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      Dr Rima Saini

      BA, MA, MSc, PhD, AFHEA
      ROLE: Lecturer in Sociology
      SCHOOL: Law
      DEPARTMENT: Criminology & Sociology
      TELEPHONE: +44 (0)20 8411 4963
      EMAIL: R.Saini@mdx.ac.uk
      1. Biography &
        Qualifications
      2. Learning &
        Teaching Interests
      3. Research Outputs &
        Interests
      4. Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects
      5. Engagement &
        Impact

      • Biography &
        Qualifications

        Rima Saini completed an MSc in Research Methods at City, University of London in 2014 following a BA in Politics (SOAS) and an MA in Legal and Political Theory (UCL School of Public Policy). She completed a 3-year post as a City University of London Q-Step PhD Teaching Fellow in the Department of Sociology in September 2017. She was awarded her PhD in Quantitative Political Sociology in December 2019. She worked as Assistant Lecturer at the University of Kent 2017-2018 and Visiting Lecturer at the University of Southampton 2018-2019. She was a Research Assistant at the Centre for Comparative Social Surveys in 2016.


        Languages Spoken

        English, Hindi, Punjabi

      • Learning &
        Teaching Interests

        Rima's teaching portfolio primarily covers quantitative and mixed research methods in the social sciences, and the sociology of race and class.

        She is currently co-leading the following modules:

        • SOC1400 Understanding Contemporary Society: Issues and Debates
        • SOC1430 Doing Things Together: Exploring Social Practices
        • SOC3580 Migration and Citizenship

        She is currently teaching on the following modules:

        • SOC2500 Approaches to Social Research
        • SOC3760 Sociology Dissertation

      • Research Outputs &
        Interests

        Rima's research interests cover:

        • Critical race theory / intersectionality
        • Race, class and gender
        • UK middle classes / middle-classness
        • Social / political identities of UK ethnic minorities
        • Political efficacy and activity of UK ethnic minority groups
        • Institutional inequalities (particualrly in the professions)
        • Decolonisation / decoloniality and postcolonialism

      • Funded Research &
        Knowledge Exchange Projects

      • Engagement &
        Impact

        • Co-Convenor of the British Sociological Association Race and Ethnicity Study Group
        • Former Co-Convenor of the Race and Migration Stream at the British Sociological Association Annual Conference
        • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
        • Member of the Political Studies Association
        • Member of the American Sociological Association

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