Dr Ivana Bevilacqua is a Lecturer and Class Teacher based in the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳’s Department of Geography and Environment. She holds a PhD in Human Geography from King's College London and was awarded the LAHP studentship.
Ivana’s research, teaching and writing are rooted within critical race, settler colonial and Indigenous studies, and across the fields of political geography and urban studies. Her work critically examines the violence of infrastructure in relation to colonialism, capitalism, and mobility, while exploring the liberatory potential through subversive and unruly uses of infrastructure and property arrangements. Ivana also collaborates with Indigenous knowledge keepers, artists, filmmakers, community groups, and labour movements to integrate academic research with the pursuit of social justice.
Ivana also holds an MSc in Middle East Politics from SOAS and a Master's in Representation and Public Opinion from the University Carlo Bo of Urbino. She has been awarded the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Teaching Excellence Award for “Inspiring Teaching” and is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA