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Dr Miranda Iossifidis

Lecturer in Sociology

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    School of Geography,
    Politics and Sociology,
    4.129, Level 4 Henry Daysh Buillding
Background

I am a Lecturer in Sociology and currently the Sociology PGR co-Director and Academic Lead for Employability.


Since finishing my PhD in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London (2016) I have taught in Sociology, Geography, Media and Design departments at Goldsmiths, LSE, UCL, Oxford, University of the Arts London and Â鶹´«Ã½, and I have been a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy since 2016. I have worked on various research projects: (Horizon 2020), in the Culture Lab at Â鶹´«Ã½, and (AHRC), as well as projects at City University and at LSE London. I have also worked as a freelance urban and cultural policymaker for the European Cultural Foundation and British Council.


I am a co-convenor of the  (co-convenor), and part of the Sonic Cyberfeminisms and Radical Mothering collectives. I have a radio show on , Tyne and Wear's weird radio station.


Research Interests


My research explores questions of how environmental and reproductive futures are mobilised in the present, drawing on feminist approaches and creative methods. I have a background in urban studies and audio/visual practice.


My current research projects focus on (1) the nexus of reactionary reproductive and environmental futures, in particular populationism in relation to ecofascism; (2) histories of resistance to populationism; (3) and using creative participatory methods to explore speculative climate justice futures.

 

I have an ongoing research interest in the creative and collective negotiation of environmental presents and futures through speculative fiction, engaging with online methods to work with reading groups.


Please get in touch if you are interested in pursuing PhD or postdoctoral research on any of the topics listed below:


Reactionary environmental and reproductive politics; ecofascism; justice-centred futures; speculative climate futures; creative methods



Research



Ongoing projects


  • Speculative reactionary reproductive and environmental futures: interrogating contemporary populationism.
  • Exploring speculative climate justice futures using creative participatory methods, with Mack Sproates and Bethan, funded by the Catherine Cookson Foundation. Recent on this project. See the zine itself .
  • Part of the EU consortium

Recent Projects


  • Zine workshops exploring ecofascism with local activists, with the canny little library at the Star and Shadow, Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne (2022, funded by Â鶹´«Ã½ GPS Small Bids)
  • Online/offline activism during the Spring 2020 UK lockdown: London-based air pollution campaigns (2021, funded by Â鶹´«Ã½ HaSS Pioneer Award).
  •  an Horizon2020 project examining the processes and practices of adaptive heritage reuse through a living lab in Sunderland, and producing EU policy recommendations with other partners (2020-21). 
  • Urban and cultural policy analysis for the European Cultural Foundation as part of  (2020). 
  • Research consultancy: creating a new programme with Dr Mbaye and the British Council Creative Economy team exploring Dakar's creative ecosystem with young creative communities, '' (2020). 
  • Curating Dakar as an 'Art World City', with Dr Jenny Mbaye. Our chapter on independent art institution-building in Dakar was recently published in  (2019-2020). 
  •  with Dr Tom Schofield in Culture Lab, collaborating with Seven Stories to develop and facilitate workshops exploring children's relationship to space and place in Â鶹´«Ã½ upon Tyne, through augmented reality and magical realism (2019). 
  • Prospecting Futures, part of , using digital methods to explore how online science fiction reading communities collectively and creatively negotiate Anthropocene futures (AHRC) with Dr Lisa Garforth in Sociology (2018-19).


Postgraduate supervision


  • Oscar Horton Chandler (NINE DTP)
  • Sam Padfield (NINE DTP)
Teaching

I am the co-Module Leader and Lecturer on Researching Social Life (SOC2069), and Exploring City Life (SOC3081/SOC2181). I supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations. I welcome the opportunity to work with students interested in the themes outlined on my research page.






Publications

  • Articles

    • Iossifidis MJM. . Environmental Communication 2026, 20(1), 231-246.
    • Iossifidis M, Garforth L. . Geoforum 2022, 137, 248-257.
    • Iossifiids MJM. . City, Culture and Society 2020, 22, 100355.
    • Iossifidis MJM. . Literary Geographies 2020, 6(2), 156-164.
    • Iossifidis MJM. . Feminist Media Studies 2016, 17, 112-115.

  • Book Chapters

    • Iossifidis MJM. . In: Vaughan A; Braune J; Tinsley M; Mondon A, ed. The ethics of researching the far right: Critical approaches and reflections. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2024.
    • Iossifidis MJM, Mbaye J. . In: Carin Kuoni, ed. Forces of Art: Perspectives from a Changing World. Amsterdam: Valiz, 2020.

  • Online Publications

    • Veldpaus L, Mason A, Iossifidis M. . Bonn, Germany: ICLEI, 2022. Available at: .
    • Garforth L, Iossifidis M. . Central European University, 2020. Available at: .

  • Report

    • Iossifidis MJM. . Amsterdam: Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities ; European Cultural Foundation, 2020.