Miss Charlotte Seegers

(she/they)

Research

My PhD explores the intersection between endurance cycling and childfree women affective experiences. Situated at the intersection of feminist, more-than-human and post-critical approaches accounts of embodiment and becoming, I investigate how embodied encounters with bicycles, bodies, landscapes, pain, pleasure, risk, and other riders can cultivate new capacities for sensing, relating, and navigating life otherwise, reconfiguring our relations to time, kinship and femininity.

More broadly, my research is concerned with the possibilities of movement for imagining and inhabiting alternative ways of living and relating. Methodologically, my work aligns with creative and more-than-human approaches that attend to the embodied, affective, material, and relational dimensions of experience. Through collaborative filmmaking and craft-based video ethnography, I explore how filming, editing, and making can themselves become practices of inquiry; the focus lies equally on the process and the final product. A 30-minutes film has been produced thanks to this encounter.

Teaching

• Qualitative Methods: semester 1, undergrad. Yrs 2 students, Cardiff University
• Mobilities: semester 1, undergrad. Yrs 3 students, Cardiff University
• Mobile Video Method: workshop, master students, Cardiff University
• Platforming the Post-Qualitative: intern undergrad Yrs 2 students, Cardiff University

Biography

My research interests span mobility, gender, sports studies, and creative methods. I hold an MSc in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths, University of London (2013–2014), and an MSc in Social Science Research Methods from Cardiff University (2023–2024). Between these periods, I worked as a documentary filmmaker and video ethnographer, living in France, the UK, and Portugal. In addition to my work as a research student, I am now a graduate tutor at Cardiff University.

Honours and awards

• Cinema a Pedal - Bicycle Film Festival in Spain, Selection for My Bike, My Baby, film, 2026
• IVSA - International Visual Sociology Film Festival Selection for My Bike, My Baby, film, 2026
• Semana da Bicicleta - Bicycle Festival in Portugal, Selection for My Bike, My Baby, film, 2026
• Film Geographies, AAG Selection for My Bike, My Baby, short film version, 2026
• RGS-IBG Annual International Conference: Paper selection for presentation, Racing Whilst Female. August 2024
• Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britian: Scholarship for Summer School “Utopias, Axioms, Science Fiction: A Quest for Educational Imaginaries.” June 2024
• ESRC Scholarship, issued by UKRI - UK Research and Innovation. Sep 2023 
• Universidade NOVA de Lisboa: Book photographer and contributor: A cidade Para Quem. Jan 2023
• Netflix Streaming Platform: Film broadcast, She's french. 2017
• Vision du Reel film festival Doc outlook: Short film selection: Immediate Response. 2015
• Goldsmiths University of London: Paul Watson Price for best film of academic year. June 2014. 
• MSc Visual Anthropology Distinction, Goldsmiths University. Sep 2014.

Academic positions

Graduate Tutor, at Cardiff University, 2025-2027

Speaking engagements

• GASP Symposium, Cardiff University, Practical workshop with Enacting Video-Making, June 2026
• IVSA Film Festival, University of South Wales, Presentation of Enacting Video-making, June 2026
• Queer Research Network, Bristol University, Presentation of Enacting Video-making, April 2026
• RGS-IBG Annual International Conference: Paper selection for presentation, Racing Whilst Female. August 2024