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Dr. Anna Schliehe is a researcher in Cultural Geography at the University of Bonn, where she is affiliated with the Faculty of Geosciences and Geography and the Department of Geography. She has been a Scientific Associate since May 2021, working part-time within the Cultural Geography Working Group (AG Hörschelmann). Concurrently, she holds a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Oldenburg, where she leads the research project 'Women's Imprisonment, Social Control and the Carceral State (WISCA)' from 2021 to 2025. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the University of Cambridge’s Prisons Research Centre and serves as Treasurer of the Carceral Geography Working Group.
- Diplom-Studium Geographie, Universität Münster (2004–2011)
- MRes in Human Geography, University of Glasgow (2011–2012)
- PhD in Human Geography, University of Glasgow (2012–2016), thesis: 'Tracing outsideness: young women's institutional journeys and geographies of closed space'
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge (2016–2021), on the ERC-funded COMPEN project
Anna Schliehe’s research lies at the intersection of human geography and criminology, with a strong focus on carceral spaces, prison geographies, and the experiences of marginalized populations, particularly young women and girls. Her work is informed by feminist, structuralist, and post-structuralist theories, and she employs qualitative, ethnographic, and creative collaborative methods such as interviews, observations, mental mapping, and photography. Her core interests include prison ethnography, justice geography, youth geography, and the spatial dimensions of social control.
Her recent publications reveal a consistent focus on comparative carceral studies, particularly between England & Wales and Norway, examining themes such as loneliness, release experiences, trauma-informed care, cellsharing dynamics, and the impact of the pandemic on prisons. Her work often appears in top journals like Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, British Journal of Criminology, and European Journal of Criminology, reflecting interdisciplinary engagement across geography, criminology, and social policy.
Her scientific recognition includes the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship and her leadership role as Treasurer of the Carceral Geography Working Group. She is also an active member of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS-IBG), the European Society of Criminology (ESC), and the Global Prisons Research Network.
Anna Schliehe has extensive teaching experience, offering seminars such as 'Negotiating Geographies of Citizenship and Belonging' and 'Grenzen, Mauern, Zäune – Geographien von Einschluss und Ausschluss'. She has been involved in major funded research projects, including the ERC-funded COMPEN project (2016–2021) and the current MSCA-funded WISCA project. Her advisory impact is evident through her unpublished evidence paper for the British Government on 'Women in Custody', demonstrating policy relevance. She also contributes to public scholarship through blogs (COMPEN Blog, Border Criminologies) and articles in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees.
She is embedded in several research groups: the Cultural Geography Group at the University of Bonn, the Crime and Carcerality Research Group at the University of Oldenburg, and the Prisons Research Centre at the University of Cambridge. Her collaborative work with scholars like Dominique Moran, Ben Crewe, and Julie Laursen highlights her integration into a global network of carceral scholars.
