Kawtar Najib is a Lecturer in Human Geography at the Department of Geography and Planning , University of Liverpool , specializing in Social and Spatial Inequalities . She is affiliated with the Geographic Data Science Lab and Power, Space & Cultural Change research clusters. PhD : University of Franche-Comté, France Her research examines Islamophobia through mixed methods, analyzing spatialization across global, urban, and embodied scales. Key themes include racism , segregation , urban exclusion , and social justice . Recent work connects global issues of dehumanization , citizenship , and racism to localized geographies. Articles highlight trends in critical Muslim geographies , spatialized injustice , and policy responses to Islamophobia. Her book on 'Spatialized Islamophobia' conceptualizes multi-scalar dynamics of discrimination. Marie Curie Sklodowska Postdoctoral Fellowship She teaches modules on Social and Spatial Inequalities , Geographic Data Science , and Human-Environmental Interactions , with advisory roles for the All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims and European Parliament . Her research impacts policy through collaborations with NGOs, contributions to the European Islamophobia Report , and media engagements addressing anti-Muslim violence and social justice .













