Professor Simon Springer
Professor of Human Geography
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
- Email:simon.springer@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 2075
People have the power
For many people, anarchy is a frightening concept, associated with chaos and violence. Professor Simon Springer argues this misconception could not be further from the truth.
A Professor of Human Geography, Simon is the Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the UON. He works in the area of social and political geography, with a particular interest in anarchist philosophy.
He wants you to know that anarchy is not about burning banks or storming parliament.
“The way that the bulk of society interprets anarchism, and the motivations of anarchists, are entirely off base,” he says.
Instead, Simon argues that the history of anarchist theory and practice primarily centres on the promotion of cooperation and mutual aid through voluntary association and non-hierarchical organization.
Hence, his work is more about the power of community than revolutionary chaos. He even describes the focus of his work as the everyday practices of anarchism in mundane spaces.
“Agreeing to watch your neighbours kids, carpooling to work, sharing a meal with some friends. These are all routine practices of mutual aid, which is what the heart of anarchist practice is all about.”
The path of mutual aid
Simon arrived at UON in 2019 after successful stints in New Zealand, Singapore and Canada, the site of many on-going collaborations and supervisions. A prolific writer, Simon brings with him a publishing legacy of 31 chapters, 13 books, 64 journal articles and more than $1 million in funding across three nations.
He has a particular interest in anarchism in practice in Cambodia. Interestingly, in 2018 he received the Sovereign‘s Medal for Volunteers from the Governor General of Canada for his work with homeless people in Cambodia.
“I work a lot with homeless peoples, particularly in the context of Cambodia, where you see street-engaged people with very meagre means to support themselves nonetheless willing to assist each other. They practice mutual aid on a daily basis as a matter of survival.”
The irony of an award bestowed through an overtly hierarchical system is not lost on Simon, who suggests it speaks to how a focus on mutual aid can actually inspire us on the path towards achieving greater social justice.
“While these Cambodians would never identify as ‘anarchists’, it is not so much the label itself that is important, but rather the underlying principles of cooperation and care.”
Challenging the narrative
So anarchy does not involve even just a little bit of burning and rioting?
“If we look at the root of the word we recognize that ‘archism’ signifies a system of rule, or a mode of domination. ‘An-archism’ then is against such an arrangement of power, and represents a challenge to its coercive application,” Simon explains.
“So, any time we enter violence into our repertoire, whatever it is we are doing ceases to be ‘anarchism’ and simply reproduces a system of domination.”
That’s not to say there is no struggle involved with Simon’s research.
Ironically, one of the biggest barriers to the societal rejection of domination is the reactionary response that some people have to an anarchist critique of society.
“Some assume that authority, hierarchy, and domination are ‘natural’. But as social scientists have long known, our systems of governance and the way we organize ourselves are constructed through cultural values,” Simon explains.
“If we want a more equitable society where inclusion and social justice are foregrounded, then we have to stop repeating the fictional narrative that we, as humans, are somehow inherently prone to domination and that hierarchies are the natural order of things.
“This argument is essentially a suggestion that some people have more worth than others and those who supposedly have less value need to be ruled.”
Refashioning systems
In contrast, Simon says, anarchists have a faith in the human capacity to experiment with different ideas and practices, and an understanding that the world is whatever we decide to make it.
And therein lies the aim of his work.
“I strive to make a difference through challenging people to re-examine what they think they know about human relations, and start to see the potential for togetherness and mutual support that comes when we are willing to entertain different modes of organizing ourselves.”
He stresses he is not out to convince everyone that they should suddenly begin to identify as anarchists, but hopes we will give more thought to the need for mutual aid and cooperation in our world.
So forget storming jails and burning down parliament, let’s start by sharing our lunch.
“The way we engage in most friendships is a practice of mutual aid and care, which in effect is what anarchism is all about. When we build friendships on mutual respect and support, we are acting in ways that imply the underlying principles of anarchism.”
“The goal then is to consider how practices of sharing and caring can be promoted on a wider societal level to refashion our political systems in more democratic, accountable, and non-hierarchical ways.”
People have the power
For many people, anarchy is a frightening concept, associated with chaos and violence. Professor Simon Springer argues this misconception could not be further from the truth.
Career Summary
Biography
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of British Columbia - Canada
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
- Master of Arts, Queens University
Keywords
- Cambodia
- Southeast Asian studies
- anarchist studies
- critical animal studies
- critical development studies
- critical discourse studies
- critical geographies
- critical pedagogy
- critical theory
- homelessness
- human geography
- neoliberalism
- peace and conflict studies
- political ecology
- political geography
- social justice
- social movements
- social theory
- urban studies
- veganism
- violence
Languages
- English (Mother)
- Khmer (Working)
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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440612 | Urban geography | 30 |
440602 | Development geography | 30 |
440606 | Political geography | 40 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Professor of Human Geography I am Professor of Human Geography and Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Studies at the University of Newcastle, Australia. |
University of Newcastle School of Environmental and Life Sciences Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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15/12/2019 - | Head of Discipline | The University of Newcastle Geography and Environmental Studies Australia |
1/12/2018 - | Director | The University of Newcastle Centre for Urban and Regional Studies Australia |
1/12/2018 - | Affiliate Member | University of Victoria Faculty of Graduate Studies Canada |
1/7/2018 - 30/11/2018 | Professor | University of Victoria Geography Canada |
1/9/2016 - 30/11/2018 | Co-Director | Critical Geographies Research Collaboratory Canada |
1/7/2015 - 30/6/2018 | Associate Professor | University of Victoria Geography Canada |
1/7/2012 - 30/6/2015 | Assistant Professor | University of Victoria Geography Canada |
1/12/2010 - 30/6/2012 | Lecturer | University of Otago Geography New Zealand |
1/7/2009 - 30/11/2010 | Assistant Professor | National University of Singapore Geography Singapore |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/4/2020 - 31/3/2021 | Fellow | Institute for Critical Animal Studies United States |
1/5/2017 - 31/5/2019 | Director | AAG Development Geographies Specialty Group United States |
1/2/2016 - 31/1/2020 | Managing Editor | ACME: An International Journal For Critical Geographies Canada |
1/3/2015 - 28/2/2021 | Editor | ACME: An International Journal For Critical Geographies Canada |
1/3/2014 - | Editor | Transforming Capitalism Book Series United States |
1/3/2011 - 30/6/2012 | Treasurer | New Zealand Geographical Society Otago Branch New Zealand |
Awards
Honours
Year | Award |
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2018 |
Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers Canadian Honours System, The Governor General of Canada |
Recognition
Year | Award |
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2018 |
Early Career Research Excellence Award University of Victoria |
2016 |
Stanley D. Brunn Young Scholar Award, American Association of Geographers Political Geography Specialty Group, American Association of Geographers | United States |
2016 |
Julian M. Szeicz Award for Early Career Achievement Canadian Association of Geographers |
2015 |
Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Global Urban Studies *Declined University of Calgary |
2009 |
Notable Hire Award National University of Singapore |
2003 |
Canadian Association of Geographers Undergraduate Award University of Northern British Columbia |
Teaching
Code | Course | Role | Duration |
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ENVS1003 |
Environmental Values and Ethics School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator & Lecturer | 30/7/2019 - 1/1/0001 |
GEOG2130 |
Geographies of Development School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle |
Course Coordinator & Lecturer | 30/7/2019 - 1/1/0001 |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (20 outputs)
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2022 |
Hodge P, McGregor A, Springer S, Véron O, White RJ, Vegan Geographies: Spaces Beyond Violence, Ethics Beyond Speciesism, Lantern, New York (2022)
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2022 | Springer S, a a e´ ´ e t e af ´a : p t ´ e afe´t s , Furtuna Books, Athens (2022) | |||||||
2021 | Springer S, Locret-Collet M, Mareet J, Acker M, Inhabiting the Earth: Anarchist Political Ecology for Landscapes of Emancipation, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK (2021) | |||||||
2016 |
Springer S, The Anarchist Roots of Geography Toward Spatial Emancipation, University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 240 (2016) [A1]
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2016 | Springer S, The Discourse of Neoliberalism: An Anatomy of a Powerful Idea, Rowman & Littlefield International, London, UK, 224 (2016) [A1] | Nova | ||||||
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Chapter (54 outputs)
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2023 | Springer S, 'Anarquismo pacífico: além do impasse da religião e da guerra, em direção a uma geografia da não violência', Anarquismo e Relações Internacionais, Hedra Publishing, Rio de Janerio (2023) | |||||||
2023 |
