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Dr. Frances Hemsley is a Research Fellow at the University of Leeds' School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), affiliated with the Faculty of Social Sciences. She joined in 2022 to study climate change diplomacy and energy transitions in African countries, collaborating with Professor Richard Beardsworth. Previously, she held a Wellcome Trust-funded Early Career Research Fellowship in the University of Leeds' School of English, focusing on global African literatures and climate health risks. She also co-designed decolonial curricula at the University of Bristol (2018–2020).
- PhD: University of Leeds
- MA: Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures, University of Leeds
- BA: English and Related Literatures, University of York
Her research explores political ecologies of health, resource politics, and postcolonial health narratives in African literatures. Her upcoming book, Postcolonial Health in African Literatures: Environmental and Epidemiological Fictions (Liverpool University Press), analyzes how African writers subvert global health imaginaries and articulate health crises across scales. Current projects include studying EU-African energy geopolitics and 'African gas' in climate transitions, alongside emerging climatological narratives in global African literatures.
No specific scientific awards are listed, though her Wellcome Trust funding highlights research excellence. She has no listed advising roles or grants beyond her fellowships. No lab affiliations are mentioned.
