Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Dr Natalia Gerodetti
Senior Lecturer
Dr Natalia Gerodetti is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and has a history of research and teaching around gender, sexuality and feminist theory. She has also been working on urban food production and food justice issues.
Natalia has carried out funded research on gender and sexuality, as well as the social and political context of eugenics and historical justice. She has published in the area of feminist theory, reparation claims, the regulation of sexualities, constructions of femininities in neoliberal times and bisexual identities and dating apps. A second strand of research interest covers migrants' identities in relation to food growing and allotment gardening, as well as general urban food cultivation challenges and projects in a series of cities across the world. In relation to teaching and pedagogy she has collaborated and co-authored work on developing and engaging students with games based learning.
Current Teaching
- Doing Sociology in Leeds
- Sociology of Gender & Feminist Perspectives
- Sexuality, Family & Feminist Theory
- Exploring Social Research
- Men & Masculinities
- Contemporary Society & Social Futures
Research Interests
Natalia has over two decades of experience in academic research. One strand of research focuses on historical governance around gender and sexuality and the relationship of the past to the present in terms of social justice. Some of her historical research has focused on eugenic thinking and practices in Europe (with a particular focus on Switzerland) across the twentieth century and this research has stimulated in interest in recent calls for redress and reparations around historical injustices that emerged from eugenic legacies, such as coerced sterilization or state sponsored withdrawal of children.
Natalia's second research interest focuses around urban space, belonging and identity in relation to contemporary aspects around food production, sustainability and migration. The research on food production, identity and belonging shows ways in which migrant citizens think of these practices as contributions to their wellbeing. But they also show ways in which citizens challenge productions of space in urban areas through food cultivation and sharing. Current research focuses on the expansion of urban agriculture in Seoul, South Korea, and the meanings and manifestations of these in the urban landscape.
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- Culture
- Equality and inclusion
- Family
- Feminism
- Gender
- Government policies
- Health
- History
- Sociology
- Urban
- Wellbeing
