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Dr Johan Andersson
Reader in Urban Cultural Geography
Research interests
- Geography
Biography
Dr Johan Andersson has an interdisciplinary background in the humanities and social sciences, with a BA in Comparative Literature and Art History from Stockholm University (2000) and a PhD in Urban Studies from University College London (2008).
After completing his PhD, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Leeds and Visiting Scholar at the Graduate Center, City University New York. In 2013, he joined the Department of Geography at King’s.
Research
- Queer nightlife
- Cinema and the city
Johan's research interests span urban and cultural geography and currently focus on two main topics: 1) queer nightlife from the 1970s to the present; and 2) cinema and the city with a specific focus on Hollywood cinema in the postindustrial period
Teaching
Undergraduate
- 5SSG2056 Urban and Cultural Geography: Society, Space and Culture
- 5SSG2047 Field Research in Human & Development Geography – field trip to San Francisco
- 6SSG3074 Hollywood and the Postindustrial City
PhD supervision
Johan welcomes PhD applications on topics spanning across urban, cultural and social geography.
Further details
Research
![DID_Urban_Development_HERO](/newimages/sspp/did/hero/did-urban-development-hero.xeb625bcb.jpg?w=1501&h=440&crop=780,440,361,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
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Queer@King's
Centre for research and teaching in gender and sexuality studies and a hub for collaborative work with queer activists, artists, and communities.
![LGBTQ+ policymaking](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/lgbtq-policymaking.x931edd9c.jpeg?w=780&h=463&crop=780,440,0,12&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
LGBTQ+ policymaking in the UK
Establishing an interdisciplinary network of academic, policymaking, and civil society stakeholders to address the policy needs of the UK’s LGBTQ+ population.
Project status: Starting
Events
![PICT0477](/ImportedImages/BaseFeaturePuffImages/TutusNightclub.x29b59dc0.jpg?w=780&h=585&crop=780,440,0,73&f=webp)
Berghain: landscape, affect, and sexual disorientation
Join Johan Andersson for this discussion on Berghain and its impact on sexual orientations and identity.
Please note: this event has passed.
Research
![DID_Urban_Development_HERO](/newimages/sspp/did/hero/did-urban-development-hero.xeb625bcb.jpg?w=1501&h=440&crop=780,440,361,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Urban Futures research group
Examining urban futures through a conceptual, analytical and methodological lens that questions what cities are and how they work.
![Q@K banner](/newimages/research/hero/qatk-banner.x4abe6e50.png?w=1584&h=440&crop=780,440,473,0&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
Queer@King's
Centre for research and teaching in gender and sexuality studies and a hub for collaborative work with queer activists, artists, and communities.
![LGBTQ+ policymaking](/newimages/researchproject/thumb-2021/lgbtq-policymaking.x931edd9c.jpeg?w=780&h=463&crop=780,440,0,12&width=380&height=215&fit=crop&f=webp)
LGBTQ+ policymaking in the UK
Establishing an interdisciplinary network of academic, policymaking, and civil society stakeholders to address the policy needs of the UK’s LGBTQ+ population.
Project status: Starting
Events
![PICT0477](/ImportedImages/BaseFeaturePuffImages/TutusNightclub.x29b59dc0.jpg?w=780&h=585&crop=780,440,0,73&f=webp)
Berghain: landscape, affect, and sexual disorientation
Join Johan Andersson for this discussion on Berghain and its impact on sexual orientations and identity.
Please note: this event has passed.