Personal profile
Personal information
Miriam (Mimi) Ocadiz is a s a PhD candidate within the Refugee Academy project Engaged Scholarship Narratives of Change where she focuses on the role of academia in the societal inclusion of refugees in the context of South Africa.
She has a multidisciplinary background focussing on African Studies. Her very first studies were Hispanic Literature and Language at the UNAM in Mexico, followed by a bachelor in International Studies where she specialised in African Culture and Politics. Afterwards, she did a research Masters in African Studies (cum laude) dedicated to the Cuban medical cooperation in Mozambique and the contemporary embodiment of solidarity.
Throughout her personal and academic background, she has developed a passion for South-South cooperation from a decolonial perspective, along with feminist and critical theories in relation to diversity and migration in the global South.
Prizes and Awards
Honorable Mention, “Mujer migrante, cuéntame tu historia". National Institute for Women, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2017
Uhlenbeck scholarship programm from the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University to perform six months of fieldwork (four months in Mozambique and two in Cuba). 2016
Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS). A highly competitive scholarship for Non-European students to complete a full-time master at Leiden University. 2015
Teaching
Mimi is currently supporting the bachelor course Identity, Diversity and Inclusion
Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities
Ancillary activities are updated daily
Academic qualification
Research Master African Studies, Master, Cum Laude
Award Date: 29 Sept 2017
International Studies, Bachelor, Leiden University
Award Date: 31 Jul 2015
Keywords
- HM Sociology
- African Studies
- Migration Studies
- Decolonization
Fingerprint
- 1 Similar Profiles
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
-
On Borderless Resistance and Nomadic Appetites: Weaving Decolonial (Dis)ruptures with Forced Migrants in South Africa
Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A., 19 Sept 2025, 252 p.Research output: PhD Thesis › PhD-Thesis - Research and graduation internal
Open AccessFile51 Downloads (Pure) -
Co‐creating sensuous knowledge through food practices with women and LGBTQI+ migrants in South Africa
Arriaga, M. A. O. & Dyer‐williams, N., 2024, In: Social Inclusion. 12, p. 1-15 15 p., 8541.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access -
‘Loboko Ya Mama’: Homemade recipes of belonging
Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A., 2023, In: Agenda. 37, 1, p. 27-37 11 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open Access -
Food for Change
Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A., 2022Research output: Web publication or Non-textual form › Web publication or Website › Popular
-
NIAS Conference 2021: Co-creation Practices as Conditions for Belonging
Mars, K., Holle, F., Ghorashi, H., Greene, A., Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A. & Ponzoni, E., 10 Jun 2021Research output: Web publication or Non-textual form › Web publication or Website › Academic
-
Inclusive Knowledges Lab
Ponzoni, E. (Project Researcher), Woensdregt, L. (Project Researcher), Korstenbroek, T. (Project Researcher) & Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A. (Project Researcher)
1/02/24 → 20/11/26
Project: Research
-
NWO-VICI project: Geëngageerde wetenschap en verhalen over verandering in een vergelijkend perspectief
Ghorashi, H. (Principal Investigator), Fiorito, T. R. (Project Researcher), Rast, M. C. (Project Researcher), Greene, A. (Project Researcher), Scholten, N. (Project Researcher), Ponzoni, E. (Project Researcher), Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A. (Project Researcher), Mars, K. (Project Researcher) & Holle, F. (Project Researcher)
1/11/18 → 31/07/24
Project: Research
Datasets
-
Engaged Scholarship and Narratives of Change
Mars, K. (Creator), Ghorashi, H. (Creator), Ponzoni, E. (Creator), Fiorito, T. R. (Creator), Rast, M. C. (Creator), Greene, A. (Creator), Ocadiz Arriaga, M. A. (Creator), Holle, F. (Creator) & Younes, Y. (Creator), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2022
Dataset / Software: Dataset