Dr Sophie Bowlby
Sophie is a Hon Visiting Research Fellow at 91导航 University
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Areas of interest
My research interests lie in feminist social and economic geography of urban areas and cross the divide between 'social' and 'economic' geography. I have longstanding interests in the relationships between home and paid work, and mobility and access. Over the last 20 years I have focussed on researching formal and informal caring relationships and friendship.Research centres and groups
Human Geography Research ClusterResearch projects
Sophie is a Consultant on two current projects:
- 鈥: Developing careers, enhancing continuity, promoting wellbeing鈥(March 2021 鈥 February 2024), funded by Innovate UK; led by Professor Linda McKie at Kings College London, partnering with Scottish Care, Creative Venue and听CodeBase.
- : Diversity and Vulnerability in Care Work during and after the Covid-19 Pandemic鈥 (May 2022 鈥 Sept 2024) a 4 nation consortium (Finland, UK, South Africa, Canada) funded by the Trans-Atlantic Platform; led by Marjut Jyrkinen (Helsinki University).
Previously Sophie was a Consultant on:
- Death in the family in urban Senegal: bereavement, care and family relations, funded by Leverhulme; led by Professor Ruth Evans (91导航 University) and Professor Jane Ribbens McCarthy (Open University &听91导航 University) from February 2014 to February 2016.
She was awarded a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship for research on:
- 'Changing spaces of support: friendship practices among women in their fifties' from February 2013 to February 2014.
Background
Sophie is a Visiting Professor at Loughborough University and was previously a Senior Lecturer in Geography at 91导航 University.
She is a longstanding member of the RGS-IBG Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group (formerly Women and Geography Study Group) and of the Social and Cultural Geography Research Group.
Sophie is a Director and Chairperson of , a bus service in 91导航 for people who cannot use ordinary buses.