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Jennifer Turner

Dr Jennifer Turner

Honorary Research Fellow
Geography and Planning
Part of
School of Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering

Contact

Jennifer.Turner@liverpool.ac.uk

http://jennifer-turner.org

Professional Activities

Conference Roles

  • Co-convenor and chair of ‘Concerning carceral geographies of trouble and hope’ at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2019)
  • The Prison Boundary: Between Society and Carceral Space at Criminology Seminar Series, British Society of Criminology South branch, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Manheim Centre for Criminology, LSE, 2019)
  • The Prison Boundary: A patchwork of everyday border politics at Research Seminars Series, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2019)
  • Negotiating alternative access in the context of “risky” research at Risky Methods and Hard Access Workshop (2018)
  • Conference Chair of The 3rd International Conference for Carceral Geography (University of Liverpool, 2018)
  • Organiser of the Risky Methods and Hard Access Workshop (University of Liverpool, 2018)
  • Geographies of containment at University of Liverpool in Singapore Overseas Immersion Programme, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2018)
  • Negotiating Postgrad, Postdoc and Probation: An ECR journey at Aberystwyth Postgraduate Conference, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Aberystwyth University, 2018)
  • Designing for young people in the custodial environment [Or: How to child-proof your prison] at Young People in Custody Knowledge Exchange, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2018)
  • Careful control: the infrastructure of water in carceral space at Department of Geography and Earth Sciences Centenary Lecture Series, by Invitation (Aberystwyth University, 2018)
  • Organiser of The 2nd International Conference for Carceral Geography (University of Birmingham, 2017)
  • Turning over a new leaf: The health-enabling capacities of green space in prison at Roxby Lectures, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2017)
  • Organiser of the Symposium on Prison Architecture in the Context of Reform (Royal Institute of British Architects, 2017)
  • Architecture, Design and Technology at HMP YOI Grampian at Symposium on Prison Architecture in the Context of Reform (Royal Institute of British Architecture, 2017)
  • Chair of 'Music, law enforcement and desistance' at Music in Criminal Justice Symposium, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
  • Chair of 'Experiencing Imprisonment' at Rethinking Prisons Research Conference, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
  • Walks behind the walls at Rethinking Prisons Research Conference, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
  • Panellist on 'Kids, Keys and Careers – On the practicalities and realities of doing great prisons research' at Rethinking Prisons Research Conference, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2017)
  • Conceptualising the carceral in carceral geography at The Nordic Geographers Meeting (Stockholm, 2017)
  • Serving time with a sea view: Escaping prison via healthy blue space at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers (Boston, MA, 2017)
  • Designing wellbeing: Architecture at the nexus of a healthy prison at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2016)
  • The Cell: The building blocks of prison life at The ESC Working Group ‘Prison Life & Effects of Imprisonment’ Workshop (University of Southern Denmark, Odense, 2016)
  • Co-convenor and chair of ‘Carceral Geographies’ at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers (San Francisco, CA, 2016)
  • The colours of custody: Moving towards rehabilitative aesthetics at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers (San Francisco, CA, 2016)
  • Organiser of The 1st International Conference for Carceral Geography (University of Birmingham, 2016)
  • Chair of 'Ethnography in a secure setting' at Crime and Control Ethnography Symposium, by Invitation (University of Birmingham, 2016)
  • Unlock the volume: Towards a politics of capacity at Human Geography Seminar Series, by Invitation (University of Birmingham, 2016)
  • Panellist for ‘Infrastructures Workshop’ at Material Mobilities Workshop, by Invitation (University of Liverpool, 2016)
  • Panellist on 'Reflections on the geographies of fleshy, messy, contentious and contested bodies' at The Annual Conference of the American Association of Geographers, by Invitation (San Francisco, CA, 2016)
  • Getting the green light for a grey area: The relationship between security, aesthetics and well-being in custodial space at The Health and Wellbeing in Prison Populations Workshop (Royal Holloway, University of London, 2015)
  • Prison architecture, design and technology: "Fear-suffused environments" or potential to rehabilitate?’ at The Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (Porto, 2015)
  • Co-convenor and chair of ‘Carceral Geographies’ at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
