Dr. Sacha Hasan has experience in investigating public participation and the institutional spaces of the engagement of marginalised social groups in public societal practices. She is particularly interested in intersectionality, identity and inclusive public spaces in both their physical and digital forms. She is passionate about promoting a fair and equitable public realm and a people-focused space design. In 2021, Dr. Hasan led a participatory research project commissioned by the Mental Health Foundation and funded by Glasgow City Council that investigates refugee and asylum seeker communities’ engagement in civic forums with focus on the relationship between social inclusion and mental health and wellbeing. Currently, Dr. Hasan is engaged as a research fellow in PRIME research that investigates protecting minority ethnic communities from online harms led by Heriot-Watt University.
