Deputy Dean: Research
Qualifications
Research interests
Biography
Dr Dawood’s passion for research lies in the intersections of gender, religion and the grey areas of the economy such as informal work, online work and emerging occupations. Based on her PhD, which focused on the emergence of mechatronics in South Africa, she was awarded a travel grant to present her study at the International Sociological Association in Vienna. Her Masters thesis, which focused on the intimacy between ‘madams’ and ‘maids’ in Durban was presented at the British Sociological Association in Leeds. The thesis formed the basis for her first fiction novel, published by Penguin in 2022, entitled Stirring the Pot. The book was shortlisted for the NIHSS Best Fiction award. Dr Dawood’s most recent publications have explored the entrepreneurial strategies of Muslim women who own Instagram based business, the rise of CAPS-based Islamic online schools in South Africa, as well as a study on generational employment of domestic workers among families in Durban. The latter will be published in a book by the University of Johannesburg and the University of Edinburgh. Based on her academic articles, she has published many as feature pieces in newspapers such as the Sunday Tribune and the community newspaper, Al-Qalam. In order to learn more about teaching and learning, she has embarked on a PGCE, which has allowed her to grapple with the moral, epistemic and structural inequalities plaguing the South African education landscape.
Deputy Dean: Research
Qualifications
Research interests
Biography
Dr Dawood’s passion for research lies in the intersections of gender, religion and the grey areas of the economy such as informal work, online work and emerging occupations. Based on her PhD, which focused on the emergence of mechatronics in South Africa, she was awarded a travel grant to present her study at the International Sociological Association in Vienna. Her Masters thesis, which focused on the intimacy between ‘madams’ and ‘maids’ in Durban was presented at the British Sociological Association in Leeds. The thesis formed the basis for her first fiction novel, published by Penguin in 2022, entitled Stirring the Pot. The book was shortlisted for the NIHSS Best Fiction award. Dr Dawood’s most recent publications have explored the entrepreneurial strategies of Muslim women who own Instagram based business, the rise of CAPS-based Islamic online schools in South Africa, as well as a study on generational employment of domestic workers among families in Durban. The latter will be published in a book by the University of Johannesburg and the University of Edinburgh. Based on her academic articles, she has published many as feature pieces in newspapers such as the Sunday Tribune and the community newspaper, Al-Qalam. In order to learn more about teaching and learning, she has embarked on a PGCE, which has allowed her to grapple with the moral, epistemic and structural inequalities plaguing the South African education landscape.
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