Inge Boudewijn

Inge Boudewijn is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University's Geography and Environmental Sciences Department. A feminist interdisciplinary academic, she integrates geography, sociology, and anthropology to analyze gender and social dimensions of natural resource extraction in Latin America. Fluent in Spanish, she prioritizes decolonial research processes and partnerships with grassroots organizations in the Global South.

• British Academy/GCRF-funded RECLAMA project (Afro-Ecuadorian women's heritage)
• VSO-funded 'Volunteering Together' project (creative development methods in Tanzania, Uganda, Nepal)

Research Interests:
Focuses on gender and large-scale resource extraction, women’s activism, and volunteering. Her methodological expertise includes feminist and creative approaches, participatory mapping, and photography.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, Northumbria University (2019)
• MSc in Forest and Nature Management, University of Copenhagen (2012)
• BSc in International Development Studies, Wageningen University & Research (2010)

Research Trends:
Her work spans extractive industry impacts, decolonizing methodologies, and participatory development. Recent publications examine Black feminist political ecology, temporal disruptions from mining, and equitable development in marginalized regions.

Activities:
Participant in the 2022 Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference. Collaborates with organizations like VSO, USFQ (Ecuador), and Mujeres de Asfalto.