Sazana Jayadeva
Chercheuse coresponsable
pour le Royaume-Uni

Sazana Jayadeva is a Surrey Future Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey in the UK. She is also affiliated with the GIGA Institute of Asian Studies in Germany as an Associate Researcher. Her research revolves around the broad themes of education, migration, language, social class, and digital and social media. Sazana is an Associate Editor of the journal Sociology, an editorial board member of the journals Sociological Research Online and Global Networks, and co-convenes the International Research and Researchers’ Network of the Society for Research into Higher Education in the UK.
Recent Contributions
Monography
Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S., Laino, A. & Lažetić, P. (2022). Constructing the Higher Education Student. Policy Press.
Journal Articles
Brooks, R., Courtois, A., Faas, D., Jayadeva, S. & Beech, S. (2024). International student mobility within Europe: Responding to contemporary challenges. Higher Education, 88(5), 1663-1672.
Jayadeva, S. (2024). ‘Study-abroad influencers’ and insider knowledge: How new forms of study-abroad expertise on social media mediate student mobility from India to Germany. Mobilities, 19(1), 1-17.
Brooks, R., Gupta, A. & Jayadeva, S. (2023). Higher education students’ aspirations for their post-university lives: Evidence from six European nations. Children’s Geographies, 21(2), 177-190.
Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S. & Lainio, A. (2023). Constructing ‘ideal’ students within contemporary higher education: Editorial introduction. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 32(1), 1-10.
Jayadeva, S., Brooks, R. & Abrahams, J. (2022). The (stereo)typical student: How European higher education students feel they are viewed by relevant others. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 43(1), 1-21.
Jayadeva, S., Brooks, R. & Lažetić, P. (2022). Paradise lost or created? How higher-education staff perceive the impact of policy on students. Journal of Education Policy, 37(5), 819-837.
Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S. & Lainio, A. (2021). Students in marketised higher education landscapes: An introduction. Sociological Research Online, 26(1), 125-129.
Jayadeva, S., Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Abrahams, J., Lažetič, P. & Lainio, A. (2021). Are Spanish students customers? Paradoxical perceptions of the impact of marketisation on higher education in Spain. Sociological Research Online, 26(1), 185-204.
Brooks, R., Abrahams, J., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S. & Lažetić, P. (2021). Higher education timescapes: Temporal understandings of students and learning. Sociology, 55(5), 995-1014.
Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S. & Abrahams, J. (2021). Students’ views about the purpose of higher education: A comparative analysis of six European countries. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(7), 1375-1388.
Jayadeva, S. (2020). Keep calm and apply to Germany: How online communities mediate transnational student mobility from India to Germany. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 46(11), 2240-2257.
Brooks, R., Gupta, A., Jayadeva, S., Abrahams, J. & Lažetić, P. (2020). Students as political actors? Similarities and differences across six European nations. British Educational Research Journal, 46(6), 1193-1209.
Jayadeva, S. (2019). English‐medium: Schooling, social mobility, and inequality in Bangalore, India. Anthropology & Education Quarterly, 50(2), 151-169.
Jayadeva, S. (2018). ‘Below English Line’: An ethnographic exploration of class and the English language in post-liberalization India. Modern Asian Studies, 52(2), 576-608.
Book Chapters
Jayadeva, S. (2022). Building bridges: Narratives from and about educational consultants as mediators in transnational student mobility. Dans A. Kölbel, J. Pfaff-Czarnecka & S. Thieme (eds.), Universities as Transformative Social Spaces. Mobilities and Mobilizations from South Asian Perspectives. Oxford University Press.
Jayadeva, S. (2021). Bad, good, and appropriate English: Negotiating English proficiency in Bangalore, India. Dans F. Orsini & Ravikant (eds.), Hinglish. Language Use and Language Mixing in Contemporary India. Orient Blackswan.
Brooks, R., Abrahams, J., Lažetić, P., Gupta, A. & Jayadeva, S. (2020). Access to and experiences of higher education across Europe: The impact of social characteristics. Dans A. Curaj, L. Deca & R. Pricopie (eds.), European Higher Education Area. Challenges for a New Decade (p. 197-209). Springer International Publishing.
Policy Briefs, Reports, and Pieces for Wider Audiences
Jayadeva, S. (2024). Social media influencers can widen access to study abroad. University World News, Nov. 6.
Jayadeva, S. in conversation with Kercher, J. (2023). For many prospective students it was very important to hear the firsthand experiences of other students in Germany. Wissenschaft Weltoffen, Aug. 15.
Jayadeva, S. (2021). Do Spanish students see themselves ss customers? Wonkhe, Jan. 26.
Jayadeva, S. (2020). The impact of Covid-19 on postgraduate-level student migration from India to Germany. Research Findings 6 [Center for Global Higher Education, University of Oxford], July.
Jayadeva, S. (2020). Interest in study in Germany still strong among Indians despite Covid-19. The PIE Blog, Aug.
Jayadeva, S. (2016). Aspiring by degree: Student migration from India to Germany. GIGA Focus Asia, 5.
Affiliations
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University of Surrey
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German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

