Lecturer in Geography, University of Dundee.

Fiona M. Smith is a lecturer in human geography and a researcher at the Centre for Applied Population Research, University of Dundee. Her recent research interests include on youth mobilities, particularly around international student mobility. This addresses key agendas on the ways in which youth cultures intersect with processes of global mobility and interrogates the nature of the encounters with mobility and difference experienced by young people. Related to this is an interest in the nature of international and cross-cultural field work. Funding for this research has come from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (UK) and the Carnegie Trust. Her wider research focuses on social inclusion and resilience, with a current research project funded by the ESRC focusing on knowledge exchange and young people’s involvement in deprived neighbourhoods in Slovakia.