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Dr Ioanna Papadopoulou Korfiati
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Teams and roles for Ioanna Papadopoulou Korfiati
Lecturer in Human Geography
School of Social and Spatial Sciences
Overview
I am a human geographer working at the intersection of political and economic geography, sustainable development, and critical theory, with a focus on the political economy of land and landscape and geographies of crisis, socio-spatial conflict, and dispossession. I am particularly interested in spatial governance and state power, processes of gentrification, territorial stigmatisation, and displacement, as well as broader dynamics of uneven urban and regional development. I hold a PhD in Human Geography from the University of Edinburgh (2020) and a Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2021).
Publication
2025
- Korfiati, I. 2025. Wacquant & Gramsci in eastern Crete: Land conflict, stigma, and territorial ‘common sense’. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 57 (2-3), pp.223-240. (10.1177/0308518x241301986)
2023
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. and Kallin, H. 2023. Social justice and a city: surplus capital and the remaking of Athens. Scottish Geographical Journal 139 (3-4), pp.390-396. (10.1080/14702541.2023.2238676)
2022
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. 2022. Landscapes on hold: Opening up monopoly rent gaps on Crete's Cape Sidero. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 46 (4), pp.576-593. (10.1111/1468-2427.13100)
2020
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. 2020. Classifying like a state: Land dispossession on eastern Crete’s contested mountains. Antipode 52 (5), pp.1331-1350. (10.1111/anti.12640)
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. 2020. Regimes of land dispossession, crisis, and uneven development on Crete’s contested edge. PhD Thesis , The University of Edinburgh.
Articles
- Korfiati, I. 2025. Wacquant & Gramsci in eastern Crete: Land conflict, stigma, and territorial ‘common sense’. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space 57 (2-3), pp.223-240. (10.1177/0308518x241301986)
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. and Kallin, H. 2023. Social justice and a city: surplus capital and the remaking of Athens. Scottish Geographical Journal 139 (3-4), pp.390-396. (10.1080/14702541.2023.2238676)
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. 2022. Landscapes on hold: Opening up monopoly rent gaps on Crete's Cape Sidero. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 46 (4), pp.576-593. (10.1111/1468-2427.13100)
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. 2020. Classifying like a state: Land dispossession on eastern Crete’s contested mountains. Antipode 52 (5), pp.1331-1350. (10.1111/anti.12640)
Thesis
- Papadopoulou Korfiati, I. 2020. Regimes of land dispossession, crisis, and uneven development on Crete’s contested edge. PhD Thesis , The University of Edinburgh.
Research
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Situated within a critical political economy approach, my work is driven by a commitment to analysing and challenging spatial injustice. I am particularly interested in:
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Biography
Appointments:
(2024- ) Lecturer in Human Geography, Cardiff University
(2022-2024) Associate Lecturer in Geography & Environmental Studies, The Open University
(2022-2023) Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh
(2020-2022) University Teacher in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh
(2015-2020) Teaching Assistant, University of Edinburgh
Education:
(2020) PhD in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh
(2015) MSc by Research in Human Geography, University of Edinburgh
(2013) Diploma in Architecture and Urbanism, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki