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Natasha Webster is an Associate Professor in Human Geography at Örebro University's School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences. She serves as an editor for Emotion, Space and Society and sits on editorial boards for Digital Geography and Society and Gender, Place and Culture. Her roles include coordinating national doctoral courses and participating in the 2025 Social Impact Lab.
- PhD in Human Geography, Stockholm University
- M.Sc.Pl in Urban Planning, University of Toronto
- BA Honours in Human Geography, Queen's University, Canada
Her research explores social-technical-spatial relations through feminist geography, focusing on emotions in work/leisure, neighborhood dynamics, and digitalization's impact on rural areas. She examines platform economy implications for migrant labor and spatial justice.
Recent publications analyze digital geographies in gig economy, rural platform economy questions, and emotional dimensions in urban policy. She contributes to interdisciplinary discussions on translocalism and sociotechnical rural practices.
- Nominated for 2022 & 2024 Pedagogical Prizes
- Advisory Board, Center for Geomedia Studies (2025-2027)
Webster supervises doctoral students and collaborates on projects like Digital Nature (Swedish Research Council) and The Neighbourhood Revisited (RJ funded). She leads national PhD courses on digital geographies and qualitative methods.
