About

I’m an academic whose work considers what young people’s movements across borders reveal about issues of social inequality and belonging. 

My two research projects have both explored how particular types of journeys between the UK and the African continent shape young people’s lives, and how they imagine their place in the world.

At present, I’m writing about transnational education in the Nigerian diaspora, from research funded by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship. In collaboration with others, I made a short film connected to the project - ‘Until It Is Spoken Back’ (10mins).  

My previous project, funded by the ESRC, explored how international volunteering shapes not only young people’s ideas about global politics, but also their sense of their place in UK social hierarchies.  

I’ve enjoyed these projects because they centre on vivid human stories which raise ethically compelling questions. I try to communicate my research in ways which does justice to this, and am interested in blurring the boundaries between academic and creative work.

I’m currently a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Liverpool, but engage with disciplines across the social sciences.

You can email me at: r.cheung-judge [at] liverpool.ac.uk

You can find open access copies of my academic publications at: academia.edu and researchgate, and my professional profile on LinkedIn.

You can download my academic CV here.