  • Becoming big things: Building events and the architectural geographies of incarceration in England and Wales at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
  • 'Unlock the volume': bringing height and depth to carceral mobilities at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
  • Components of the carceral: The lived experience of prison design at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Chicago, IL, 2015)
  • Shaping 'inhabitation': The complexities of prison design and prison building at The Nordic Geographers Meeting (Tallinn, 2015)
  • From piss pots to paint pots: Prison design and carceral space at The ESC Working Group ‘Prison Life & Effects of Imprisonment’ Innovation in Prison Workshop (Royal Holloway, University of London, 2015)
  • Panellist on 'A conversation: Criminology and carceral geography' at The Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, by Invitation (Porto, 2015)
  • Chair of 'Ethical dilemmas in the field' at Leicester Ethnography Symposium, by Invitation (University of Leicester, 2015)
  • Locating the ‘self’ and the ‘other’: Creating and transmitting value through Eisteddfodau in Wales at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2014)
  • Cultural consumption and value: A segmentation analysis of cultural event participants at WISERD Annual Conference (Aberystwyth University, 2014)
  • The artistic ‘touch’: Engaging with the confined at the Art by Offenders exhibition at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2014)
  • Shackled at sea: Geographies of mobility and agency on the convict ship at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Tampa, FL, 2014)
  • Unlocking the carceral atmospheric: Extraordinary encounters at the prison museum at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Tampa, FL, 2014)
  • Discussant at Exploring Spaces of Security and Care Conference, by Invitation (University of Glasgow, 2014)
  • Discussant for '(Micro)economies of immigration detention: Critical geographical perspectives' at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers, by Invitation (Tampa, FL, 2014)
  • Panellist on 'Mapping carceral geography: Confinement, closed spaces and affective atmospheres' at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers, by Invitation (RGS-IBG, 2014)
  • Organiser of the Cultural Values in Wales and Beyond Symposium (Aberystwyth University, 2014)
  • Profit from prison: Incarceration as commodity at The Markets, Consumption and Strategy Postgraduate Workshop, School of Management and Business (Aberystwyth University, 2013)
  • Hotel HMP: Marketing prison spectacle at Dialogues in Human Geography Seminar Series (Aberystwyth University, 2012)
  • Impact for postgraduates: In search of the Holy Grail? at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (Edinburgh, 2012)
  • Edge and interface: Boundary traffic between prison and society at The Annual University of Wales Council for Geography Conference (Gregynog Hall, 2012)
  • The ‘where’ and the ‘what’ of prison life’ at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (New York, NY, 2012)
  • Criminals with ‘community spirit’: Practising citizenship in the hidden world of the prison at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Seattle, WA, 2011)
  • Mobile citizenship: Rights and obligations behind and beyond the prison walls at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Seattle, WA, 2011)
  • Co-convenor and chair of ‘Between Absence and Presence: hiding, dissimulation, invisibility, and silence (1 & 2) at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Seattle, WA, 2011)
  • Destined to ‘fix’? Britain’s legacy of incarceration at The Annual International Conference of The Royal Geographical Society - Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG, 2010)
  • Displacing landscapes of incarceration: Spectacle, crime and punishment in the TV sitcom at The Annual Conference of the Association of American Geographers (Washington, DC, 2010)

External Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Secretary and Founding Member of RGS-IBG Carceral Geography Working Group (2017 - present)

Internal Administrative or Committee Roles

  • Committee Member of the Committee on Research Ethics (University, 2018 - present)
  • Vice Chair of the Central University Research Ethics Committee B (University, 2018 - present)
  • Committee Member of the Central University Research Ethics Committee B (University, 2017 - present)
  • Committee Member of the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Ethics Committee (Faculty, 2018 - present)
  • Reviewer for the Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Ethics Committee (Faculty, 2017 - present)
  • Committee Member of the SOES School Scrutiny Panel (School / Institute, 2018 - present)
  • Geography Ethics Lead (Department, 2017 - present)

Media Appearances

  • A Carceral Geographer’s Examination of the Prison Boundary: An Interview with Jennifer Turner, EuropeNow (Invited, November 2018)
  • Thinking Allowed, BBC Radio 4 (Invited, May 2017)
  • Rosser F to Cell Block H: From Geography to Prison (Research), Aberystwyth PROM Magazine (Invited, December 2017)