Miss Nayyar Hussain

Miss Nayyar Hussain


I completed my BA at the University of Westminster in 2016. I am now pursuing a PhD with the Department of History, Sociology and Criminology on urban regeneration.

My research specifically focuses on ethnic minority working-class youth in South Kilburn. A key feature of the research is that it engages with a largely ignored population within gentrification and regeneration debates. Further, I engage with less privileged forms of research methods such as autoethnographic research methods and social media research methods - as my research is concerned with decolonizing knowledge and forms of knowledge production.


I have conducted research for the Social Sciences team at the University of Westminster working on the 'Routes to Roots' Research Project with Dr Adam Eldridge and Dr Dorrie Chetty.

I am currently conducting my own doctoral research which is ongoing. My multimethod research involves: autoethnographic research methods, Social media research and semi-structured interviews.


  • Centre for the Study of Democracy

In brief

Research areas

Urban Regeneration, Critical Race studies, Youth, Decolonizing research methods

Skills / expertise

Social Media Research Methods