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
Urban Futures research group
Contributing to a more sustainable and just future by studying some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing cities today.
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 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: Ongoing
Geopolitics and Contested Development research group
Exploring geopolitics and contested development as locally contingent and globally interconnected processes shaped by the politics of colonialism.
Events
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
Urban Futures research group
Contributing to a more sustainable and just future by studying some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing cities today.
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 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: Ongoing
Geopolitics and Contested Development research group
Exploring geopolitics and contested development as locally contingent and globally interconnected processes shaped by the politics of colonialism.
Events
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.