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Mohamed Ouakas

Mohamed Ouakas

Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Bradford, specializing in migration, mental health, and applied econometrics.

Jul 13, 2026

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast

Insights – the Understanding Society podcast

Food banks and mental health

Jul 13 · 27m

Chris Coates
Chris CoatesHOST
2:49
Can you tell me what led you to this subject and what questions were you asking?
Mohamed Ouakas
Mohamed OuakasGUEST
2:54
It starts from my education in Sweden.
Mohamed Ouakas
Mohamed OuakasGUEST
2:59
And it is not mental health only.
Mohamed Ouakas
Mohamed OuakasGUEST
3:01
It stems from inequalities.
Mohamed Ouakas
Mohamed OuakasGUEST
3:03
I was in Sweden.
Mohamed Ouakas
Mohamed OuakasGUEST
3:04
I was studying there, and I saw that there was inequality in wages.
Mohamed Ouakas
Mohamed OuakasGUEST
3:10
So immigrants, they were paid different wages than natives.
Chris Coates
Chris CoatesHOST
5:11
So how did you go about sifting through the data to find your answers?

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