University of Leicester

Faculty Member, Geography

Lecturer in Human Geography

About

I am a social and cultural geographer with a wider range of research interests.  The majority of my work to date has been examined the geographies of sexualities. I am interested in studying 'ordinary sexualities' in 'ordinary cities' - examining the development of distinct sexual cultures outside metropolitan centres. I study diverse queer economies, considering the range of economic practices that queer folk engage in beyond the spaces of the commercial gay scene. I am Chair of the Space, Sexualities and Queer Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society.

A second major strand of my research is concerned with the geographies of social movement activism and radical politics.  I am currently working on a research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, called "Non-Stop Against Apartheid: the spaces of transnational solidarity activism".

I also have an interest in the geographies of education, especially British 'widening participation' policies and the politics of aspiration over the last two decades, although I am not actively pursuing this interest at present.

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