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Early Career Researcher and Ecotherapist, Queen's University Belfast

Dr Louise Taylor is an Early Career Researcher and therapist committed to working with activists and academics to highlight the importance of mental health, wellness, and equity in the struggle for climate justice. She is passionate about supporting activists on the frontline of environmental struggles, whether in the Sperrin Mountains or in Uganda. Her research uses an Intersectional Ecofeminist perspective to explore the link between health and wellness in a time of climate chaos.

Louise is an activist academic, a mother and a neurodivergent consultant who believes we must embody our work and live in such a way that we make our lives Art. She is a keen writer and enjoys writing poetry as a spiritual and wellbeing practice and she believes that Nature, Art and Music are the greatest healers we have today.

Experience

  • –present
    PhD Student in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work, Queen's University Belfast

Education

  • 2017 
    University of Ulster, Foundation Degree in Counselling
  • 2004 
    University of Manchester, Masters Degree in Women's Studies and Feminist Research
  • 1999 
    University of Manchester, Bachelor of Social Sciences in Sociology

Professional Memberships

  • National Counselling Society