White RJ, Springer S, 'Anarchist Research Within and Without the Academy: Everyday Geographies and the Methods of Emancipation', The Routledge Handbook of Methodologies in Human Geography, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon 322-335 (2023) [B1]
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2023 | Poirier N, Springer S, 'Listening to and Learning with African Anarchism, Black Anarchism, and Anarcho-Blackness', Desiderata: Subversive Essays on Radical Animal Studies, Lantern Books, New York (2023) | |||||||
2022 | Springer S, 'L'entraide et la pandémie néolibérale : prendre soin de la communauté pendant la COVID et la crise continue du capitalisme', La valeur néolibérale de l humain: Capitalisme et biopolitique à l'ère pandémique, Éditions Kimé, Paris (2022) | |||||||
2022 | Springer S, ' La violencia se asienta en lugares? Práctica cultural, racionalismo neoliberal y geografías imaginativas virulenta', Estudios Sobre la Espacialización de los Estados. Políticas, Prácticas y Representaciones, EUDEBA - Buenos Aires University Press, Buenos Aires (2022) | |||||||
2022 | Springer S, 'Check your anthroprivilege! Situated knowledge and geographical imagination as an antidote to environmental speciesism, anthroparchy, and human fragility', Vegan Geographies: Spaces Beyond Violence, Ethics Beyond Speciesism, Lantern Publishing, Brooklyn, New York 129-150 (2022) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2022 | Springer S, 'Anars¸ist Cog rafyayi Kes¸fetmek: Teori ve Uygulamada O¨zgu¨rles¸me', Eles¸tirel Beseri Cografya, Bag lam Yayincilik, Istanbul 44-60 (2022) [B1] | |||||||
2022 |
White RJ, Véron O, Springer S, McGregor A, Hodge P, 'Introduction: Ethical Veganism for More Critical Geographies', Vegan Geographies: Spaces Beyond Violence, Ethics Beyond Speciesism, Lantern Publishing, Brooklyn, NY 1-18 (2022) [B1]
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2022 | Springer S, 'Check your anthroprivilege! Situated knowledge and geographical imagination as an antidote to environmental speciesism, anthroparchy, and human fragility', Vegan Geographies: Spaces Beyond Violence, Ethics Beyond Speciesism, Lantern Publishing, Brooklyn, New York 129-150 (2022) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2021 | Springer S, 'Total liberation ecology: integral anarchism, anthroparchy, and the violence of indifference', Undoing Human Supremacy: Anarchist Political Ecology in the face of Anthroparchy, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 235-253 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2021 | Springer S, Locret-Collet M, Mateer J, 'Introduction: the political ecology of inhabiting the earth', Inhabiting the Earth: Anarchist Political Ecology for Landscapes of Emancipation, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-17 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2021 | Springer S, Mateer J, Locret-Collet M, Acker M, 'Introduction: the political ecology of human supremacy', Undoing Human Supremacy: Anarchist Political Ecology in the face of Anthroparchy, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 22-40 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2021 | Springer S, 'Total liberation ecology: integral anarchism, anthroparchy, and the violence of indifference', Undoing Human Supremacy: Anarchist Political Ecology in the face of Anthroparchy, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 235-253 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2021 | Springer S, Locret-Collet M, Mateer J, 'Introduction: the political ecology of inhabiting the earth', Inhabiting the Earth: Anarchist Political Ecology for Landscapes of Emancipation, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-17 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2021 | Springer S, Mateer J, Locret-Collet M, Acker M, 'Introduction: the political ecology of human supremacy', Undoing Human Supremacy: Anarchist Political Ecology in the face of Anthroparchy, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 22-40 (2021) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2018 | Springer S, 'Neoliberalism and antiestablishment movements', The Age of Perplexity: Rethinking the World We Knew, Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial, Madrid, Spain 135-149 (2018) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2018 | White RJ, Springer S, 'For spatial emancipation in critical animal studies', Critical Animal Studies: Towards Trans-Species Social Justice, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 160-183 (2018) [B1] | |||||||
2017 | Springer S, 'Klepto-neoliberalism: authoritarianism and patronage in Cambodia', States of Discipline: Authoritarian Neoliberalism and the Contested Reproduction of Captialist Order, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD 235-254 (2017) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2017 |
Springer S, 'Neoliberalism in Southeast Asia', Routledge Handbook of Southeast Asian Development, Routledge, London, UK 27-38 (2017) [B1]
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2016 | Springer S, 'Learning through the soles of our feet: unschooling, anarchism, and the geography of childhood', The Radicalization of Pedagogy: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 247-265 (2016) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2016 | Springer S, Souza MLD, White RJ, 'Transgressing frontiers through the radicalization of pedagogy', The Radicalization of Pedagogy: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-26 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | White RJ, Springer S, Souza MLD, 'Performing anarchism, practicing freedom, pursuing revolt', The Practice of Freedom: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-22 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | Souza MLD, White RJ, Springer S, 'Subverting the meaning of 'Theory'', Theories of Resistance: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-19 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | Springer S, 'Learning through the soles of our feet: unschooling, anarchism, and the geography of childhood', The Radicalization of Pedagogy: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 247-265 (2016) [B1] | Nova | ||||||
2016 | Springer S, Souza MLD, White RJ, 'Transgressing frontiers through the radicalization of pedagogy', The Radicalization of Pedagogy: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-26 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | White RJ, Springer S, Souza MLD, 'Performing anarchism, practicing freedom, pursuing revolt', The Practice of Freedom: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-22 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
2016 | Souza MLD, White RJ, Springer S, 'Subverting the meaning of 'Theory'', Theories of Resistance: Anarchism, Geography and the Spirit of Revolt, Rowman & Littlefield, London, UK 1-19 (2016) [B1] | |||||||
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Journal article (116 outputs)
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2022 |
Ozdemir V, Springer S, 'Broadening Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Through Gender and 2SLGBTQ+ Equity', OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology, 26 (2022)
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2022 |
Ozdemir V, Springer S, 'Decolonizing Knowledge Upstream: New Ways to Deconstruct and Fight Disinformation in an Era of COVID-19, Extreme Digital Transformation, and Climate Emergency', OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, 26 247-269 (2022) [C1]
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2022 |
Springer S, Özdemir V, 'Disinformation as COVID-19's Twin Pandemic: False Equivalences, Entrenched Epistemologies, and Causes-of-Causes.', OMICS, 26 82-87 (2022) [C1]
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2021 |
Ozdemir V, Springer S, Yildirim A, Bicer S, Kendirci A, Sardas S, et al., 'Thanatechnology and the Living Dead: New Concepts in Digital Transformation and Human-Computer Interaction', OMICS-A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY, 25 401-407 (2021) [C1]
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2020 | Springer S, 'Comprender la geografía anarquista', Libre Pensamiento, 102 11-18 (2020) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2020 |
Bayram M, Springer S, Garvey CK, Özdemir V, 'COVID-19 digital health innovation policy: a portal to alternative futures in the making', OMICS - A Journal of Integrative Biology, 24 (2020) [C1]
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2020 |
Springer S, 'The violence of homelessness: exile and arbitrary detention in Cambodia's war on the poor', Asia Pacific Viewpoint, 61 3-18 (2020) [C1]
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2019 | Birch K, Springer S, 'Peak neoliberalism? Revisiting and rethinking the concept of neoliberalism', Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, 19 467-485 (2019) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2019 | Springer S, 'Niealibieralizm: pa yrennie, raznastajnasc, farmiravannie', Mahiliou Meridian, 19 30-38 (2019) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2019 | Birch K, Springer S, 'Peak neoliberalism? Revisiting and rethinking the concept of neoliberalism', Ephemera : Theory and Politics in Organization, 19 467-485 (2019) [C1] | Nova | ||||||
2018 |
Özdemir V, Springer S, 'What does "Diversity" Mean for Public Engagement in Science? A New Metric for Innovation Ecosystem Diversity', OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 22 184-189 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Springer S, 'The limits to Marx: David Harvey and the condition of postfraternity', Dialogues in Human Geography, 7 280-294 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Springer S, Houssay-Holzschuch M, Villegas C, Gahman L, 'Say 'Yes!' to peer review: Open Access publishing and the need for mutual aid in academia', Fennia - International Journal of Geography, 195 185-188 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Özdemir V, Dandara C, Hekim N, Birch K, Springer S, Kunej T, Endrenyi L, 'Stop the Spam! Conference Ethics and Decoding the Subtext in Post-Truth Science. What Would Denis Diderot Say?', OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, 21 658-664 (2017) [C1]
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2017 |
Springer S, 'Earth Writing', GeoHumanities, 3 1-19 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Springer S, 'Fuck neoliberalism', ACME : An International Journal for Critical Geographies, 15 285-292 (2016) [C1]
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2016 |
Springer S, Le Billon P, 'Violence and space: An introduction to the geographies of violence', Political Geography, 52 1-3 (2016) [C1]
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Review (8 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2020 | Springer S, 'Between Earth and Empire: From the Necrocene to the Beloved Community (2020) | ||
