Curriculum Vitae
| From May 2023 | Post-doc Professorship for Spiritual Care, University of Zürich |
| 2022 – 2023 | Religious Hatred Policy Advisor for the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) |
| 2018 – 2022 | ESRC- funded doctoral researcher for a collaborative PhD, working with the non-academic partner World Vision, to explore faith-based responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in vulnerable urban settings at SOAS, University of London |
| 2018 – 2022 | Graduate Teaching Assistant Associate Tutor at SOAS, University of London for the modules Aid and Development, Cities and Development and Partnerships Beyond Borders |
| 2018 – 2022 | Guest Lecturer for the Project Management Skills workshop at SOAS, University of London, delivering lectures on conflict sensitivity and conflict analysis in interreligious contexts and the localisation of humanitarian processes |
| July –Dec 2021 | UKRI Policy and Research Advisor, conducting research and producing policy documents on topics including Religious Engagement, Development and the FCDO and Localisation, Development and the FCDO for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) |
| April – May 2020 | Research Consultant for Joint Learning Initiative for Faith and Local Communities (JLI) |
| 2017 – 2018 | MSc Research for International Development: SOAS, University of London |
| 2016 – 2017 | MPhil World Christianities, Girton College, University of Cambridge |
| 2011 – 2015 | BA (Hons) French, Theology and Religious Studies, University of Leeds |
Research Interests
- Religion, Spirituality and International Development/Humanitarianism
- Localisation in International development/Humanitarianism
- World Christianities
Publications
- Goodwin, E and Kraft, K (2022) Mental Health and spiritual well-being in humanitarian crises: the role of faith communities providing spiritual and psychosocial support during the COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of International Humanitarian Action, 7(21), pp.1-18
- Greatrick, A, Al-Waeli, J, Sender, H, Corona Maioli, S, Li, J.K and Goodwin E (2022) Adapting to Crisis: Migration Research During, Migration and Society, https://doi.org/10.3167/arms.2022.050110
- Goodwin, E and Ager, A (2021) Localisation in the context of UK government engagement with the humanitarian reform agenda, Front. Polit. Sci. 3:687063. doi: 10.3389/fpos.2021.687063
Presentations
- Co-produced a poster for USAID’s US Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement (4 October – 9 October) on Faith Identity and Impact: Lessons for Donors
Peer reviewed Blog Posts
- Engaging with Religion at the Local Level for Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing Following Humanitarian Crises, Refugee Hosts Project: https://refugeehosts.org/2019/03/15/engaging-with-religion-at-the-local-level-for-mental-health-and-psychosocial-wellbeing-following-humanitarian-crises/
- A New Way of Working: Introducing the World of Religious Studies to Humanitarianism, Religion and Global Society: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2019/07/a-new-way-of-working-introducing-the-world-of-religious-studies-to-humanitarianism/
- Book Review: Secular and Religious Dynamics in Humanitarian Response by Olivia Wilkinson, Religion and Global Society: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2020/03/book-review-secular-and-religious-dynamics-in-humanitarian-response-by-olivia-wilkinson/