Humera Iqbal

Humera Iqbal

@humeraiqbal.bsky.social

Social & Cultural Psychologist at UCL. I study families & young people in relation to migration, citizenship & statelessness, climate change, mental health & arts. Website: https://iris.ucl.ac.uk/iris/browse/profile?upi=HIQBA39

145 Followers 90 Following 23 Posts Joined Jan 2025
4 months ago
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Amplifying knowledge about arts-based research methods Dr Humera Iqbal (UCL Social Research Institute) and Professor Monica Lakhanpaul (UCL Population Policy and Practice) used UCL-Wits University Strategic Partner Funds to further arts-based research.

New @ucl-global.bsky.social case study highlights arts-based research by @humeraiqbal.bsky.social & Monica Lakhanpaul with Wits University, coinciding with tonight’s Visualising Migration panel. Exploring creativity, belonging & resilience.
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4 months ago
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Join us for an exciting panel event - Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing
📅 Tuesday 11th November, 4.30–6.30pm
📍 Leolin Price Lecture Theatre, 30 Guilford Street, UCL GOSICH
Book your spot now:
👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualisin...
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5 months ago
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Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing An interdisciplinary panel event with voices from journalism, arts, and research exploring migration, resistance and wellbeing.

How can art and storytelling help us make sense of migration, displacement & belonging?
Join panellists @ismaileinashe.bsky.social, Manal Massalha, Christie Swallow & Jessie Sullivan on 11 Nov, 4.30pm, for Visualising Migration: Art, Resistance & Wellbeing.
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#Migration #Art #Wellbeing

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6 months ago

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6 months ago

Over the next few years we will be working with youth activists, community groups, psychologists, artists, digital content creators & key organisations in the field, including the Institute for Statelessness & Inclusion and
@unhcr.org
Watch this space for more updates!
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6 months ago

MH-COST takes a psycho-social approach to understanding how factors like gender, education & occupation shape wellbeing and belonging among young people from the Pakistani Bengali community who experience issues with documentation. 🔗 wellcome.org/research-fun...
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6 months ago
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Delighted to announce the launch of my new
@wellcometrust.bsky.social project: The Mental Health Costs of Statelessness (MH-COST). In partnership with Imkaan Welfare Organisation, I'll explore how lack of documentation & exclusion affects the mental health of adolescents & young adults in Pakistan.

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8 months ago
Partition of Identity – An exploration of Belonging in Bengalis in Pakistan, 1971- 2021

This is our first paper from the UCL-LUMS Partition of Identity Project exploring the lives of the Pakistani Bengali community in Pakistan. We are deeply grateful to those who generously gave up their time to take part in the study. We hope we have done their accounts justice 🙏🏽 poistudy.com

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8 months ago

Drawing on 85 oral history interviews, we introduce the concept of suspended identity to describe the impermanence and precarity of citizenship status that defines life for many Pakistani Bengalis, resulting in deep, intergenerational consequences for an already marginalised community

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8 months ago

In the article we explore how historical conflict, state-security frameworks, and racialised assumptions continue to shape citizenship policy and practice for Pakistani Bengalis in Karachi. Despite being 3rd & 4th generation residents, many continue to face challenges around citizenship.

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8 months ago
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Suspended identity: statelessness, citizenship challenges and the impermanence of identity status faced by Pakistani Bengalis Approximately 3 million ethnic Bengalis reside in Pakistan, some of whom have been refused citizenship rights and continue to face social and cultural exclusion despite being in their third and fou...

Our new article is out now in #CitizenshipStudies - 'Suspended identity: statelessness, citizenship challenges and the impermanence of identity status faced by Pakistani Bengalis.'
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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8 months ago

New job vacancy at TCRU! For a Lecturer (Teaching) in Social Psychology - 2.5 year post (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...).

Please share widely! @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

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8 months ago
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✨ It’s here! The Arts-Based Research Methods with Underserved Communities toolkit—co-created by @ucl.ac.uk & Wits University
🎨 16 global case studies
📚 Practical, inclusive methods
👥 Centering co-creation
🔗 discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10...

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8 months ago
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🎉 Announcing a new #ArtsBasedResearch toolkit!
Co-created by researchers @ucl.ac.uk & Wits University, it explores how creativity & the arts empower underserved communities.
A practical guide for researchers & practitioners.
📅 Coming 26 Jun.
@humeraiqbal.bsky.social @uclpophealthsci.bsky.social

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8 months ago
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Bhashaili (Adrift) | 2025 - Official Trailer - Feature Documentary Pakistan Bhashaili tells the stories of Pakistani Bengalis living in Karachi as they find love and heartbreak, dare to dream, and strive for their identity in Pakista...

