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PhD Candidate in Environmental Biosciences, University of Southampton

Through the lens of cultural ecosystem services and nature’s contribution to people, I am investigating our relationship with chalk stream winterbournes (in their dry, pooling & flowing phases) & chalk aquifers / groundwater.

I am especially interested in contributions to well-being, life satisfaction, sense of place, ecosystem dis-services, solastalgia & ecological grief; and geocognition; relational and intrinsic values, bequest and existence values, attitudes, perceptions.

Through Grounded Theory and using interdisciplinary multiple participatory Qual and Quant methods e.g. walking interviews, surveys, Q-method, Delphi and public/focus groups, I-poems etc, I will draw upon environmental psychology, social science, philosophy, cultural geography and environmental history.

I started a part-time (seven-year) interdisciplinary, multi-methods PhD at the University of Southampton in October 2019 researching our relationship with chalk stream winterbournes (in their dry, pooling & flowing phases) and chalk aquifers.

I am especially interested in contributions to happiness, well-being, life satisfaction, sense of place, place identity and attachment, ecosystem dis-services, eco-anxiety, solastalgia & ecological grief; and geocognition; relational and intrinsic values, bequest and existence values, attitudes, perceptions.

Through Grounded Theory and using interdisciplinary multiple participatory Qual and Quant methods e.g. walking interviews, surveys, Q-method, Delphi and public/focus groups, I-poems etc, I will draw upon environmental psychology, social science, philosophy, cultural geography and environmental history.

In this way I aim to contribute to the public health, blue health and nature connectedness agenda; advance cultural ecosystem service definitions, indicators and assessment processes; and inform better Governance of water resources, wise decisions, resilience & social inclusion, properly valuing the true benefits & costs of water; and climate crisis risks to wellbeing.

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    PhD Candidate in Environmental Biosciences, University of Southampton