Ivana Bevilacqua

Ivana Bevilacqua is a Lecturer and Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of Geography at King's College London, affiliated with the School of Global Affairs under the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Her work bridges critical race theory, settler colonial studies, and indigenous sovereignty with geography, anthropology, and urban studies.

Education: BSc in Politics and International Relations (University Carlo Bo of Urbino), MSc in Representation and Public Opinion (Urbino), MSc in Middle East Politics (SOAS).

Her research focuses on infrastructural violence in colonial contexts, particularly Palestinian struggles against Judaization in Israel/Palestine. She employs participatory methods like counter-cartography and arts-based practices through projects like Imaging Social Justice and Puzzling: The Sensory Politics of Infrastructure. Collaborations include the Arab Centre for Alternative Planning and the Popular Committee of Wadi Ara.

Her articles address settler colonialism's digital dimensions, spatial politics, and decolonial methodologies. She co-leads the Urban Futures and Contested Development research groups, emphasizing marginalized communities' agency in shaping urban futures.

Key activities include organizing the Embodied Lines exhibition and Filmmaking as Research workshops, demonstrating her commitment to blending academic rigor with artistic activism.