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Research output per year
Personal profile
Biography
My research centres on children and youth geographies, with a focus on co-creating spatial vocabularies with and for children and young people in the Majority World. Grounded in extensive fieldwork in India, I interrogate how childhoods in the Majority World are shaped by distinct spatial materialities, influenced by factors such as age, gender, religion, and caste. By engaging with geographies of childhood, urban planning, and design, my work reimagines the everyday geographies and lived realities of children and young people in these regions.
My research portfolio spans India, Brazil, the Netherlands, Turkey, Israel, and the UK, and I have served as Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator on numerous projects related to urban transformations, funded by the UK, EU, and third-sector organisations.
I currently hold a Personal Chair in Geographies of Children and Young People at the School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh.
External positions
Visiting Faculty , Eindhoven University of Technology
1 Apr 2019 → 1 Apr 2022
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Found Families: Women of Colour Creating Counterspaces in Academia
Krishnamurthy, S., Gade, M., Kline, S., Wu, S. & Sharma, A., 24 Feb 2026, In: Journal of Geography in Higher Education. 50, 3, p. 274-292Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Performing the City: Street Plays, Affect and Decolonising Knowledge with Young People in Mumbai
Krishnamurthy, S. & Chan, L., 19 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Children's Geographies.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geographies of Children
Hammond, L. & Krishnamurthy, S., 9 Dec 2024, The Encyclopedia of Human Geography. Warf, B. (ed.). Springer Cham, p. 1-4Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
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Review: Placemaking With Children and Youth: Participatory Practices for Planning Sustainable Communities by V. Derr, L. Chawla, and M. Mintzer
Krishnamurthy, S., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Planning Education and Research. 44, 2, p. 527-976Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
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Far from equitable: are playgrounds for everyone?
Krishnamurthy, S., 2024, In: Children's Geographies. 22, 6, p. 916-925Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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Advisory board of U'Good
Krishnamurthy, S. (Advisor)
2024 → 2027Activity: Consultancy types › Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
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Decolonising children’s play
Krishnamurthy, S. (Assessor)
2024Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Thinking from the South, lead discussant (G20, India)
Krishnamurthy, S. (Assessor)
2023Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Youth livelihood options in creating inclusive cities
Krishnamurthy, S. (Assessor)
2022Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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COP26 online roundtable on Cities and Climate Justice (adding perspectives from Children and Young People)
Krishnamurthy, S. (Speaker)
2021Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Media article or participation
Prizes
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Senior Fellowship Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Krishnamurthy, S. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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University Teaching Qualification/ Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs (BKO), the Netherlands
Krishnamurthy, S. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowships awarded competitively
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Our Place, Our Future: PhD Research
Kline, S. (Researcher), Krishnamurthy, S. (Other) & Donovan, K. (Other)
1/09/22 → …
Project: Research
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PhD Research: Public Participation for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in Nepal: Gaps between Rhetoric and Practice
Sharma, A. (Researcher), Donovan, K. (Other) & Krishnamurthy, S. (Other)
1/09/21 → …
Project: Research
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Found Families in Academia: Women of Colour Navigating higher education
Krishnamurthy, S. (Principal Investigator) & Williams, E. (Co-investigator)
1/08/25 → 31/05/26
Project: Research
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Exploring decolonising research methodologies with children and young people in Mumbai, India
Krishnamurthy, S. (Principal Investigator)
16/12/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Shaping Futures: Youth livelihood options in creating inclusive cities
Krishnamurthy, S. (Principal Investigator)
20/03/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research