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Graham Denyer Willis is a University Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge and serves as the Chris Rokos Fellow and Director of Studies in Geography at Queens' College. He holds a BA from Toronto, MA from Royal Roads, and PhD from MIT.
His research spans several interconnected areas with a focus on:
- Urban violence and policing in Brazil
- Organized crime and state governance
- Informal settlements and urban development
- Security studies with a focus on Latin America
- Political geography of violence and disappearance
- Digital governance and platform capitalism
Willis's scholarly work demonstrates a consistent ethnographic approach to understanding power dynamics in urban Brazil. His 2015 book The Killing Consensus: Police, Organised Crime and the Regulation of Life and Death in Urban Brazil established his expertise in how policing institutions and criminal organizations jointly govern urban space. More recently, his research has expanded into digital governance, pandemic politics, and the material politics of death and disappearance, while maintaining his core focus on Brazilian urban politics and security dynamics.
As Director of Studies in Geography at Queens' College, Willis organizes teaching for Geography students with a 'creative and exploratory' supervision style that emphasizes connecting academic work to real-world problems. He teaches MPhil students in Development Studies (paper 5; Cities and Development) and the Latin American Studies module on Political Economy and Development.
