Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
I am a cultural and political geographer with particular interest in critical perspectives on security, processes of border making, geographies of embodiment, critical cultural analysis and feminist and queer theory. My research examined the use of border making technologies in the Israeli control over the occupied Palestinian territory. I also research political activism and the securitization of public spaces. Prior research projects of mine included analysis of modes of embodiment and the political and social implications of the new reproductive technologies.
Teaching
GGY1011 Human Geography: Society, Power and Culture
GGY2054 Cultural and Political Geography
GGY2056 Contemporary Approaches to Geographical Enquiry
GGY3074 Geographies of Contested Spaces (Designer and Convener)
GGY7001 Critical Geopolitics
Other
PhD Supervision
Open to PhD applications in the field of;
- Political and cultural geography
- Conflict, borders, territory, gender and sexual identities
- State violence, spaces of security and securitisation
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- New critical political thinking
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R1270NBE: Torture as a Political Technology: A Socio-Political Analysis of the Widespread Use of Torture
Amir, M. (PI)
26/08/2021 → …
Project: Research
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R1794NBE: IAA AHRC: Lessons from the Torture Archive
Amir, M. (PI)
02/02/2023 → 14/07/2023
Project: Research
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Research output
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Arrest of top whistleblower shows extent of Israeli impunity over torture of Palestinian detainees
Amir, M. & Kotef, H., 10 Nov 2025, The Conversation 6 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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Cartographic ignorance and territorial misrepresentation: the 1967 redrawing of Israel’s national map
Amir, M., 01 Dec 2025, In: Environment and Planning F: Philosophy, Theory, Models, Methods and Practice. 4, 4, p. 519-534Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Israeli doctors reveal their conflicted stories of treating Palestinian prisoners held in notorious ‘black site’ Sde Teiman
Amir, M. & Kotef, H., 16 Sept 2025, The Conversation 13 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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Las conflictivas historias de los médicos israelíes que trataron a prisioneros palestinos en el campo de detención Sde Teiman
Amir, M. & Kotef, H., 21 Sept 2025, The Conversation 14 p.Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article
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Torture’s bureaucracy and the “legitimacy effect”
Kotef, H. & Amir, M., 28 Feb 2025, (Early online date) In: Perspectives on Politics. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus)43 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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The Florence Howe Award for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship
Amir, M. (Recipient), 2007
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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International Engagement Fund Award (£23,000)
Amir, M. (Recipient), 01 Jan 2014
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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The Interdisciplinary Research Group Grant, ISCTSJ, 'Reshaping Security in Conflict and Beyond' (£5,000)
Amir, M. (Recipient) & Chatzipanagiotidou, E. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Gender & Sexuality Studies 2024
Amir, M. (Advisor)
21 Oct 2024 → 22 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
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Organized: IGC Political Geography Pre-Conference
Amir, M. (Organiser), Dunnett, O. (Organiser), Harris, J. (Organiser) & Sturm, T. (Organiser)
22 Aug 2024 → 24 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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External Examiner: School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Al Akhawayn University
Amir, M. (Examiner)
18 Apr 2024 → …Activity: Examination types › UG external examination
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ESRC Peer Review College (External organisation)
Amir, M. (Member)
04 Jan 2024 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of peer review panel or committee
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Keynote Lecture: RGS-IBG Political Geography Research Group
Amir, M. (Keynote speaker)
15 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference
Press/Media
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Brexit: The World’s Most Complicates Divorce Settlement
13/02/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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החבר ההומו שלי יוצא לדייטים עם נשים, לומר לו משהו?
23/05/2017
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research