2014 | Springer S, 'The third cheer for anarchism. Part of a Book Review forum on Two Cheers for Anarchism: Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Dignity, and Meaningful Work and Play by James C. Scott. (2014) | ||
2013 | Springer S, 'Accumulation by Dispossession: Transformative Cities in the New Global Order by Swapna Banerjee-Guha (2013) | ||
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Conference (44 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | ||
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2022 | Springer S, 'Why vegan geographies? Why now?', Newcastle, UK (2022) | ||||
2022 |
Springer S, Haywood L, 'Astronaut heroes, interplanetary geography, terraforming, and the asymmetrical Twins of Earth and Mars', Montreal (2022)
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2021 | Springer S, Chak S, 'Neoliberalism and public design in Cambodia', Cardiff, UK (2021) | ||||
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Other (27 outputs)
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2022 | Springer S, ' Quién teme al gran anarquista malo? rechazando la unidad de la izquierda y levantando el infierno en la geografía radical', . Madrid, Spain: Libértame (2022) | ||
2021 | Springer S, 'Dirty anarchists', ( pp.20-21). Cambridge, MA: Diamond Bay Press (2021) | ||
2020 | Springer S, 'Toilet paper wars and the shithouse of capitalism', Common Dreams: Common Dreams (2020) | ||
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Presentation (42 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2019 | Springer S, 'Spiriting away the homeless: Cambodia s new apocalypse', (2019) | ||
2019 | Springer S, 'The violence of homelessness: exile and arbitrary detention in Cambodia s war on the poor', (2019) | ||
2018 | Springer S, 'Unschooling and anarchism: the possibilities of childhood', (2018) | ||
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Report (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2016 | Springer S, 'Visiting Moscow and Dmitrov for Kropotkin', International Geographical Union, Commission on Political Geography (2016) | ||
2003 | Nolin C, Springer S, 'Second Workshop Proceedings of "Immigrant Women Making 'Place' in Canadian Cities: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Their Social Networks', SSHRC Strategic Research Collective (Women and Change) (2003) |
Thesis / Dissertation (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2009 | Springer S, Neoliberalizing violence: (post)Marxian political economy, poststructuralism, and the production of space in postconflict Cambodia, The University of British Columbia (2009) | ||
2005 | Springer S, Cambodia's fractured crucible: democratic development, political violence, and the contestation of public space, Queen's University at Kingston (2005) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 41 |
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Total funding | $1,746,168 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20212 grants / $182,399
CIFAL Newcastle Scholarship$103,874
Funding body: CIFAL Newcastle
Funding body | CIFAL Newcastle |
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Project Team | Simon Springer |
Scheme | CIFAL Sustainable Development Goals Scholarship |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2025 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C1700 - Aust Competitive - Other |
Category | 1700 |
UON | N |
Designing Publics$78,525
Funding body: AHRC
Funding body | AHRC |
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Project Team | Aseem Inam, Fernando Lara, Charlotte Lemanski, Melanie Lombard, Neha Sami, AbdouMaliq Simone, Simon Springer |
Scheme | AHRC Research Networking Scheme |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2021 |
Funding Finish | 2021 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | International - Competitive |
Category | 3IFA |
UON | N |
20192 grants / $341,966
School of Environmental and Life Sciences Start-Up Fund$253,766
Funding body: School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle
Funding body | School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Simon Springer, Rebecca Gannon, Thomas Wickert |
Scheme | School of Environmental and Life Sciences Start-Up Funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
SSHRC Aid to Scholarly Journals$88,200
Funding body: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Funding body | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
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Project Team | ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies |
Scheme | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | C3232 - International Govt - Other |
Category | 3232 |
UON | N |
20182 grants / $1,850
Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant$1,250
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Scheme | Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Dean’s Conference Support Fund$600
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Project Team | Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group |
Scheme | Dean’s Conference Support Funds |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20176 grants / $219,498
SSHRC Insight Grant$183,558
Funding body: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Funding body | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
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Scheme | Insight Grants |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Canada Council for the Arts Translation Grant$25,000
Funding body: Canada Council for the Arts
Funding body | Canada Council for the Arts |
