Doctor of Geography Fiona Ferbrache is a Fellow by Special Election and a Stipendiary Lecturer in Human Geography at Keble College. Her undergraduate teaching spans Prelims and FHS: Human Geography, Geographical Controversies, Qualitative Methods, Space, Place and Society, Geographical Thought, and Dissertations. She is also convenor of two papers (Prelims and FHS option) on international migration for Human Sciences.
Fiona’s research covers three fields: (i) migration and citizenship, focusing in particularly on intra-EU migration and impacts of Brexit on Britons in the EU-27. (ii) Urban sustainable transport, especially Light Rail Transit, Bus Rapid Transit, and Tram-Trains. In these two fields, Fiona has engaged with policy audiences in the UK, France and EU more broadly. (iii) Island studies with conceptual focus on watery geographies and material vitality. Empirical studies have examined the dynamic size and shape of the Channel Islands through contemporary tides, and historic sea-level change, engaging with earlier ideas of the so-called islands when they were connected by dry land to what today is known as France.
Fiona draws on all three areas, and beyond, in her teaching.