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Alena Pfoser is a Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media Studies at Loughborough University, serving as PGT Programme Leader for Media and Communication and leader of the Research Challenge 'Hidden voices, contested pasts' in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities. She holds MA degrees from the University of Vienna and European University (St. Petersburg), and a PhD in Social Sciences from Loughborough University (2010-2014).
Her research focuses on tourism, memory studies, and post-imperial spaces, exploring topics such as contested narratives, transnational memory formation, and border geopolitics. She has conducted fieldwork in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, and Kazakhstan, with notable projects including her Marie Curie Fellowship at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (2014-2015). Her work bridges academic and artistic collaboration challenges in neoliberal institutions.
Recent publications (2021–2025) analyze memory-making through tourism in post-Soviet regions, digital conflicts over heritage, and tour guiding strategies in politically charged environments. She has led interdisciplinary initiatives like the 'Hidden voices' research challenge to foster cross-disciplinary dialogue.
- Awards: Marie Curie Fellowship (2014–2015)
- Key Roles: Programme Leader (Media & Communication), Research Challenge Lead
- Research Themes: Memory politics, post-imperial identities, border temporalities
