Dr. Christine Barnes

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Christine Barnes joined the Department of Geography at King's College London in 2015. She graduated with a BSc in Geography (Honours) from King's in 2009 and completed an MSc in Environment, Politics, and Globalisation in 2010. Her research focuses on food politics and healthy eating campaigning in the UK. Christine earned her PhD at King's in 2015, with a thesis that examined the mediated forms of power that celebrity media use as governance tools in the spaces of food and charitable care. Her research interests encompass Cultural Geography, Food Politics, and Gendered Labour. She explores the cultural politics of digital foodscapes and the precarious forms of labor involved in these processes. Her notable research outputs include investigations into precarious foodscapes and digital mothering, focusing on the intersection of creativity, entrepreneurship, and hidden labor within digital foodscapes.

Research Interests

Requirements for King's College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:23
Reading
Required:23
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject Quantitative competency (for some Economics/Finance programs)
Application Checklist
  • Official Transcripts
  • Personal Statement
  • Two Academic References
  • CV/Resume
  • English Language Proficiency Proof
Specialization Notes

Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.