Janina Schupp

Janina Schupp is the SOUTHWORKS Career Development Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford, leading the Digital Hub initiative. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has held fellowships at the Library of Congress, Camargo Foundation, and University of Nanjing. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on urban environments and screen media, exploring how moving images and digital technologies shape and document urban spaces globally.

• Education:
• BA (Canterbury Christ Church University)
• MPhil in Screen Media and Cultures (University of Cambridge)
• PhD in Architecture (University of Cambridge)

Research projects include the AHRC-funded CineMuseSpace and CineGenus projects, examining urban spaces through fiction films across multiple continents. She currently investigates augmented urban spaces and co-leads the British Academy project on 'Imagining the Ordinary City.' Publications span Screenworks, Journal of Architecture, and edited volumes on visual culture. Janina also works as a commercial documentary producer.

• Awards:
• British Research Council Fellowship (Library of Congress)
• Camargo Foundation Fellowship
• Visiting Scholarship (University of Nanjing)

Her work bridges academic research and practical media production, emphasizing digital innovation in urban studies and cultural analysis.