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Research interests

Cultural and postcolonial geography and theories of geographical representation, particularly:

» Tourism and travel geographies

» Cultural and post-colonial geographies of North Africa and the Mediterranean

» Philosophy and theory of geography

» Biopolitics and the geographies of the colonial present

Recent funded research activity

2008 – 2010    Re-branding the Levant: Contested Heritage and Colonial Modernities in Damascus and Amman.
Project Leader (ESRC). £ 399,000

2008 – 2009    Unindustria Venezia.
PI (Studenship, Venice, ITALY). € 24,000

2006 – 2009    Research Amusement and Recreation Centre Project (RARC)
Co-investigator (PI Kazuo Murakami, Rikkyo University, JAPAN)
Funded by the Japanese Government. £ 9,600

2004 – 2006    Re-placing social capital: a comparison of Italian and Finnish local networks of trust
Project Leader (with Jouni Hakli, University of Tampere, FINLAND)
Funded by the Finnish Academy of Science € 49,000

Grants Awarded for International Research and Exchange

2010: Visiting Chair in History and Environmental Governance, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, University of Siena, ITALY

2007: RARC International Research Associate Fellowship, College of Tourism, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, JAPAN

2006: Visiting Research Fellowship, Centre for Human Rights, Diversity and Identity, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences, University of British Columbia, CANADA

2004: International Research Associate Fellowship, College of Tourism, Rikkyo University, Tokyo, JAPAN

2003: Visiting International Expert Fellowship, East China Normal University, Shanghai, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA