Dr Sara Fregonese BA, MA, PhD

Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Birmingham, 2020
Member of the Higher Education Academy, 2020
PhD in Geography, Newcastle University, 2009
MA Cross-Mediterranean Cooperation, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 2005
BA in Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, 2003

I am a member of the Higher Education Academy and my teaching practice aims to foster understanding of the spatial and urban implications of armed conflict and terrorism. My teaching draws heavily on my research and produces an interdisciplinary and case-oriented learning and teaching experience for students. I lead and/or contribute to the following modules in the School:

Module leadership:

40259 LM Research Project

40221 LM Qualitative Research Methods

36270 LH Geopolitics and global challenges. Middle East East/Russia/Cities

Module teaching contribution:

37690 LI Political Geographies

38627 LH Human Geography or Planning Research

37141 LI Dissertation Labs for Human Geography and Planning

PhD Geography (Newcastle)
MA Mediterranean Cooperation(Ca' Foscari University, Venice)
BA Oriental Languages and Cultures (Ca' Foscari University, Venice)

Dr Fregonese is a political geographer with a background in Middle Eastern Studies. Her research is about the relations between geopolitics, security and urban space, with a specific focus in urban conflict and (counter)terrorism.

Dr Fregonese's post-doctoral research as Principal Investigator has been supported by: 

2009-2012: British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship
Geographical Perspectives on War and Cities: the case of Beirut.

• 2016 -  Chair of the Political Geography Research Group, Royal Geographical Society
• 2016 -   Member, Editorial Board, Fennia
• 2015 -   Foreign member of the board of studies, Doctoral Programme in Geopolitics and Geoeconomics, Niccolò Cusano University, Rome, Italy 
• 2014 -   Editorial board, Geopolitics journal
• 2014 -   Editorial board, “Geopolitics, bodies, materials” book series, Rowman and Littlefield International 
• 2012 -   Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with the Institute of British Geographers. 

Referee for:

• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
• Italy's National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes (ANVUR) 

Peer review for:

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, Geographical Journal, Cultural Geographies, Journal of Urban Technology, Security Dialogue, Urban Geography, Geography Compass, Geopolitics, Progress in Planning, Political Geography.