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Andrea Cornwall is a researcher affiliated with King's College London in the United Kingdom. Their work primarily spans the social sciences, with specific focus on sociology and political science, anthropology, general health professions, economics and econometrics, and communication. The research engages with subjects such as anthropological studies, qualitative research methods, community health and development, sex work, microfinance and financial inclusion, social media and politics, and urban and sociocultural dynamics.

The scientist has contributed to academic literature through various publications, presenting research in journals and venues including Democratic Theory, Qualitative Research, Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology, Gender Work and Organization, and Ethnography.

  • Book Symposium, 2023, Democratic Theory
  • Question cards: Putting your cards on the table in the interview process, 2024, Qualitative Research
  • Ethnographic Encounters: Using Ethnography to Study Brazil's Participatory Governance Institutions, 2023, Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
  • "Those feminists haven't come to us, they don't know our reality": Indian sex workers' narratives of love and power, 2024, Gender Work and Organization
  • Ethnography in the plural: Experimenting with collective ethnography in research on politics and politicians in Brazil, 2025, Ethnography

Collaborations occur with several frequent co-authors, reflecting engagement across interdisciplinary networks. These include Taina Meriluoto, Anastasia Kavada, Oliver Escobar, Hans Asenbaum, and Sílvia Nogueira Cordeiro.

The primary topics explored by Andrea Cornwall involve:

  • Anthropological Studies and Insights
  • Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics
  • Community Health and Development
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Urban and sociocultural dynamics

Publication venues contributing to the dissemination of this research include:

  • Democratic Theory
  • Qualitative Research
  • Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology
  • Gender Work and Organization
  • Ethnography

Andrea Cornwall's research contributes to interdisciplinary dialogue across social sciences and anthropology, focusing on participatory governance, qualitative methodologies, and social issues linked to marginalized communities.

Best Publications

  • Unpacking 'Participation': models, meanings and practices

    Andrea Cornwall

  • What is participatory research

    Andrea Cornwall;Rachel Jewkes

  • What do buzzwords do for development policy? a critical look at ‘participation’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘poverty reduction’

    Andrea Cornwall;Karen Brock

  • Whose voices? Whose choices? Reflections on gender and participatory development.

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Spaces for Change?: The Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas

    Andrea Cornwall;Vera Schattan P. Coelho

  • Making spaces, changing places: situating participation in development

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Dislocating Masculinity : Comparative Ethnographies

    Andrea Cornwall;Nancy Lindisfarne

  • From Users and Choosers to Makers and Shapers: Repositioning Participation in Social Policy

    Andrea Cornwall;John Gaventa

  • Women's Empowerment: What Works?

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Buzzwords and fuzzwords: deconstructing development discourse

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Power and Knowledge

    John Gaventa;Andrea Cornwall

  • Introduction: New Democratic Spaces? The Politics and Dynamics of Institutionalised Participation

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Putting the ‘rights‐based approach’ to development into perspective

    Andrea Cornwall;Celestine Nyamu‐Musembi

  • From ‘gender equality and ‘women’s empowerment’ to global justice: reclaiming a transformative agenda for gender and development

    Andrea Cornwall;Althea-Maria Rivas

  • Beneficiary consumer citizen: perspectives on participation for poverty reduction

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Bringing citizen voice and client focus into service delivery

    Neil McGarvey;A. Goetz;J. Gaventa;A. Cornwall

  • Gender Myths and Feminist Fables: The Struggle for Interpretive Power in Gender and Development

    Andrea Cornwall;Elizabeth Harrison;Ann Whitehead

  • Locating Citizen Participation

    Andrea Cornwall

  • Dislocating masculinity: Gender, power and anthropology

    Andrea Cornwall;Nancy Lindisfarne

  • Making a difference? : gender and participatory development

    Andrea Cornwall

Frequent Co-Authors

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones University of Sussex
Rachel Jewkes
Rachel Jewkes South African Medical Research Council
Naila Kabeer
Naila Kabeer London School of Economics and Political Science

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