• Cultural politics of urban change and the urban future.
• Youth cultures, and the geographies of children and young people.
• Urban belonging, place-making and citizenship.
• Participatory, public and creative methodologies. 

Luke is an urban cultural geographer with an interdisciplinary background situated across work in the humanities and social sciences. He is known for his research exploring ideas of place, belonging, and citizenship within urban youth cultures, his innovative use of visual and participatory methods, and his sustained commitment to community collaborations and public engagement. His research has focused primarily in London, and draws on a wide range of policy, practitioner and community networks.

Luke became a Lecturer in Urban Futures in September 2017, having joined the Department of Geography at King’s College as a Teaching Fellow in 2016. Prior to this he was a Departmental Lecturer in the School of Geography and Environment at the University of Oxford (2015-16). 

Qualifications

PhD Cultural Geography (2009), Royal Holloway, University of London.

MA Cultural Geography (2004), Royal Holloway, University of London.

BSc Human Geography (2003), University of Reading.