Ulrich Oslender

Ulrich Oslender is a political and cultural geographer with regional interests in Latin America. He gained his Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Glasgow, and is currently Associate Professor of Geography in the Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies at Florida International University in Miami. He has published over forty articles and book chapters in both English and Spanish, mostly in relation to social movement theory and political geography. He has authored two books, most recently “The Geographies of Social Movements: Afro-Colombian Mobilization and the Aquatic Space” (Duke University Press, 2016), and co-edited “Bridging Scholarship and Activism: Reflections from the Frontlines of Collaborative Research” (Michigan State University Press, 2015). He has also frequently worked with the media and produced amongst others programs on black cultural politics in Colombia for the BBC World Service.