Habermehl, Victoria, Dr

Dr Victoria Habermehl (she/her)

School of Geography and Planning

Lecturer in Urban Studies and International Development

victoria.habermehl@sheffield.ac.uk

Room E10, Geography and Planning Building

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Dr Victoria Habermehl
School of Geography and Planning
Room E10
Geography and Planning Building
Winter Street
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S3 7ND

Profile

I undertook my BA, Masters and PhD in Geography at the University of Leeds. My PhD focused on examining the everyday life practices of a market in Buenos Aires. It examined the long temporalities of social change focused on heterogeneous state relationships, territorial praxis and economic antagonisms. I was awarded my PhD in 2015.

On completion of my PhD, I have worked on a series of research projects, starting with “Economics in the Public Sphere” at University College London, STS, followed by “Timescapes of Urban Change”, at Brunel University, Sociology, “Whose Knowledge Matters?” and “Whose Heritage Matters?” both at the University of ��«Ӱҵ in the Urban Institute and “DenCity” in the Department of Geography at Durham University.

Research interests

My research focuses on social justice issues in the Majority and Minority world, examining the intersectional (re)production of inequality and everyday political responses to this. My work advances important debates in Urban Studies and Geography.

I have developed my own research specialisms leading independent research tracks across diverse geographical settings exploring inequality and social justice in the Majority and Minority world. My work particularly advances three key themes: Firstly, Urban Economies; popular economies and contested territories, Secondly, Urban knowledge politics: feminist and everyday practices and Thirdly, Critical development approaches and creative methods.

Publications

Journal articles

Habermehl V & McFarlane C (2025) . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
Habermehl V & McFarlane C (2024) . Antipode.
Clare N & Habermehl V (2024) . Dialogues in Human Geography.
Habermehl V & McFarlane C (2023) . Progress in Human Geography, 47(5), 664-679.
Benjamin S, Castronovo A, Cavallero L, Cielo C, Gago V, Guma P, Gupte R, Habermehl V, Salman L, Shetty P , Simone A et al (2022) . Public Culture, 34(3), 333-357.
Ahmed N, Baker A, Bhattacharya A, Cawood S, Cabrera Pacheco AJ, Daniel MM, Grandi M, Grimaldo-Rodríguez CO, Guma PK, Habermehl V , Higgins KW et al (2022) . CITY: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action, 26(4), 562-586.
Habermehl V (2021) . Environment and Planning C : Politics and Space, 39(3), 536-554.
Habermehl V & Perry B (2021) . International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 45(3), 555-571.
Mason-Deese L, Habermehl V & Clare N (2019) . Geographica Helvetica, 74, 153-161.
Clare NP, Habermehl VH & Mason-Deese L (2017) . Territory, Politics, Governance, 6(3), 302-321.

Chapters

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Teaching activities

I contribute to the following teaching activities:

TRP 234 Urban Theory
GEO126 Global Development History and Key Debates
GEO 128 Knowledges, Power and Interdisciplinarity
GEO 417 Ideas and Practice in International Development
GEO 6803 Professional Skills for International development
TRP 337 Dissertation and TRP 6406 Dissertation