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Our Team

Dr Joe Shaw
Neil Scott
Dr Ivana Socoloff

Trustees

Professor Loraine Kennedy (Chair)
Dr Desiree Fields
Professor Deljana Iossifova
Dr Wangui Kimari
Professor Jeroen Klink
Dr Rita Padawangi
Dr Zarina Patel
Professor Linda Peake
Professor Karin Pfeffer
Dr Yimin Zhao

Former Trustees

Professor Alison Brown
Professor Jie Chen
Professor Kenneth Gibb
Professor Donald McNeill
Dr Evert J. Meijers
Professor Hyun Bang Shin
Dr C.P. Pow
Professor John Flint
Professor John B. Parr
Professor Chris Philo
Professor Fulong Wu

"The USF has played a crucial role in creating space for urban research that not only moves beyond academic spheres but also values embodied, decolonial, and insurgent ways of knowing. As a queer geographer working in and through the messy, affective terrains of urban India, this Fellowship didn’t just fund my research — it affirmed it. It gave me the courage and capacity to experiment with form, to centre marginal voices, and to hold space for joy, pain, memory, and resistance in my work. I remain in awe of the nurturing, and genuinely transformative support USF continues to offer its Fellows — during, and far beyond, the fellowship period."

Dr Dhiren Borisa, International Fellowship

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  • International Fellowships
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