Personal profile
Research interests
I am a cultural geographer working at the intersection of social theory, philosophy, and the geohumanities.
My research centres on three key activities:
- theorising geophilosophical approaches to planetary crises
- advancing conceptual innovation in geographical ethics
- examining the value and vocation of theory
Underscoring these research activities is a conceptual investment in the rationalism of Spinoza, the schizoanalytic cartographies of Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze, and in the heterodox experiments of non-representational theory.
External positions
Associate Editor, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
Keywords
- Cultural Geography
- Ethics
- Spinoza
- Non-Representational Theory
- Guattari
- Cartography
- Geophilosophy
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
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Spinoza's Geographical Ethics
Gerlach, J., 1 Dec 2025, Edinburgh University Press. 224 p. (Geotheory)Research output: Book/Report › Authored book
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Why Guattari? A Liberation of Cartographies, Ecologies and Politics
Jellis, T. (Editor), Gerlach, J. (Editor) & Dewsbury, J. (Editor), 2019, London & New York: Routledge. (Routledge Studies in Human Geography)Research output: Book/Report › Edited book
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Ecuador's experiment in living well: Sumak kawsay, Spinoza and the inadequacy of ideas
Gerlach, J., 1 Oct 2017, In: Environment and Planning A. 49, 10, p. 2241-2260 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
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