Lead supervisor:
Prof Matthew Williams 
Start date: October 2020
Award: Collaborative
Subject Pathway:
Digital Economy and Society
Thematic Cluster:
Economy, Enterprise, and Productivity Cluster
Understanding the Nature and Impact of Online Hate Speech Victimisation
Undertaking research into transphobic hate speech, this research concentrates on Twitter API and secondary analysis of existing data, to create an index of harms to transgender people. I am working in partnership with Galop (the LGBT+ anti violence charity, http://galop.org.uk/) and learning a great deal from the work of the HateLab (https://hatelab.net/) at Cardiff University.
I am working on a methodology chapter, presenting and networking with other PGRs. This current focus is based on the work of Ruth Pearce (2020) in an article called A Methodology for the Marginalised: Surviving Oppression and Traumatic Fieldwork in the Neoliberal Academy. In my role as Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion rep in SOCSI at Cardiff I am connecting with other PGRs to work towards the creation of an informal yet sustaining support network.