Jasmine Joanes

I am a final year, part-time PhD student supervised by Dr Rachael Squire and Professor Katherine Brickell (KCL). I am funded by SeNSS-ESRC on the 1+3 Human Geography pathway. My research interests include feminist and political geographies, intimate geopolitics, gender, and all things menstruation! I also volunteer with the Black Women's Reproductive Health (BWRH) project as well as the Reproductive Rights Activist Collective.

My PhD 'Seeing Red? The intimate geopolitics of menstrual justice in the United Kingdom' aims to investigate the different ways in which menstrual justice and activism is understood, practiced and imagined by different stakeholders through the use of auto-ethnography, semi-structured interviews, and focus groups. In doing so, I seek to expose menstruation as an important geopolitical concern as well as identify potential future directions and solidarities for menstrual justice action in the UK. My research aims to bridge the gap between menstrual activism and scholarship while also making contributions to feminist political geography.

I use she/her/hers pronouns.

BSc Geography, Politics, and International Relations, First Class

GG2052 Political Geography (UG) - supporting a seminar on Decolonising Political Geography.

GG5011 Key Concepts in Geopolitics & Security (PGT) - co-leading a seminar on feminist geopolitics.

GG5013 Global Futures (PGT) - leading a lecture on Menstrual Futures.

GG5021 Advanced Research Methods for Global Futures (PGT) - leading a lecture on Zines and Zine-making.

Research Administrator

(March 2025 - Present)

I have contributed to project delivery through transcription and data analysis work, as well as co-authoring a report, journal articles, and other academic materials including posters and infographics. 

Project Manager for the Reproductive Rights Activist Collective’s (RRAC) Bootcamp 2025

(December 2024 - October 2025)

I led a team of 10 volunteers to deliver an 18 week programme in reproductive justice and community organising skills to activists in training across England and Wales.

Personal Study Mentor

(January 2022 - June 2023)

As part of RHUL Geography's department undergraduate mentoring scheme, I was a personal study mentor to undergraduate geography students. This involves regular one-to-one meetings to support their learning and development. 

Department representative for Geography PGT students 

(September 2020 - August 2021)

An elected position which involved effectively representing PGT students' interests at department level; collaborating with a team of student academic reps; chairing termly Student-Staff Committee meetings; being invited to college level meetings; and supporting departmental Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives.