Dr
Margherita Scazza
- Teaching Fellow in Geography
- Email: m.scazza@bathspa.ac.uk
- School: School of Sciences
- Department: Geography
- Campus: Newton Park
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Personal statement
Margherita joined the School of Sciences in July 2024. Her research combines approaches from political ecology, environmental justice and geographies of social movements. She has extensive experience working with Indigenous communities and organisations in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
Her work examines the territorial dimensions of Indigenous struggles for autonomy and post-extractive futures and the politics of collaborations between environmentalists and Indigenous activists.
Margherita is also a member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Freiburg University.
Margherita has taught human geography at the University of Edinburgh and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Academic qualifications
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PhD, Human Geography, University of Edinburgh (2023)
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MSc, Sustainable Development, Utrecht University (2015)
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BA, Political Science and International Relations, University of Milan (2012)
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
Teaching specialisms
I teach on several modules across the BSc Geography and BSc Global Development and Sustainability including:
- Cities and Environment
- Sustainability in Life and Work
- Geographical Research Methods
- Global Development and Environment.
Interest areas
Staff and students can contact me about:
- political ecology and resource extraction
- social movements and the environment
- decoloniality.
Research and academic outputs
Advocating for livelihoods through social movements
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Rzedzian, S, Scazza, M and Santos Vera, E (2022) 'Advocating for livelihoods through social movements.' In: Nunan, F, Barnes, C and Krishnamurthy, S, eds. The Routledge handbook on livelihoods in the Global South. Routledge, Abingdon, pp. 206-217. ISBN 9780367856359
A "Token of Love": the role of emotions in student field trips teaching critical development geographies
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Staddon, S, Barnes, C, Lai, J.Y, Scazza, M and Wilkie, R (2021) 'A "Token of Love": the role of emotions in student field trips teaching critical development geographies.' Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 47 (5). pp. 839-856. ISSN 0309-8265