Portfolio

Public reflections emerging from strategic work led, authored or produced by Dr Nathania Atkinson across commissioned institutional engagements.

PUBLICATIONS AND COMMISSIONED REPORTS

Published and publicly available

Atkinson, N. (2025) Systemic Barriers to Financial Inclusion Project: Rapid Literature Review. London: ClearView Research. Commissioned by Rooted Finance and Money A+E. Sole author. House of Commons launch publication.

Nest Insight (2025) Bridging Gaps, Building Resilience: shaping a system that helps households bounce back from financial shocks. London: Nest Insight. Research partner on the ethnicity, gender and intersecting vulnerabilities strand.

Atkinson, N. and CVR (2025) Ageing While Black: The Experiences of Black Caribbean Older People in England. London: Age UK.

Atkinson, N. (2025) Intricate Mastery. Doctoral thesis, University of East Anglia.

Atkinson, N., & Sydney, C Debt by Design (2026)  London: Runnymede Trust.

Commissioned reports

Atkinson, N. and Lewis, C.J. (2025) Excellence Without Extraction: Building Research Cultures Rooted in Relationship, Equity and Accountability. Wellcome Collection. Internal report.

Atkinson, N. and Lewis, C.J. (2024) Self-Funded PhD: Exploring the Narratives of Self-Funded Students in UK Universities. Wellcome Collection. Internal report.

Atkinson, N. (2025) Guarding the Legacy: Windrush and Windrush Square. Evaluation of the Windrush Untold Stories exhibition, Windrush Square, Brixton.

FORTHCOMING BOOK CHAPTER

Atkinson, N. (forthcoming, Autumn 2026) Sonic Diaspora Mothering. London: Bloomsbury. Accepted chapter, in press.

PUBLIC PROFILE AND SPEAKING

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House of Commons: Systemic Barriers to Financial Inclusion launch presentation, 2025.

University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados: Sacred Refusal, Black Women’s Creative Practice and the Decolonisation of Heritage, 2026.

University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica: Black Women Navigating Creative Industries.

Caribbean Research Methodologies Conference, Jamaica, January 2027: Guerilla Intellectualism (accepted).

British Library: invited contributor, Sacred Cyphers UK research symposium.

National Association for American Studies, Texas: transatlantic creative economies.

Netherlands, New Skill Rules: international women in Hip Hop panel and keynote contributions on creative industry equity and workforce development.

forthcoming SPEAKING ENGAGMENT

Caribbean Research Methodologies Conference 2027