The Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group (GFGRG) awards an annual Undergraduate Dissertation Prize to recognise outstanding undergraduate research that engages with gender and/or feminist geographical perspectives.
Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2026
Further details for the 2026 prize will be published here in due course
Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025
Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 GFGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize!
Joint First Place
- Sam Seaborn, University of Oxford
Inside of ‘The Factory’: An investigation of working-class masculinity in post-industrial Manchester - Sadia Noama, Queen Mary University of London
Young women’s friendships in digital space: Navigating intimacy, gender and belonging - Imogen Burton, Durham University
Bursting at the seams: A critical feminist geographical account of Michaela Stark’s artwork
Runner Up
- Francesca Willn, University of Exeter
Run Like a Girl – The digital reinforcement and destruction of gender norms by female running influencers on Instagram
GFGRG Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
Run Like a Girl: The Digital Reinforcement and Deconstruction of Gender Norms by Female Running Influencers on Instagram
Francesca Willn, University of Exeter
Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2025 – Runner Up