Patricia Daley

Patricia Daley, a scholar of African human geography focused on refugees, violence, and decolonizing curricula, and Ian Klinke, a political geographer studying geopolitical thought, the far right, and nuclear landscapes, discuss space as a lens on inequality. They explore colonies, pipelines, borders, high rises, workplaces, conservation areas, and even outer space. The conversation traces geography’s colonial roots and contemporary stakes.

Ian Klinke, political geographer at Oxford focused on geopolitical thought and infrastructure. Patricia Daley, Oxford professor of African human geography studying migration, violence, and decolonizing pedagogy. They map human geography through spaces like colonies, pipelines, borders, high‑rises, workplaces, conservation zones, and even outer space. Conversations dwell on empire’s imprint, energy and urban politics, labor, migration control, and space as a contested frontier.

Ian Klinke, Oxford political geographer studying geopolitical thought and landscapes of deterrence. Patricia Daley, Oxford scholar of African human geography focused on refugees, political violence, and decolonizing curricula. They map human geography through sites like pipelines, borders, high rises, workplaces, conservation areas, and outer space. The conversation traces the discipline’s imperial roots and future directions in energy, cities, migration, and AI.