Equity, Inequalities and Inclusivity PGRs

Unheard Voices: the lived experience of motherhood after prison

This PhD is based at the University of Stavanger – however through Prof Heaslip, lined to the theme. Eden’s study is a Descriptive Phenomenological study exploring women’s experiences of motherhood following their release from prison in Ethiopia.

To date Eden has published two papers:

Gobena, E., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Studsrød,I., 2022. The Lived Experience of Motherhood After Prison: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Women & Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/08974454.2022.2030274

Gobena, EB., Hean, S., Heaslip, V., Studsrød, I., 2023. The challenge of western-influenced notions of knowledge and research training: lessons for decolonizing the research process and researcher education, Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, DOI: 10.1080/15313204.2023.2197272  

Supervised by Prof Sarah Hean, Prof Ingunn Studsrød and Prof Vanessa Heaslip.