Our fellows

I am a feminist critical geographer focused on postcolonial contexts in the domains of mobilities, borders and citizenship; urban inequalities; and digitisation and governance.

Robert is based in the Section of Public Health.

Postcolonial literatures, childhood and youth in global literatures, literature and international development, medical humanities.

Aid, development, and internationalism in the twentieth century, international humanitarianism and the British welfare state.

I am working in an action research project on Youth participation and the role of digital technologies in reducing urban inequalities in India and Nepal.

Criminology

Dr. Vanessa Burns is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Sociological Studies, Politics, and International Relations at the University of Sheffield. A political scientist, she specialises in environmental governance, international development, and the political economy of climate change.

I am a global development researcher, with scholarly work informed by participatory action research with grassroots organizations, NGOs, and international organisations.

Vanesa’s research focuses on the governance of global environmental change in the urbanization age.

My research interests range from politics, memory and violence, to spatial and urban anthropology. I am currently exploring performance, art and video-making as collaborative methodologies.

I am interested in sustainable design solutions that integrates socio-economic, cultural, and environmental dimensions, creating design solutions that are ecologically and socially responsible.

I am a historian of Britain and its empire. I take a postcolonial approach to think about disability, bodies, emotions, race and gender.

Criminology

Pauline has published widely on employment relations in the UK and emerging economies. She has also attracted funding from the ESRC, EPSRC and UK Government departments.

Research interests: drinking water supply | sewage systems | groundwater | development of new management, monitoring and risk mitigation technologies | urban water systems

biodiversity conservation
wildlife trade
human-animal relations
political ecology
bird conservation

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

My research concerns inclusive and sustainable design of the built environment, housing and health. This includes designing age- and dementia-friendly environments. I have been teaching since 1993.

My research interests include urban indigeneity; diversity and the right to the city; citizen-led and participatory planning with a focus on Latin American and African cities.

My work seeks to develop postcolonial approaches for climate and energy justice, conceptually drawing on the interfaces of knowledge, politics, postcolonial solidarity, development and culture.

Women, gender and Islam in South Asia

My research explores how the built environment is connected to and can be understood through exploring residents’ everyday constructive activities and the implications of this for urban policy.

I study global political communication, focusing on news and information flows, disinformation, Africa-China mediated relations and how audiences in the Global South engage with news.

I am a data scientist and researcher in applied data science and AI. My research involves studying users, domains and contexts to develop novel solutions to address complex domain-specific problems.

My research interests include shantytown histories, urban informality, urban history, social housing, water and sewage infrastructure, critical environmentalisms, waste, flooding, co-design and more.

Senior Lecturer in History: post 1800

International Relations

My work incorporates architecture, urbanism and religious studies, rooted in the notion of radical inclusivity. I explore what resources religious bodies may hold for inclusive, collective life.

I explore VR/AR in urban design to deepen user–space insight and participatory design, with experience applying these tools to advance digital education and train future professionals.

Latin American cultural politics, focusing on reproductive health, teen parenthood, and health inequalities in Mexico, Cuba, and Colombia.

Current Teaching: BA Applied Social Sciences

Research interests:

- Migration studies
- Mixed-method research
- Attitudes to migration
- Social cohesion and ethnic diversity

My research aims to highlight the importance of a psychosocial decolonial perspective to development, exploring the interplay of the body and the mind in development interventions.

Communication Technologies and Policy
Global AI and Data
Public Policy and the Global South

I am Knowledge Exchange Research Fellow and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow interested in the co-emergence of new social and material worlds, particularly in the context of justice and sustainability.

Global health politics
Global health governance
Health systems
Health equity
Post-conflict peacebuilding
Participatory Action Research
Nepal
Colombia

Plants, Photosynthesis and Soil

My research is at the intersection of food systems, health and environmental sustainability. I am interested in sustainable diets, climate and nutrition-sensitive food systems and food policy.

Research interests: drinking water quality | potable water distribution systems | public health risk, and regulatory/policy development | urban water systems | sustainable water systems of the future

My research looks at how groups of people make claims to cities, particularly in the Global South. This includes social inclusion and public space, and conflict and peacebuilding.

Global Cinema, Women Film Directors, Visual Culture, Creative Industries and Media, East Asia, Gender, practise-led research methods,

I research and teach how technology has an impact on society, social change, and social justice.