Dr Temidayo Eseonu
Lecturer in Politics and PolicyProfile
I am interested in the struggle for racial justice and the means through which this can be achieved, focusing particularly on the interplay of the politics of Black youth and urban governance. I use new institutionalism as an analytical framework for what facilitates or constrains the design and implementation of racially just policies.
I engage with transformational and emancipatory concepts in social sciences to clarify and theorize about the processes—both intellectual and material—through which political actors (racially minoritised communities, policymakers, service providers and so forth) form, function within, replicate, dissolve, and restructure political worlds. My research places emphasis on deliberative and participatory processes which cultivate spaces for the 'voice-of-colour' to imagine a racially just world and the politics to influence the implementation of racially just policies.
I am also the founding convenor of the Racial Equity in Policy Network, a network for policymakers in the North of England interested in addressing racial inequalities. Policymakers range from those who develop policy to those who implement policy.
Research Interests
My research interests include:
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New institutionalism in public policy and administration
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Critical race theory in public policy and administration
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Politics of Black youth
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Co-production of knowledge
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Collaborative and urban governance
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Democratic innovations
Current Research
I am currently working on a book project which will involve working with young people, using Afrofuturism to create their visions of a racially just future. This project will examine how a city's urban governance responds to these visions.
Current Teaching
POLI100 - Politics in the Modern World
PPR.344 - Politics of Cultural Diversity
PPR.424 - Public Policy
PhD Supervision Interests
Racial inequalities and policy, racial equity/justice and policy, design and policy
Horizon Europe: Innovating Spaces of Participation: Inclusive, Resilient, Embedded (INSPIRE)
01/04/2024 → 31/03/2027
Research
National Centre for Research Methods: MethodsCon 2024: Futures
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lancaster Girls' Grammar School
School Engagement
Campus in the City 2024
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Intercontinental Conversations: Ethics, Values, and Public life - Religion and Reparations
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Social Justice, Racial Justice and Other Charming UK Fairytales
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Lancashire Citizens (External organisation)
Membership of board
Unifrog.org
School Engagement
Racial Equity in Policy Network
Symposium
Royal Society of Arts - Urban Futures Commission
Other
Involve (External organisation)
Membership of board
President's Distinguished Achievement Award (University of Manchester)
Prize (including medals and awards)
Richard Chapman Prize
Prize (including medals and awards)
- Ethics Values and Policy Initiative