About

I am an Environmental Social Scientist, interested in the relationships between people and nature. This includes the effects people have on the environment, the ways people interact and the effects nature has on people.

I currently work on the RENEW project, using survey and qualitative methods to explore how people feel about environmental change and efforts to support nature recovery. My research also spans topics such as citizen science and health inequalities.

With a background in marine sciences, I’m also particularly passionate about the connections between society and the sea.

Projects

Renew

2022 - Present Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach

SmogOff

2024 - Present Air quality and citizen science

EXPO-ENGAGE

2021 - 2024 Air quality and citizen science

REGREEN

2021 - 2024 Fostering Nature Based Solutions in Europe and China

HEROIC

2022 - 2023 Health and Economic impacts of Reducing Overheating in Cities

RECONECT

2021 - 2022 Nature-Based Solutions for Water Security and Climate Adaptation

Green-Blue Space Exposure in Wales

2021 Green-blue space exposure changes and impact on individual-level wellbeing and mental health: a population-wide record-linked natural experiment

BlueHealth

2017 - 2020 Blue spaces and health and well-being

Interests

  • Human-nature interactions
  • Oceans and Human Health
  • Inequality
  • Wellbeing
  • GIS
  • Anthropogenic environmental impacts
  • Citizen science
  • Underwater sound

Qualifications

PhD Renewable Energy

Interdisciplinary study into the impacts of a marine renewable energy device testing facility in Falmouth Bay, UK University of Exeter 2012 – 2015

MSc Environmental Biology

Distinction: Conservation & Resource Management Swansea University 2010 – 2011

BSc Marine Biology

First Class: Swansea University 2007 – 2010