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Project Team | Lux Éditeur |
Scheme | Translation Grants |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Work Study Program Grant$4,590
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Scheme | Work Study Program Grants |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Course Redesign Grant$4,500
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Project Team | Teresa Dawson, Jutta Gutberlet, Cam Owens, Cindy Rose-Redwood, Reuben Rose-Redwood |
Scheme | Course Redesign Grants |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant$1,250
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Scheme | Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Dean’s Conference Support Fund Award$600
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Project Team | Reuben Rose-Redwood |
Scheme | Dean’s Conference Support Funds |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20165 grants / $8,325
Book and Creative Work Subvention Fund Award$3,525
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Scheme | Book and Creative Work Subvention Funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Personal Computer Acquisition and Enhancement Fund$1,850
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
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Scheme | Personal Computer Acquisition and Enhancement Funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant$1,250
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Dean’s Conference Support Fund Award$1,200
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Project Team | Reuben Rose-Redwood |
Scheme | Dean’s Conference Support Funds |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research and Development Grant Application Assistance Program$500
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Research and Development Grant Application Assistance Program |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20154 grants / $606,750
Canada Research Chair, Tier 2 in Global Urban Studies *Declined$600,000
Funding body: Government of Canada
Funding body | Government of Canada |
---|---|
Scheme | Canada Research Chairs |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Globalink Research Award$5,000
Funding body: Mitacs
Funding body | Mitacs |
---|---|
Project Team | Jennifer Mateer |
Scheme | Globalink Research Awards |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant$1,250
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research and Development Grant Application Assistance Program$500
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Research and Development Grant Application Assistance Program |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2015 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20144 grants / $126,007
SSHRC Insight Development Grant$74,507
Funding body: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Funding body | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
---|---|
Scheme | Insight Development Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Retention Research Grant$50,000
Funding body: Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Victoria
Funding body | Office of the Vice-President Academic and Provost, University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Retention Research Grants |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant$1,000
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2015 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Research and Development Grant Application Assistance Program$500
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Research and Development Grant Application Assistance Program |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20132 grants / $5,303
Internal Research Grant$3,953
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Internal Research Grants |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant$1,350
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarly Conference and Artistic Performance Travel Grant Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20121 grants / $25,000
Faculty of Social Sciences Start-Up Fund$25,000
Funding body: University of Victoria
Funding body | University of Victoria |
---|---|
Scheme | Faculty of Social Sciences Start-Up Funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20111 grants / $6,500
Department of Geography Start-Up Fund$6,500
Funding body: University of Otago
Funding body | University of Otago |
---|---|
Scheme | Department of Geography Start-Up Funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20101 grants / $25,000
FASS Start-Up Fund$25,000
Funding body: National University of Singapore
Funding body | National University of Singapore |
---|---|
Scheme | FASS Start-Up Funds |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20091 grants / $16,060
Performance Bonus Award$16,060
Funding body: National University of Singapore
Funding body | National University of Singapore |
---|---|
Scheme | Performance Bonus Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2009 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20082 grants / $17,000
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship$10,000
Funding body: Ministry of Advanced Education, Province of British Columbia
Funding body | Ministry of Advanced Education, Province of British Columbia |
---|---|
Scheme | Graduate Scholarships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Catalyst Paper Corporation Fellowship$7,000
Funding body: University of British Columbia
