Ellen Hjort BA Human Geography (Aberystwyth University), MA Practising Human Geography (Aberystwyth University)
Postgraduate
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: elh59@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0001-6405-6028
- Office: G1, Llandinam Building
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- Personal Pronouns: She/her/her
Profile
Ellen Hjort is a PhD research student in Human Geography at Aberystwyth University. Her research interests revolve around rural citizenship, rural marginalisation, migration and whiteness. Currently, Ellen is aiming to research rural Wales and Northern Sweden (Norrland). Her research is funded by ESRC Wales.
She completed a BA in Human Geography, with a dissertation exploring how discourses of the rural and of Northern Sweden (Norrland) affected the identities of young adults who had chosen to stay in rural Norrland. For the MA in Practising Human Geography at Aberystwyth University, Ellen explored migration discourses in two Welsh media sources and how they contribute to the understanding of the Welsh nation.
Additional Information
Grants and awards
2020: Gregynog and James Fairgrieve Prize
Research
Hjort, E. 2023. 'Marginalisation through the eyes of the othered: Young adults choosing to live in rural Northern Sweden', Journal of Rural Studies, 97:601-609, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.01.011