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Born in Neath, Johanna read Geography at Jesus College, Oxford before spending five years in Vancouver, at UBC, where she completed her MA and PhD in Geography under the supervision of Professor David Ley.
- More about Professor Waters
Johanna began her academic career as a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool in 2004, before moving to take up a Senior Lecturership at the University of Birmingham. She then moved to the University of Oxford (in 2013). She is presently an Honorary Research Associate at the SoGE and a visiting fellow of Kellogg College. In May 2018, she took up the post of Reader in Human Geography and Migration Studies at UCL and is now Professor of Human Geography.
- Teaching
I teach on the following courses:
- MSc Global Migration (Convenor)
I teach on the following modules:
- Global Events (GEOG0015, Convenor)
I have been the Affiliate and International Tutor since 2018. I am also the Secretary of the Gender and Feminist Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG and on the Research and Higher Education Committee of the RGS.
- Publications
To view Professor Waters's publications, please visit UCL Profiles:
- Research Interests
Johanna has three current and recent projects.
- Cross-border schooling between Shenzhen and Hong Kong (funded by Oxford University fell Fund and Utrecht University). With Maggi Leung (Utrecht University) and Yunyun Qin (University of Hong Kong)
- London-based ‘satellite’ campuses of UK HEIs and the changing spatialities of higher education. With Rachel Brooks (University of Surrey).
- Transnational education and palliative care provision in Kenya. With Gail Lansdown and Dave Roberts (Oxford Brookes University).
- Research Students
- Tugay Durak (IoE)
- Jeremy Townley (IoE)
- Bryte Amponsah (Geography)
- Shayan Moftizadeh (Geography)
- Jin Li (Geography)
- Jihyun Lee (Geography)
- Kris Lee (Geography, Oxford)
- Zhe Wang (Geography, Oxford)
- Linda Beyer (Conted, Oxford)
Johanna welcomes enquiries from students interested in aspects of transnational education, transnational households, international schooling, international higher education, transnational higher education, mobilities and migration