Funding body | University of British Columbia |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
20061 grants / $20,000
Hampton Fund Research Grant$20,000
Funding body: University of British Columbia
Funding body | University of British Columbia |
---|---|
Project Team | Philippe Le Billon |
Scheme | Hampton Fund |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2006 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20053 grants / $124,750
CGS Doctoral Scholarship$105,000
Funding body: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Funding body | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada |
---|---|
Scheme | CGS Doctoral Scholarships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2005 |
Funding Finish | 2008 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Not Known |
Category | UNKN |
UON | N |
PhD Tuition Award$13,750
Funding body: University of British Columbia
Funding body | University of British Columbia |
---|---|
Scheme | PhD Tuition Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2005 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Graduate Entrance Scholarship$6,000
Funding body: University of British Columbia
Funding body | University of British Columbia |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2005 |
Funding Finish | 2006 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20041 grants / $10,000
R.S. McLaughlin Fellowship$10,000
Funding body: Queen's University
Funding body | Queen's University |
---|---|
Scheme | Queen's Graduate Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2004 |
Funding Finish | 2005 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
20031 grants / $7,260
Queen's Graduate Award$7,260
Funding body: Queen's University
Funding body | Queen's University |
---|---|
Scheme | Queen's Graduate Awards |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2003 |
Funding Finish | 2004 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20021 grants / $2,000
Vancouver International Airport Authority Annual Scholarship$2,000
Funding body: University of Northern British Columbia
Funding body | University of Northern British Columbia |
---|---|
Scheme | Scholarships |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2002 |
Funding Finish | 2003 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
19991 grants / $500
Hart Highlands Winter Club Award$500
Funding body: University of Northern British Columbia
Funding body | University of Northern British Columbia |
---|---|
Scheme | Donor Grants |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 1999 |
Funding Finish | 2000 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | External |
Category | EXTE |
UON | N |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | Masters | Psychoanalytic Cosmology and the Myth of the Hero | M Philosophy(Cultural Studies), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Controversies of settler colonial statues and monuments as political infrastructure | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Low-income housing and financialization in Brazil | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Settler colonialism and environmental alliances in confronting fossil fuel megaprojects | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Co-Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | PhD | Anarchist Politics of Inter-personal Care: Discovering New Paths To Collective Freedom | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2022 | Honours | Investigating climate denialism through a tools of order/tools of innocence framework | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | The social mobility of veganism as praxis | Human Geography, The University of Adelaide | Consultant Supervisor |
2022 | PhD | Governmentality and graffiti in public space | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | Living in the world as if it were home: posthumanism, geopoetics, and wilderness | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Co-Supervisor |
2021 | PhD | Rambunctious Geographies: Intimate Encounters, Algorhythmics, and Making the Blockchain Real | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2020 | Honours | The sonic diasporas of Australian Black Metal | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Sole Supervisor |
2020 | Honours | Citizen-led community food initiatives and the crisis of capitalism | Human Geography, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Nomadic explorations: worldview in the history of urban planning | Human Geography, University of British Columbia | Consultant Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Ecological anarchism and art | Education, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Surfing, localism and violent geographies | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Co-Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Authoritarianism, political violence and inequality in Cambodia: legacies of a rushed, restrictive and exclusive constitution-making process? | Constitutional Law, University of Victoria | Co-Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Anarchist theorizing and organizing in Canada | Sociology, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2018 | PhD | Water rich, but governance poor: privatization, light groundwater regulation, and the shifting value of water in British Columbia | Sociology, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2018 | Masters | People power and democratic protest in Hong Kong | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2018 | Masters | Refining space and the self: the spatial imaginations of aesthetic plastic surgery | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2018 | Masters | Neoliberalism, inequality and political ecology | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | Honours | Social activism and affordable housing in Vancouver, BC | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | Honours | Representing Northern Indigenous peoples in the age of climate change | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2017 | PhD | Water privatization in India: how conservation discourses legitimize biopolitics and violence | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | Masters | ‘De-growth’ in the Global South: Assessing growth narratives in Kerala, India | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2016 | Honours | Strengthening social ties to collectivize: perspectives from Victoria’s binning community | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | A cautionary tale: neoliberal discourse and the pedagogic function of the mediated Lost Japan narrative during the financial crisis | Other Society and Culture, Doshisha University | Consultant Supervisor |
2015 | PhD | The polis and the nation in the Greek city-state | Philosophy, Stanford University | Consultant Supervisor |
2015 | Masters | Critical geographic perspectives on microfinancing in Cambodia | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2014 | Honours | Homelessness in Victoria, BC: possibilities for social justice | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2014 | Masters | Intellectual disability and anarchism | Other Health, University of Calgary | Consultant Supervisor |
2013 | Honours | Discrimination, exploitation and oppression: a discourse analysis of neoliberal policing in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2013 | PhD | Remaking property: interrogating the moments of state-nature articulation within Scottish nationalist discourse | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Principal Supervisor |
2013 | Honours | Defending the caves at Spaet: conflict and ecological citizenship in the post-democratic growth machine | Human Geography, University of Victoria | Consultant Supervisor |
2012 | PhD | Environmental discourses and carbon credits in Tanzania | Human Geography, University of Otago | Co-Supervisor |
2012 | Masters | Development planning in the Pacific: sustainability versus development | Human Geography, University of Otago | Sole Supervisor |
2012 | PhD | The impacts of volunteer tourism on orphanages in Cambodia | Human Geography, University of Otago | Co-Supervisor |
2012 | Honours | Dark tourism in the emerging tourist destinations of Vietnam and Cambodia | Human Geography, University of Otago | Sole Supervisor |
2012 | Masters | Where is the community in community based tourism? The case of tourism product plans in Papua New Guinea | Human Geography, University of Otago | Sole Supervisor |
2011 | Masters | Waste management planning in Rarotonga: issues and opportunities | Human Geography, University of Otago | Sole Supervisor |
2011 | Honours | Alcohol and society: student drinking and Dunedin City, New Zealand | Human Geography, University of Otago | Sole Supervisor |
2011 | Honours | The development implications of the World Cup in South Africa | Human Geography, University of Otago | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | Foreign workers in Singapore: homines sacri in our midst | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | The politics and negotiation of spatial organization around transportation hubs in Singapore | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | V for Vendetta: The fight for radical public space | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | Ordinary cities are already happening: a study of community activism in Singapore | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | Negotiating the religious-secular dilemma in Singapore: resistance and reconciliation in the politics of practice and space | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | A space where love transgresses sexuality: public spaces as emancipatory for sexual dissidents | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | Symbolic violence of the Khmer Rouge tribunal: geopolitics, subjectivation, and violent imaginings | Human Geography, National University of Singapore | Sole Supervisor |
Research Collaborations
The map is a representation of a researchers co-authorship with collaborators across the globe. The map displays the number of publications against a country, where there is at least one co-author based in that country. Data is sourced from the University of Newcastle research publication management system (NURO) and may not fully represent the authors complete body of work.
Country | Count of Publications | |
---|---|---|
Canada | 74 | |
Australia | 36 | |
United Kingdom | 34 | |
France | 25 | |
United States | 25 | |
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Professor Simon Springer
Position
Professor of Human Geography
Discipline of Geography and Environmental Studies
School of Environmental and Life Sciences
College of Engineering, Science and Environment
Contact Details
simon.springer@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4921 2075 |
Office
Room | SR289 |
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Building | Social Sciences Building |
Location | Callaghan University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |