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Researcher in the Spotlight

Find below some of our researchers and information about their interesting research that are involved with the GCYFRG. This space will grow with time and provide more insights of what research has been and is be done within the topic of geographies of children, youth and families.

Sophia Georgescu

Sophia Georgescu

PhD Education / Child and Youth Participation Specialist

University of Stirling / Children’s Parliament

Alice Leyman

Alice Leyman

PhD Research Student & Child Practitioner

University of Portsmouth

Dr Fira Chmiel

Dr Fira Chmiel

PhD Researcher

Universidad de San Martín

Alice Mpofu-Coles

Alice Mpofu-Coles

PhD Researcher in Human Geography

University of Reading

Olivia Fletcher

Olivia Fletcher

PhD Student

University of Liverpool

Emma Bates

Emma Bates

Postgraduate Researcher

Loughborough University

Tamsin Fisher

Tamsin Fisher

PhD researcher
Human Geography and Well-being

Keele University

Lara Landolt

Lara Landolt

PhD Student

University of Zurich, Switzerland

Madhuwanti Mitro

Madhuwanti Mitro

ICSSR Research Fellow

Institute for Social & Economic Change, Bengaluru

Dr Ellen Bishop

Dr Ellen Bishop

Postdoctoral Innovation Associate

University of Leicester

Dr. Paulina Ruiz-Cabello

Dr. Paulina Ruiz-Cabello

Senior Research Associate (ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow)

University of Bristol

Joe Hall

Joe Hall

Research Associate and GCYFRG Dissertation Officer

University of Sheffield

Dr Lucie Glasheen

Dr Lucie Glasheen

Teaching Associate, School of Geography
Administrator, Centre for Childhood Cultures
Independent Researcher

Queen Mary University of London

Jessica Clendenning

Jessica Clendenning

PhD Researcher in Geography

National University of Singapore

Dr Liz Ackerley

Dr Liz Ackerley

Research Associate

University of Manchester

Subhankar Dutta

Subhankar Dutta

PhD Student at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India

Luz Santa Maria

Luz Santa Maria

Joint PhD Student in Educational Sciences

Autonomous University of Barcelona & Ghent University

Poppy Budworth

Poppy Budworth

PhD Researcher in Human Geography

The University of Manchester

Giulia Chiara Ceresa

Giulia Chiara Ceresa

PhD Researcher in Human Geography

University Of Birmingham

Harriet Thew

Harriet Thew

PhD Researcher and Graduate Teaching Associate

University of Leeds, Sustainability Research Institute

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