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Andrea Cornwall
Director, Pathways of Women's Empowerment RPC- Team
- Participation Power and Social Change
- a.cornwall@ids.ac.uk
- Tel
- +44 (0)1273 915726
- Administrator
- Samantha Finn (S.Finn@ids.ac.uk)
Biography
Professor Andrea Cornwall is a social anthropologist specialising in the anthropology of participation and democracy, masculinities, women's empowerment and women's rights, and sexualities.
Selected Projects and Recent Work
- Sexuality and Development Programme (2007-11)
- Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability
- Pathways of Women's Empowerment Research Programme Consortium
- Reflective Practice and Organisational Learning and Change
Thematic Expertise
Anthropology; Gender; Participation; Inclusive Citizenship and Governance; Sexuality and Development.
Selected Publications »»
- Harcourt, W., Cornwall, A., and Jolly, S. (2009) 'Sexuality and Development', Development 52.1, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
- Cornwall, A. (2009) 'Changing Ideals in a Donor Organisation: ‘Participation’ in Sida (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary RS317, Brighton: IDS
- Cornwall, A., Romano, J. and Shankland, A. (2009) 'Brazilian Experiences of Participation and Citizenship: A Critical Look (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary 389, Brighton: IDS
- Cornwall, A (2008) Democratising Engagement: What the UK can Learn from International Experience, London: Demos
- Lynch, A., Standing, H. and Cornwall, A. (2008) 'Unsafe Abortion: A Development Issue', IDS Bulletin 39.3, Brighton: IDS
- Cornwall, A., Correa, S. and Jolly, S. (2008) Development with a Body: Sexuality, Human Rights and Development, London: Zed Books
- Cornwall, A. and Jolly, S. (2006) 'Sexuality Matters', IDS Bulletin 37.5, Brighton: IDS
- Cornwall, A. (2005) Readings in Gender in Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- Cornwall, A. (2004) 'New Democratic Spaces?', IDS Bulletin 35.2, Brighton: IDS
- Cornwall, A. and Nyamu-Musembi, C. (2004) 'Putting the ‘Rights-Based Approach to Development’ into Perspective', Third World Quarterly 25.8:1415-38
- Brock, K., Cornwall, A. and Gaventa, J. (2001) 'Power, Knowledge and Political Spaces in the Framing of Poverty Policy', IDS Working Paper 143, Brighton: IDS