Bhashaili, the Bangla word for Adrift, is a film exploring the everyday stories of Pakistani Bengalis living in Karachi, including their loves, losses, and the challenges they face.

Based on @ukri.org research from the Partition of Identity Project 🔗 poistudy.com


www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrzL...

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8 months ago

Delighted that the trailer for our film Bhashaili (Adrift) is finally out 🎬. The film is based on research from the @ukri.org Partition of Identity Project (poistudy.com) @sriucl.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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🎥 Bhashaili is Directed by: Jawad Sharif
🎞️ Produced by: Humera Iqbal, Syeda Kashmala & Anushay Malik
📚 Based on @ukri.org AHRC-funded research from the Partition of Identity Project
🔗 poistudy.com
Thank you, Islamabad 🙏
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social #PartitionOfIdentity

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10 months ago
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Bhashaili—Bangla for Adrift—tells the story of Pakistani Bengalis in Karachi 🌍including their loves, losses and the challenges many members face around citizenship and Statelessness despite being in their fourth generation.

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10 months ago
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Happy to share that our Islamabad screenings as part of the #BHASHAILI_Pakistan_Tour were a great success 🎉
We had a brilliant turnout at both The Black Hole and Alliance Française, Islamabad, with really thought provoking discussions following the screenings 🎬💬
#PartitionOfIdentity #AdriftFilm

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10 months ago
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Bhashaili (Adrift)
🎬 Directed & produced by: Jawad Sharif
🎥 Produced by: Humera Iqbal, Syeda Kashmala & Anushay Malik
🧠 Based on @ukri.org AHRC-funded research from the Partition of Identity Project
🔗 poistudy.com

#BHASHAILI_Pakistan_Tour #AdriftFilm #PartitionOfIdentity @ioe.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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Look out for the official Bhashaili trailer—coming very soon… 🎬
We are also looking forward to seeing you next week for the Islamabad leg of the #BHASHAILI_Pakistan_Tour!

@tcru-ucl.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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The Lahore leg of our #BHASHAILI_Pakistan_Tour went great!
Bhashaili—the Bangla word for Adrift—is a film exploring the everyday stories of Pakistani Bengalis living in Karachi, including their loves, losses, and the challenges they face.
Thank you, Lahore! 💛
@sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social

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10 months ago

Screenings in ISLAMABAD:
• Wednesday 30th April, 6-8pm, Screening at Alliance française d'Islamabad
• Friday 2nd May, 6-8pm, Screening at TheBlackHole, Islamabad
Please send me a DM for further information

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10 months ago

Screenings in LAHORE:
• Thursday 24th April, 6-8pm, Screening at LUMS - Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities & Social Sciences
• Friday 25th April, 6-8pm, Screening at Articulate Studios , 35-A, Shalimar House, Sultan Mehmood Rd, WAPDA Colony Shalamar Town, Lahore

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10 months ago
Partition of Identity – An exploration of Belonging in Bengalis in Pakistan, 1971- 2021

Bhashaili (Adrift) is
Directed & produced by : Jawad Sharif
Produced by: Humera Iqbal, Syeda Kashmala & Anushay Malik.
Based on Research from the @ukri.org AHRC funded Partition of Identity Project: poistudy.com
@sriucl.bsky.social @tcru-ucl.bsky.social

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10 months ago
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Dear Friends, 📽
We invite you to join us for one of the scheduled screenings of:
BHASHAILI (ADRIFT)
Bhashaili, the Bangla word for Adrift explores the everyday stories of Pakistani Bengalis living in Karachi, including their loves, losses and the challenges they face. @ioe.bsky.social

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1 year ago
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Five years on.... This week marks five years since the WHO declared the COVID-19 worldwide pandemic. In commemoration of this moment, research teams from our study look back at what has changed and what has remained th...

Five years on since the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic - what has changed and what has remained the same? fact-covid.wixsite.com/study/post/f...

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1 year ago
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ADHOORI SHANAKHT - ادھوری شناخت - Incomplete Identity: Growing up Pakistani Bengali YouTube video by Humera Iqbal

This week we spotlight the role of #art in #research at SRI

Dr @humeraiqbal.bsky.social worked with artists, filmmakers and the community to explore the story of the Pakistani Bengali community living in Karachi. Learn more in this film:

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1 year ago

I am looking forward to connect and learn from others on this platform 🌏

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1 year ago
Partition of Identity – An exploration of Belonging in Bengalis in Pakistan, 1971- 2021

Much of my research over the past 5 years has been focused on statelessness & non-citizenship, particularly centring on ways to raise awareness of this issue globally. Find out more about the Partition of Idenity project I lead here (poistudy.com).

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