Maria Kaika

Biography

Maria Kaika holds a D.Phil. in Geography from the University of Oxford, and an MA in Architecture from the National Technical University of Athens as well as professional qualifications as an architect. Her previous posts include: Fellow, St. Edmund Hall, Oxford; Director of Studies in Human Geography at St Hugh's College, Oxford; University Lecturer, Oxford University School of Geography; Junior Research Fellow, Linacre College, Oxford; Lecturer in Human Geography at St Peter's College Oxford. She is Editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. In 2012, she was appointed City of Vienna Visiting Professor. Other appointments include: Executive Board Member, Remaking Cities Institute, Carnegie Mellon University; Appointed member on International Evaluation Panel of the Academy of Finland (Research Programme on the Future of Living and Housing – 2010). Trustee for the Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies (2005-2010); Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Queen Mary Graduate School of Social Sciences (Sept-Dec 2007); Visiting Professor at the University of Leuven (2008). Visiting Professor at the European University (EUREX) in Urbino (2006). Treasurer of the Royal Geographical Society & Institute of British Geographers’ Urban Research Group (2003-06); and Teaching Liaison Officer for the Royal Geographical Society (2001-2006).

Research Interest

Environment, Education and Development