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Dr. Hanno Brankamp is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow's School of Geographical & Earth Sciences, where he joined in January 2025. His academic journey includes a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at Durham University, a Departmental Lectureship in Forced Migration at Oxford's Refugee Studies Centre, and a Lecturer position in Human Geography at King's College London. He holds a DPhil from the University of Oxford, an MLitt from St Andrews, and a BA from Humboldt University of Berlin.
Brankamp's research spans four interconnected domains: carceral mobilities and abolitionism, creative approaches to migration studies, the coloniality of aid and borders, and humanitarian markets within racial capitalism. His work centers on Eastern Africa, particularly Kenya, where he has conducted long-term ethnographic research in Kakuma refugee camp. His forthcoming book Occupied Refuge: Humanitarian Colonization and the Camp in Kenya (Duke University Press, February 2026) represents a major contribution to critical refugee studies.
His publication record demonstrates remarkable productivity across top geography and interdisciplinary journals including Antipode, Political Geography, Environment and Planning D, and Africa, alongside significant public scholarship in The Guardian, Africa Is A Country, and Pambazuka News. His recent work shows increasing focus on abolitionist frameworks, creative methodologies, and the intersection of racial capitalism with humanitarian governance.
- British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Multiple publications in top-tier geography journals
- Special issues on camp methodologies and humanizing refugee studies
- Extensive public scholarship in major media outlets
- Book contract with Duke University Press
Brankamp's research has been funded by prestigious organizations including the British Academy, ESRC, British Institute in Eastern Africa, and John Fell Fund. His collaborative approach is evident in projects like 'Poetry on the Run' with educator Kodi Arnu Ngutulu, which revalues refugee poetry as theoretical knowledge. His supervision philosophy emphasizes collaborative, ethically grounded research that bridges academic and activist spaces while centering refugee agency and freedom.
