Two Pivotal years in Czech and Slovak History, Europe-Asia Studies, 60 (10) pp. 1645 – 1658. ISSN 1465-3427
Dr Laura Cashman (2008) Implementing National Romani Policy at the Local Level: Experiences of the Preparatory Class Programme in Two Czech Cities, in M. Flynn, J. Oldfield and R. Kay (eds) Trans-National Issues, Local Concerns: Insights from Russia, Central and Eastern Europe and the UK, Lanham, MD: University Press of America, pp. 159 – 176.