Dr Francesca Fois
School of Science, Engineering & Environment
Current positions
Lecturer
Biography
Francesca Fois is a lecturer in Human Geography at University of Salford in Manchester. By drawing on extensive fieldwork in Brazil, China and Italy, Francesca’s research investigated how rural communities respond to contemporary changes and address global challenges. Additionally, using ethnographic methodologies, Francesca has explored how individuals and communities engage in counter-cultural experimentations to create spaces of sustainability and wellbeing. More recently, her research interests have focused on the embodied, decolonial and experiential methodological tools of exploring rural assemblages.
Areas of Research
My research in Human Geography explores global changes, challenges and responses in contemporary societies in the global South (Brazil and China) and in peripheral areas of the global North (Italy). My research has three main trajectories. Firstly, it explores the connections between rural development and globalisation to investigate the related socio-economic and environmental changes; secondly, it investigates how communities address global challenges such as food security, water supply and migration; thirdly. it studies how individuals and communities respond and engage in counter-cultural experimentations to overcome some of the contemporary issues and create spaces of sustainability and wellbeing.
I teach the following modules:
- People, Place and Space (Year 1 - module leader)
- Research in Action (Year 2 - module leader))
- Research Methods (Year 2 - module leader))
- Development and Global Challenges (Year 3 - module leader))
Qualifications
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PhD in Human Geography
2010 - 2015 -
Research Methods in Human Geography
2009 - 2010