My research interests include: development politics, governance and citizenship, human (im)mobilities, human (in)securities and securitisation, gender and intersecting inequalities, non-governmental organisations, the social implications of new technologies, and Latin America.
I am a Senior Research Associate focusing on inequalities, human (im)mobilities, and (in)securities. Theoretically, I am informed by critical realism, complexity theory, and world systems and practice theories. My empirical research has primarily focused on Guatemala, where I have done ethnographic field research.
I completed my PhD in Sociology in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. John Urry and Prof. Anne-Marie Fortier. My thesis, entitled ‘Making Destino Guatemala: Everyday Enactments of Global Tourism Competition in La Antigua Guatemala’, has been accepted for publication by Routledge (2020). In 2017 I held a one year Economic and Social Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellowship. My research project, entitled ‘Touristic Competition, Securitisation, and the Creation of (In)Securities in Guatemala’ was funded through the Global Challenges Research Fund. I have published on the relationship between touristic development, non-profit/non-governmental development organisations, and securitisation/human (in)securities.
Past Teaching Includes:
Understanding Social Thought SOCL200 (Lancaster 2018)
Gender and Women Studies GWS101 (Lancaster 2013-2014)
"Imaging the Body" SOCL317 (Lancaster, 2012)
'Introductory Sociology' SOCL101 (Lancaster, 2011-2012)
'The Feminist Economics of Trade' (Universität Kassel, 2008)
'Introduction to Globalization' (Universität Kassel, 2007-2008)
PhD in Sociology, Lancaster University, UK
Masters in Global Political Economy, Universität Kassel, Germany
University Exchange, Universidad de las Américas, Mexico
Bachelors in Sociology, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Past Grants/Awards:
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Global Challenges Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017)
Lancaster University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Research Studentship (2011-2014)
Canadian Bureau for International Education Scholarship (2006)
Simon Fraser University Undergraduate Open Scholarship (2005-2006)
Since 2007 I have been editing English language abstracts for the German Academic Journal 'Peripherie: Zeitschrift für Politik und Ökonomie in der Dritten Welt' (Münster, Germany).
I am also an Associate Member of Equality in Tourism.
Making 'Destino Guatemala': Everyday Enactments of Global Tourism Competition in La Antigua Guatemala
Professor Anne-Marie Fortier
Professor John Urry
