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University Education

PhD in Geography and Environmental Science (ESRC funded)

University of Birmingham

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MSci Geography, 1st Class Honours

University of Birmingham​​

Posts Held

Lecturer in Human Geography (2026 - present)

University of Reading.

 

Honorary Research Fellow (2024 - )

University of Birmingham. 

 

Lecturer in Human Geography (2022 - 2026)

University of Leicester.

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Research Fellow (2021 -  2026)

Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health
 

Postdoctoral Researcher (2019 - 2022)

University of Groningen

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Lecturer in Demography (2019 - 2022)

University of Groningen ​

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Teaching & Research Associate (2017 - 2019)

University of Birmingham 

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GIS Consultant (2016)

City Region Economic & Development Institute (City REDI) - University of Birmingham

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Teaching Experience

Teaching Qualifications:

  • University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) [Dutch: Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs] (2022)

  • Certificate in Assessing Theses (2021)

  • Certificate in Assessing & Evaluating in Higher Education (2020)

  • Introduction to Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (2015).

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Postgraduate Supervision:​

Current:

  • Raheema Caratella - Seasons of Wellbeing: Improving the health and wellbeing of the Beaumont Leys community through the great outdoors of Bradgate Park.

  • Tianchen Qu - The Impact of Real-Time Green Exposure on Human Emotions.

  • John Pateman - Articulating the impact of cultural programming in UK public libraries.

  • Amelia Nutting - The Contemporary Rural Working Classes in England and Wales.

  • Georgia Manton - The Digitalisation of Agriculture.

  • Rahul Baiju - Advancing emotional geographies using artificial intelligence.

  • Kathryn Adams - Modelling the Environmental (in)justices associated with Road Traffic Noise: A spatiotemporal analysis.  

 

Completed:​

  • Danielle Sheppard (2026) -  Rural Super-Gentrification: An Investigation of Social Change within Three English Villages

  • Ikal Angelei (2026) - Navigating Turkana Contested Frontier: A political ecology of land, law and everyday authority. 

  • Thomas Lowe (2024) - The Golden Years? Older adult mobility experiences and perceptions across the later life course in England.

  • Charlie Hewitt (2023) - Discovering the way: Automated Machine Learning improvement of Ordnance Survey path network data        

  • Anna Harbers (2022) - The association between socioeconomic status (SES), Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) and Health care utilisation of Q fever patients with long-term health symptoms. 

  • Natasha Keen (2019) - VRtual Space: Looking at user experience, communities and trolling.            

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Teaching Lead:​

  • Geographies of Health and Wellbeing (Level-3, elective) 

  • Berlin Fieldtrip (Level-3, elective)

  • Copenhagen Fieldtrip (Level-2, core)

  • Research Methods and Design (with Dissertation) (Level-2, core)

  • Histories and Philosophies of Human Geography (Level-2, core)

  • The Digital World (Level-1, core)

  •  The Digital World (Level-1, core - Dalian University of Technology, China - TNE)

  • Qualitative Research for Policy and Practice (Master Level).

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External Teaching:     

  •  Qualitative methods in a digital age - Universität Innsbruck, Austria 

  •  Moving with Young Children, Victoria University, Australia 
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Teaching Awards:

  • Best Lecturer - nominated (2026)

  • Best Academic Supporting Staff - nominated (2024)    

  • Best Personal Tutor - nominated (2024)

  • PGR Teaching Academy Award - won (2017)

Academic Citizenship

Citizenship & Leadership Awards

  • Citizen Recognition Award (2026), University of Leicester - won.

  • Inspiring Leader (2024), University of Leicester - nominated

 

Editorial Activities​

  • Editor-in-Chief (2026 - present) Digital Geography and Society

  • Book Review Editor (2021 - 2025) Emotion, Space and Society.

  • Editorial Board Member (2022 - 2025) Humanities & Social Sciences Communications.

  • Early Career Editorial Board Member (2022 - 2024) Health and Place

  • Early Career Editorial Board Member (2022 - 2024) Wellbeing, Space and Society.

 

I serve on the expert reviewer panels for the following funders: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and Wellcome.

 

I have acted as a peer reviewer for the following journals and publishers: Aging & Society; Annals of the American Association of Geographers; Arts & Health; Brain and Environment; Computers, Environment and Urban Systems; Digital Geography and Society; Emotion, Space and Society; Environment & Behavior; The Professional Geographer; Geography Compass; Geographical Research; Historical Geography; Oxford University Press; Social and Cultural Geography; Social Science & Medicine; SSM - Qualitative Research in Health; Sociology of Health and Illness.

 

Inter/national Citizenship Roles

  • Communications Officier, Geographies of Health and Well-being Research Group, RGS-IBG - (2025 - present)

  • Chair, Digital Geographies Research Group, RGS-IBG (2023 - 2026)

  • Ordinary Member, Geographies of Health and Well-being Research Group, RGS-IBG (2022 - 2025)

  • Treasurer, Digital Geographies Research Group, RGS-IBG (2020 - 2021)

  • Membership Officer, Digital Geographies Research Group, RGS-IBG (2017 - 2020)

  • Founding Membership Officer, Digital Geographies Working Group, RGS-IBG (2016 - 2017)

 

Institutional Citizenship Roles

  • REF2029 Steering Committee member (2025 - present) University of Leicester

  • Chair, REF2029 Mirror Steering Committee (2025 - present) University of Leicester

  • ​College of Science & Engineering Postgraduate Research Director (2026 - present) - University of Leicester.

  • Deputy Director of Research and Enterprise (2023 - 2026) School of Geography, Geology and the Environment, University of Leicester

  • Postgraduate Research Director (2022 - 2026) School of Geography, Geology and the Environment,  University of Leicester

Workshops & Conferences

Conferences

  • The Future of Digital Geographies: provocations, trajectories, and research agendas, DGRG Annual Symposium, July 2021 (co-organised with Harrison Smith, Phil Jones, Daisy Curtis, and Godwin Yeboah)

 

Workshops​

  • Behind the scenes: Discussions around Research Methods - Online seminar (Co-organised with Saakshi Joshi, Nikhil Pazhoothundathil & Thomas Lowe). A collaboration between the University of Groningen, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, and Utrecht University.

  • Virtual Worlds - University of Birmingham 2019 (co-organised with Hannah Awcock, Phil Jones, Adam Packer).

  • Applied Memory: Putting affective and embodied methods into practice on the National Mall – AAG 2019, Washington D.C. (Co-organised with Jacque Micieli-Voutsinas and Danielle Drozdzewski)

  • Navigating Data Landscapes – RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Cardiff 2018 (Co-organised with Gillian Rose and Sam Hind with funding support from the RGS-IBG)

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