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Nishat Awan is a Professor of Architecture and Visual Culture at University College London (UCL Urban Laboratory), where she explores the intersection of geopolitics and space through digital spatial representation, border regimes, and migrant narratives. Her research interrogates the ethical limits of witnessing distant places, focusing on diasporas, migration, and urban displacement.
- Current Project: Topological Atlas (ERC Starting Grant-funded) producing visual counter-geographies of migrant movements
- Prior Affiliations: TU Delft (Director of Research), Goldsmiths, University of Sheffield
Her work spans publications like Diasporic Agencies (Routledge, 2016) and Spatial Agency (Routledge, 2011), alongside exhibitions at Nieuwe Instituut, Istanbul Biennale, and Yorkshire Sculpture Park. She also serves as reviews editor for the Journal of Visual Culture. Key themes include:
- Digital witnessing and its ethical challenges
- Counter-geographies of border regimes
- Alternative architectural practices in trans-local contexts
Scientific awards include the ERC Starting Grant (2024) and ISRF early career fellowship (2015). Her teaching emphasizes critical engagement with migration, identity, and decolonial visual culture.
