
Profiles
Dr Gina Kallis
Visiting Research Fellow
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
Biography
Biography
Qualifications
BA (Hons) Geography with Sociology, First Class Honours (Plymouth University)
Research
Research
Research interests
• Developing Research Priorities for End of Life and Palliative Care in the South West
Publications
Publications
Holton, M., Riley, M., & Kallis, G. (2023) 'Keeping on[line] farming: Examining young farmers’ digital curation of identities, (dis)connection and strategies for self-care through social media'. Geoforum. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2023.103749
Holton, M., Riley, M., & Kallis, G. (2022) 'Towards the geographies of loneliness: Interpreting the spaces of loneliness in farming contexts'. Social & Cultural Geography. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2022.2104360
Clason, C., Rangecroft, S., Kallis, G., Lewin, S., & Mullier, T. (2021) ‘GlacierMap: A virtual opportunity to explore the Andes’ vanishing glaciers’. Geography, 106 (3): 148-153. DOI: 10.1080/00167487.2021.1970932
Kallis, G., Stephanides, P., Bailey, E., Devine-Wright, P., Chalvatzis, K., & Bailey, I. (2021) ‘The complexities of engagement with island communities on energy transitions: Participation, trust and conflict’. Energy Research & Social Science, 81, 102257. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102257
Kallis, G., Yarwood, R., & Tyrrell, N. (2020) ‘Gender, spatiality and motherhood: Intergenerational change in Greek-Cypriot migrant families in the UK’. Social & Cultural Geography. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2020.1806345
Kallis, G., Yarwood, R., & Tyrrell, N. (2019) 'Translocal space across migrant generations: The case of a Greek Orthodox Church in the UK'. Population, Space and Place. 25 (5) DOI:10.1002/psp.2206
Tyrrell, N. & Kallis, G. (2017) ‘Children in transnational family migration’ in: Ni Laoire, C., White, A. and Skelton, T. (eds) Movement, Mobilities and Journeys, Volume 6 of Skelton, T. (ed) Geographies of Children and Young People. Springer, Singapore: pp 329-346. DOI:10.1007/978-981-287-029-2_9
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Co-Director of the 23rd Annual Population Postgraduate Conference (PopFest, 2015)
Other academic activities
I have a longstanding interest in working with children and young people, and prior to my current role I worked in the charitable sector as an Evaluation Officer for the NSPCC. My role was to contribute to the evaluation of 'Together for Childhood'- a place-based programme aiming to prevent abuse:
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/our-services/together-for-childhood/
I am also a Brilliant Club tutor and have delivered a Geography course entitled 'The Anthropocene vs. Deep Time - A journey through Earth's climate history' to secondary school students in Plymouth.
The Brilliant Club is an award-winning charity that works with schools and universities across the UK and aims to increase the number of pupils from under-represented backgrounds progressing to highly selective universities: