Jonathan Flower
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Sustainable Futures
UWE Bristol, Geography and Environmental Management (ESRC 1+3)Start date: September 2017
Research topic: Contested Urban Street Space – Exploring the relationships between road user behaviour, walking and cycling infrastructure, and highway regulations.
The future of sustainable transport relies on an understanding of behaviour in relation to interactions within the transport environment and mode choice. I will explore road user behaviour in situations where increased highway space is allocated to active mobility, or its relative priority elevated. Social behaviours within the public realm are influenced by the law and regulation, and by the design of the environment, yet regulation is influenced by behaviour and the environment, and the environment is influenced by behaviour and regulation. These inter-relations are an under-researched area that I wish to investigate further.Research supervisors: Professor John Parkin, Dr Ian Walker
Email: jonathan.flower@uwe.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-flower-62634091/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JontyFlower
Website/Blog: https://contestedstreetspace.wordpress.com/
Niall McLoughlin
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC +3)
University of Bath, Department of PsychologyStart date: September 2015
Research topic: Encouraging pro-environmental and adaptive behaviour change through tailored framing appeals in contrasting cultural contexts
Research supervisors: Dr Ian Walker (Bath), Dr Saffron O'Neill (Exeter)
Email: ncm27@bath.ac.uk
Dr Lucy Faulkner
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental SciencesStart date: September 2013
Research topic: The role of sustainable collective action in shaping community resilience
Research supervisors: Professor Neil Adger (Exeter), Professor Katrina Brown (Exeter)
Email: lcf203@exeter.ac.uk
Dr Jessica Britton
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental SciencesStart date: September 2012
Research topic: The role of city-scale in energy transitions: heat networks in the UK and Germany
My research examines the development of heat networks in the UK and Germany with particular focus on the role of municipal utilities. The research will explore the integration of heat networks into the energy system and models of city scale energy provision and ownership. More broadly, the project aims to explore the interaction of different actors, institutions and governance in urban energy infrastructure in order to better understand scales in socio-technical transitions. My broader research interests focus on low carbon innovation at a local level, particularly exploring the role of local authorities in energy governance, policy development and implementation.Research supervisors: Dr Bridget Woodman (Exeter), Dr David Sweeting (Bristol)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
British Institute of Energy Economics – MemberRegional Studies Association – Member
Email: j.britton@exeter.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jesswhiting
Website/Blog: http://geography.exeter.ac.uk/staff/index.php?web_id=Jessica_Britton
Chris Bryant
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bath, Department of PsychologyStart date: September 2016
Research topic: Public acceptability of cultured meat
Cultured meat is meat grown from animal cells without the need to slaughter animals. My research is in individual attitudes towards cultured meat products, especially the cognitive and affective mechanisms shaping behaviour towards cultured meat. I am exploring how perceptions change over time, the mechanisms underpinning this change, and the role of emotions in forming perceptions of unfamiliar objects.Research supervisors: Dr Julie Barnett (Bath), Dr Eldin Fahmy (Bristol)
Email: C.J.Bryant@bath.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chris-bryant-75b6546b
Pamela Buchan
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental SciencesStart date: September 2015
Research topic: Investigating marine citizenship and its role in creating good marine environmental health
This research will critically analyse the spectrum of stakeholder engagement and participatory approaches employed within the marine environmental sector in the UK. In collaboration with case-study partners it will empirically examine examples of applied citizen science and engagement in marine policy and planning, to illuminate successful methods that can be applied to environmental policy more broadly. This interdisciplinary research will bridge the interface between marine science, governance and policy, and behavioural and educational theories. The application of the findings will support marine and coastal environmental management through a greater understanding of how policy and management intersect with the public.Research supervisors: Dr Louisa Evans (Exeter), Dr Margherita Pieraccini (Bristol), Professor Stuart Barr (Exeter)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Postgraduate Fellowship of the Royal Geographical SocietyPostgraduate Representative, Coastal and Marine Research Group, RGS
Email: pb381@exeter.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/PamelaBuchan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Asterinidae
Dr Jack Nicholls
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Energy, Environment and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, Law School / SPAISStart date: September 2014
Research topic: Public engagement in energy infrastructure development
My research is focused on different forms of public engagement and public participation employed in the decision-making, planning and operation of energy projects. Different ownership models including, commercial, cooperative and community benefit societies are considered and localised impacts examined.Research supervisors: Professor Patrick Devine-Wright (Exeter), Dr Therese O’Toole (Bristol), Dr Margherita Pieraccini (Bristol)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Council member of South West Research CooperativeEmail: jack.nicholls@bristol.ac.uk
Dr Ed Atkins
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, Law School / SPAISStart date: September 2014
Research topic: The role of discourse in the management of water
My work has found itself focusing on the competing perceptions of the environment and, in particular, water and how such understandings interact and compete within discourse. Utilising the case study of dam construction in contemporary Brazil, this is with a particular focus on the discourses used to deflect opposition to important schemes of reform and infrastructure construction. My wider research interests include the narratives of climate change, environmental conflict and the Anthropocene.Research supervisors: Dr Adrian Flint (Bristol), Dr Roy Maconachie (Bath)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
Member, International Water Resources Association
Member, South West Research CooperativeEmail: ed.atkins@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/edatkins_
Catherine Queen
Sustainable Futures Alumni, Sustainable Futures/Climate Change, Sustainability and Society
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC +3)
University of Exeter, College of Life and Environmental SciencesStart date: September 2013
Research topic: The seldom-heard voice in public engagement with overhead power lines
I am exploring the tensions between the normative expectations of infrastructure planning, as a collaborative process, and the hard-to-reach public’s expectations of justice and fairness. There is limited literature exploring participation in Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects, especially concerning publics who are involuntarily disengaged. I am using a Case Study approach, supported by qualitative methods of data collection, to identify the existing opportunities for public knowledge contributions and the barriers to participation for hard-to-reach groups or individuals. Focus groups, semi-structured interviews and walking interviews will help me to explore effective public engagement techniques focussing on the importance of place attachment.Research supervisors: Professor Patrick Devine-Wright, Dr Karen Bickerstaff (Exeter), Professor Alan Lewis (Bath)
Professional memberships/Positions held:
CMLI – Chartered Member of the Landscape InstituteAIEMA – Associate Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
Email: caq201@exeter.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/catherine-queen-72261518
Dr Alice Venn
Sustainable Futures Alumni
PhD Researcher in Environment, Energy and Resilience (ESRC 1+3)
University of Bristol, Law SchoolStart date: September 2014
Research topic: International law and climate change
My research focuses on the protection of climate vulnerable states and communities under international law. It analyses key avenues within international environmental law, state responsibility and human rights law, capable of providing these states and communities with an effective remedy for losses incurred as a result of adverse climate change impacts. It is driven by a desire to contribute to the growing climate justice literature from an international legal perspective, taking into account the access to justice challenges which exist in practice. It includes a regional case study of the South Pacific, examining climate justice and the enforceability of international mechanisms at a more grassroots level.Research supervisors: Dr Margherita Pieraccini (Bristol), Professor Katrina Brown (Exeter)
Email: alice.venn@bristol.ac.uk
Twitter: https://twitter.com/alice_venn
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