Institute of Development Studies

Biography

Joanna's key areas of expertise are citizenship, gender, and rights-based approaches, developed through participatory research and evaluation experience. For the past three years, she has been the research manager for the Citizenship Development Research Centre, and has continued to develop her facilitation and coordination skills to support the network. She has completed extensive research on urban poverty and policy, including in-depth analysis on patterns of social exclusion in low-income communities in Latin America. Through this work, she has also developed a series of innovative communications initiatives. Her current research is focusing on citizenship, participation, and violence in Rio de Janeiro, and on participatory communication for social change.

Selected Projects and Recent Work

• The Governance of Service Delivery
• Agency and Governance in Contexts of Civil Conflict
• Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability
• Citizens' Media and Participatory Communication

Thematic Expertise

Citizenship; Gender; Rights.

Geographic Expertise

Central and South Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Sub Saharan Africa.

Selected Publications »»

• Pearce, J. and McGee, R with Wheeler, J. (2011) 'Violence, Security and Democracy: Perverse Interfaces and their Implications for States and Citizens in the Global South', IDS Working Paper 357, Brighton: IDS
• Pearce, J. and McGee, R. with Wheeler, J (2011) 'Violence, Security and Democracy: Perverse Interfaces and their Implications for States and Citizens in the Global South', IDS Research Summary of IDS Working Paper 357, Brighton: IDS
• Newell, P and Wheeler, J (2009) 'Making Accountability Count ', IDS Policy Briefing 33, Brighton:
• Wheeler, J. (2009) 'Creating Spaces for Engagement'
• Newell, P. and Wheeler, J. (2006) 'Rights, Resources and the Politics of Accountability' , Zed Books
• Pettit, J. and Wheeler, J. (2005) 'Developing Rights?', IDS Bulletin 36.1, Brighton: IDS