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The PhD project I recently completed concerns researching trans and non-binary embodied experiences of city space and the implications for urban planning theory and practice. How does contemporary English local planning practice incorporate gender into policy and practice? Can planning be inclusive of trans and non-binary residents?
I utilised creative mapping methods to explore trans and non-binary embodiment and spatialities, alongside discourse analysis and stakeholder interviews to understand local planning practice.
My research interests are contemporary urban governance and the role of planning within this; the geographies of gender and sexuality; the epistemics of British planning and it's relationship to colonialism; queer and transfeminist political praxis.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Trans infrastructures: experiences of liveability in Brighton & Hove and implications for urban planning, University of Brighton
1 Oct 2018 → 3 Jan 2024
Award Date: 3 Jan 2024
Master, MSc in Social Research Methods (Social Policy)
Oct 2017 → Sept 2018
Award Date: 10 Dec 2018
Master, Msc in Human Geography, Stockholm University
1 Sept 2013 → 1 Jun 2016
Award Date: 1 Jul 2016
Bachelor, Geography and Politics BA (Hons), University of Sheffield
1 Sept 2009 → 1 Jun 2012
Award Date: 1 Jun 2012
Keywords
- G Geography (General)
- Trans
- non-binary
- urban planning
- social geography
- Embodiment
- Qualitative Methods
- discourse analysis
- Feminism
- LGBT+
- queer theory
- H Social Sciences (General)
- community
- participation
- transgender studies
- postpolitical
- neoliberal
- competitiveness
- Critical social theory
- radical sense
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Pathways between LGBTQ migration, social isolation and mental distress: The temporal-relational-spatial experiences of LGBTQ mental health service-users.
Boden-Stuart, Z., McGlynn, N., Jones, H. & Smith, M. C.
1/09/20 → 28/02/22
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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Planning in the “LGBTQ Capital”: Choreographing Transgender In and Out of Policy
Smith, M. C., Gilchrist, P. & Lim, J., 14 Apr 2023, In: Urban Planning. 8, 2, p. 197-207 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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LGBTQ migration, social isolation and distress: Liberation, care and loneliness
Boden-Stuart, Z., McGlynn, N., Smith, M. C., Jones, H. & Hirani, R., 28 Sept 2022, 48 p. Brighton : Brighton: University of Brighton.Research output: Other contribution
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Disruptive Notes
Smith, M. C., 4 Dec 2020, In: Excursions. 10, 1, p. 169-171Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating qualitative methodologies for understanding trans and non-binary participants experiences of urban space
Smith, M. C., 2018, 78 p.Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Placing Heteronormativity: A micro-geographical approach to the school as a space of heteronormative (re)production
Smith, M., 1 Jul 2016Research output: Thesis › Master's Thesis
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Reimagining Planning Praxis Through Trans Infrastructures
Matt C Smith (Presenter)
10 Jun 2023Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Mapping Planning Policy/Mapping Trans Experience
Matt C Smith (Presenter)
1 Sept 2022Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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British Planning as a Colonial Legacy
Matt C Smith (Presenter)
11 Nov 2020Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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SCDTP Research Methods Festival 2019
Matt C Smith (Organiser) & Esther Omotola Ayoola (Organiser)
26 Nov 2019Activity: Events › Workshop
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Towards a Transfeminist Planning Theory and Practice
Matt C Smith (Presenter)
26 Sept 2019Activity: External talk or presentation › Oral presentation