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Spotlight on Dr Olumide Adisa Dr Olumide Adisa of University of Suffolk, has a cross-disciplinary research experience straddling both economics and sociology. Prior to joining the University of Suffolk in March 2017, Olumide worked as the Research Lead examining live at home schemes in the UK and the role of third sector partnership working at the Methodist Homes in helping older people live independently in their homes. Olumide has held various senior management positions in the voluntary sector in the UK and overseas over the last 10 years. She completed her PhD in economic sociology at the University of Nottingham in 2016. Her doctoral thesis primarily applied statistics and econometric modelling to investigate and understand the determinants and the health consequences of economic vulnerability amongst ageing households in West Africa - using the NGHPS dataset collected by the World Bank and NBS in 2004 and 2010. She is extending the use of these household datasets to explore other health equity and vulnerability issues. Olumide has a crossdisciplinary research experience straddling both economics and sociology. Her core specialisms are in applying economic and sociological methods in the fields of domestic abuse, social exclusion, health equity, and economic development. She also teaches and contributes to development economics and research methodology courses. Olumide is a member of the Suffolk Institute for Social and Economic Research. She currently works on a range of projects as a principal investigator. Examples of Olumide's ongoing projects: Evaluating the money advice for survivors of domestic abuse, in partnership with Anglia Care Trust - completed April 2018. Access to Justice: Assessing the Impact of the Magistrates' Court Closures in Suffolk - report launched in July 2018, with Suffolk's Public Sector Leaders. Evaluating a social mobility pilot project in Suffolk, in partnership with four secondary schools and Suffolk County Council. Evaluating the Norfolk and Suffolk “Project SafetyNet” pilot service for migrant domestic abuse victims. The Venta project: working with male perpetrators of VACC (violence, abuse, coercion, and control), in partnership with Iceni. Evaluating the economic justice project --- routine screening for economic abuse into the delivery of domestic violence services (partners: Surviving Economic Abuse and Solace Women's Aid) Public Perceptions of the VCSE sector in Suffolk, in partnership with Commuity Action Suffolk - completed September 2018. Evaluation of the Satellite Refuge Project - Suffolk. Assessing the confidence levels of charity managers (risk, governance, and compliance to regulations) - completed September 2018. Making The Invisible Visible
Outside of academia, Olumide boasts a successful bid portfolio of over a million pounds with major funders including: BIG Lottery Funding, Heritage Lottery Fund BBC Children in Need to support the work of various local,national and international charities. Olumide sits on the board of an international development organisation, Institute of Voluntary Sector Management providing research and strategic input; and as a consultant, she has worked with a grassroots Indian nongovernmental organisation, the Society for Development through Education, to empower Adivasi tribes. In her spare time, Olumide is managing editor of the Suffolk Research Blog, an initiative supported by the Suffolk Foundation Board. Recent Reports and Publications: Adisa O. (2018). Why are some older persons economically vulnerable and others not? The role of socio-demographic factors and economic resources, Ageing International (accepted). Adisa O. (2018). Third sector partnerships for older people: insights from live at home schemes in the UK, Working with Older People. Adisa O. (2018). An evaluation of an alternative money advice service for survivors of domestic abuse. Ipswich: University of Suffolk. Adisa, O. (2018). Access to Justice: Assessing the Impact of the Magistrates' Court Closures in Suffolk. Ipswich: University of Suffolk. Adisa, O. (2016). The determinants and consequences of economic vulnerability among urban elderly Nigerians. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Making The Invisible Visible
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