Laura Rodriguez Castro

Dr. Laura Rodriguez Castro is a Vice-Chancellor Senior Research Fellow at Southern Cross University's Faculty of Education, specializing in Feminist Geography and Decolonial Studies. She leads the Sustainability, Environment and the Arts in Education Research Cluster and serves as Secretary for the Association of Iberian and Latin America Studies of Australasia. Her work bridges critical pedagogies, memory studies, and rural studies through arts-based and participatory methodologies.

Her research focuses on Southern knowledges, decolonial feminisms, and the intersections of memory and place. Notable contributions include her 2021 Palgrave monograph exploring rural women's decolonial feminist praxis in Colombia. She also critiques settler colonial representations in Australian rural media and examines Latin American migrant memory practices in Australia.

• Research Interests: Decolonial methodologies, feminist geographies, rural social movements, memory politics, participatory research
• Awards: 2024 Southern Cross University Outstanding Contribution to Research Impact
• Editorial Roles: Associate Editor, Journal of Intercultural Studies