I am a Professor in Environmental Geography at the University of Sheffield. My research focuses on how we understand, value and (ab)use the environment. I am particularly interested in inspiring grassroots solutions to environmental problems and in hopeful and positive ways in which we can change social practices.
I am currently working on projects about eco-housing, indigenous politics in Australia, the possibilities of a green economy and different forms of environmentalism.
Experience
–present
Professor of Environmental Geography, University of Sheffield
2012–2014
Reader in Environmental Geography, University of Leicester
2009–2012
Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leicester
2003–2009
Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Leicester
2001–2003
Postdoctoral research fellow, Curtin University of Technology
Education
2001
University of Newcastle, PhD Geography
1996
University of Edinburgh, MSc Geographical Informational Science
1995
University of Newcastle, BA (Hons) Geography
Publications
2016
Eco-homes: People, place and politics, Zed Books
2016
Making space for disability in eco-housing and eco-communities, The Geographical Journal
2015
Cold comfort? Reconceiving the practices of bathing in British self-build eco-homes, Annals of the Association of American Geographers
2015
Bodies, building and bricks: Women architects and builders in eight eco-communities in Argentina, Britain, Spain, Thailand and USA, Gender, Place and Culture
2012
Radicalising relationships to and through shared geographies: Why anarchists need to understand Indigenous connections to land and place, Antipode
2008
Anti-War Activism: New Media and Protest in the Information Age, Palsgrave Macmillan
2003
Cyberprotest: Environmental activism online, Manchester University Press
Grants and Contracts
2015
Everyday Environmentalism
Role:
PI
Funding Source:
Flinders University
2011
Sustainability transitions: rethinking everyday practices, identities and livelihoods
Role:
CI
Funding Source:
Economic and Social Research Council
2010
Greening the Economy: Environmental groups’ alternative economic solutions in Australia