by Jiaqi He | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Urban borderlands and minority nationalism: Understanding local approaches to migration in multinational states Thesis Abstract: In an era of rising anti-immigrant sentiment and strict border controls, cities are emerging as spaces where...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: International flows and local geographies: Political ecologies of e-waste from the UK to Ghana. Thesis Abstract: This study examines the international flows of e-waste and the lived experiences at the local level, with a particular focus on e-waste...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Room for All? Transformative Property Rights Thesis Abstract: What is possible? This project asks to stretch the answer to this question through the lens of real utopianism—the effort to imagine and build institutions that expand the limits of...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Beyond Information: Understanding Public Support for Evidence-based Policies Thesis Abstract: Public support is critical for the adoption and success of policy reforms. Yet in many areas citizens often resist change even when the benefits are...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Non-binary linguistic forms: internal and external factors influencing their acceptability Thesis Abstract: In languages with grammatical gender, the increasing visibility of non-binary gender identities has given rise to innovation in linguistic...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: ‘Where There is Repression, There is Resistance’: Societal Perceptions of Female Political Agency in Violent Resistance Thesis Abstract: My research examines how politically violent women in Palestine have their agency interpreted, contested and...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Reforesting London: exploring the transformative capacity of council estate land in London for the expansion of urban treescapes. Thesis Abstract: London is a city of 3,500 council estates, with local authorities owning on average 28...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Neurodiversity in sport: from PE to elite sport Thesis Abstract: The overarching aim of the PhD is to work alongside our partner organisation, Neurodiverse Sport, to build a better evidence base understand the experiences of ND individuals in sport at...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Unspoken histories: Language, engagement, and affect in liminal heritage spaces Thesis Abstract: This research examines how visitors’ emotional experiences and engagement with heritage sites are expressed, particularly in relation to marginalised...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Essays in Environmental Economics and Finance Thesis Abstract: I study the interactions between financial markets and climate adaptation investments in developing countries, focusing on how these investments influence economic outcomes....
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: Contested Ownership in Post-Apartheid Cape Town: Anti-Eviction Campaigners and the Countermapping of Land Struggles Thesis Abstract: This research aims to explore evolving and contested notions of ownership in post-apartheid Cape Town through...
by Vicky Man | 15th December 2025
Thesis Title: How Do Retrofitting Practices Transform the Lives and Environmental Conditions of Racialised and Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Communities? Thesis Abstract: Exposure to polluted air is responsible for tens of thousands of premature...
