Michal Huss

Michal Huss is a Lecturer in Architectural Studies and Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of Manchester, affiliated with the Manchester School of Architecture. Her work bridges architectural and political theories, focusing on the built environment of post/colonial and divided cities.

• PhD in Architecture, University of Cambridge (2021)

Her research examines how urban spaces facilitate daily life, rituals, and acts of resistance in contexts shaped by colonialism, ethnic division, and capitalist accumulation. Methodologically, she employs participatory 'walk-along' ethnography, archival research, and artistic practices to explore the transnational movement of spatial laws between South Asia and the Middle East.

Current projects include a Leverhulme-funded study of everyday spaces of living and dying in marginalized urban zones. Her forthcoming book, Refugees, Urban Belonging and the Transgressive Art of Walking (Amsterdam University Press, 2025), investigates mobility and belonging in displaced communities, while her second monograph-in-progress, Bulldozer Injustice in the Necropolis, analyzes deathscapes in post/colonial cities.

• Honors: Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship

She teaches architectural studies and supervises PhD students, contributing to critical urban scholarship through interdisciplinary collaborations.