Dr Sarah-Anne Muñoz
Research Fellow
University of the Highlands and Islands
Degree Qualifications
2007 PhD (Human Geography), University of Dundee, Religious Affiliation of Ethnic Populations over Space and Time: The Indian and Pakistani Faith Groups of Dundee and Glasgow
2003 MSc (Distinction), Applied Population Geography, University of Dundee. Research thesis: The Experiences of English Migrants to Scotland.
2002 MA (Hons, 1st Class), Geography, University of Dundee. Dissertation: Beyond the Demographic Transition - geographical patterns of fertility in contemporary Sweden
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Biography
Sarah-Anne joined the Centre for Rural Health in June 2009 as a Research Fellow. Her background is in Human Geography with an MA, MSc and PhD from the University of Dundee. Sarah-Anne is interested in how different types of rural 'spaces' interact with individual and community health and wellbeing. She is interested in bringing a stronger focus on social theory and spatiality into research relating to social enterprise. Her research interests are in the potential of Third Sector Organisations to deliver health services, as well as wider wellbeing, to rural communities. She is interested in the contribution of social enterprise to sustaining rural communities and empowering marginalised and excluded groups.
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATONS
Muñoz, S., Health Service Provision through Social Enterprise: the opportunities and barriers identified by social entrepreneurs and procurement professionals. Internatinal Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in press.
Muñoz, S., Towards a Geographical Research Agenda for Social Enterprise. Area, Royal Geographical Society, 10 Oct 2009. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-4762.2009.00926.x
Muñoz, S., Geographies of Faith: the differing residential patterns of the Indian-Hindu, Indian-Sikh and Indian-Muslim populations of Dundee and Glasgow, Population, Space and Place, in press.
Muñoz, S., (2009) Social Enterprise and Public Sector Voices on Procurement, Social Enterprise Journal, 5 (1), pp. 69 – 82.
Muñoz, S., Tinsley, S., (2008) 'Selling to the Public Sector: prospects and problems for social enterprise in the UK', The Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 32, pp. 43 – 62.
Muñoz, S., (2006) Divided by faith? The impact of religious affiliation on ethnic segregation, Scottish Geographical Journal, 122 (2), pp. 85 – 99.
NON PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Muñoz, S., (2009) Residential Segregation, Religious Affiliation and Ethnicity: the geographies of Dundee's and Glasgow's Indian and Pakistani Faith Groups (Saarbrucken: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller) ISBN: 978-639-14881-7.
Muñoz, S., (2009) Children in the Outdoors – a literature review (NSDC/ Forestry Commission).
Muñoz, S., (2008) Sustainable Procurement – buying from social enterprises, Public Sector Executive, March/April, 6 (7).
Muñoz, S., (2005) Book Review: Residential Strategies of the Elderly, Mobility and the Life Course, Population, Place and Space, 11 (1), pp. 65 – 67.



