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I amÌýan AssociateÌýLecturer inÌýHumanÌýGeographyÌýwithÌýresearchÌýinterests spanning historical, cultural, political, and urban geography. My principal research focusÌýlies in geographies of education where I am committed to developing insight on spacesÌýof non-formal education.ÌýMore broadly, I am concerned with the local and global politics of education practice, and the intersections of education and empire in Britain and the Caribbean.ÌýOther research interests include the political geographies of the revolution and archival research methods.

More about Dr Fairless Nicholson

My doctorate, completed atÌýthe Department of Geography, King’s College London in 2021 was funded by the AHRC London Arts and Humanities Partnership,Ìýwith fieldwork conducted in the US,ÌýUK, and the Caribbean.ÌýIn 2018, IÌýspent threeÌýmonthsÌýas a Visiting Research Fellow atÌýtheÌýLibrary of Congress in Washington D.C.. I received my previous degrees fromÌý¹û¶³Ó°ÔºÌýin 2015 (MSc Urban Studies) and King’s College London in 2014 (BA Hons Geography). Prior to working at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Department of Geography I was Visiting Research Fellow at the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Institue of Advanced Studies (2021) and Visiting Lecturer at the Department of Geography and Environment, LSE (2021).

Teaching

I teach on the following modules

Module convener

• Geopolitical Events (GEOG0056)
• Thinking Geographically I (GEOG0151)
• Urban Practices (GEOG0140)

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Tutor andÌýLecturer

• Thinking Geographically I (GEOG0151)
• Thinking Geographically II (GEOG0012)
• Political Geography and Geopolitics (GEOG0025)
• Global Events (GEOG0015)
• The Practice of Geography (GEOG0016)

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Supervision

• I supervise MSc dissertation students on the EPS and Urban Studies programmes

Publications

To view Dr Fairless Nicholson's publications, please visit ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Profiles:

Research Interests

Geographies of non-formal education

Forming the basis of my PhD, this research project examinesÌýthe distinct yet interconnectedÌýeducation spaces of Britain's Black education movement from the late 1960s to the late 1980s including supplementary schools, adult education programmes,Ìýand international youth exchanges.ÌýMy work argues these spaces deserve greater attention in Geographies of Education. I have published this research inÌý(2023) and have a paper currently under review inÌýGeography Compass.

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Political geographies of the Grenada Revolution

This research project analyses theÌýGrenadian Revolution of 1979 – 1983, the Anglophone Caribbean's only socialist revolution. It uncovers the political geographies of revolution, including the revolution's achievements and initiatives and their significance for radical political thought in Britain and the Caribbean. I am also interested in investigating how formal education initiatives were mobilised for national development during the revolution. This current research project consolidates my interest in Historical and Archival research, a topic I have written about inÌý.

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Early academic careers

ThisÌýcollaborative research was conducted with three other research fellows at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº IAS in 2021.ÌýIt investigated how discourses of exclusion or inclusion shape pathways into research careers for students from non-traditional backgrounds. The project identified what inclusion and exclusion look like; to what extent conditions of inclusion and exclusion are derived from disciplinary, social, or familial hierarchies; and highlighted key stages at which inclusion and exclusion is experienced. Outputs from this project comprised a series of methodological toolkit videos viewable on the IAS website.

Impact

Film and photography

My research at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº has been supported by the ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº IAS Call for Event Proposals (2023) and theÌý¹û¶³Ó°Ôº Research Culture Awards ‘Research Pump Priming’Ìýpathway (2022). In October 2023, with funding awarded by the IAS, I will co-organise a public event at the Black Cultural Archives, Brixton 'Revisiting the Grenada Revolution:ÌýLessons from the Jacqueline Creft collection'. This event will engage academic and non-academic audiences andÌýshowcase material from the newly accessioned Jacqueline Creft collection.

In addition to my current academic work, I have contributed to a range of public-facing initiatives as a Digital Image Practitioner. I have produced film and photography media for research andÌýeducation institutionsÌýincludingÌýan essay film in collaboration with PI Luke Dickens (King’s College London)ÌýforÌýtheÌýÌýproject ‘The Fun Palace and the Future City: Youth Work, Utopia and the Re-imagining of London’s East End' (2019). In 2016 I collaborated withÌýPIÌýHelen LimonÌý(independent researcher) andÌýCo-IÌýJasjitÌýSinghÌý(Leeds University)ÌýonÌýtheÌýAHRC-funded project ‘(r)agency? Lived Practices of Anger’ (2016)Ìýto produce the short documentaryÌý. In 2014, my work ‘HackneyÌýWickEDÌýtime lapse’ was displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum Friday Late eventÌý.

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Expressing Anger Through Art

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