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Human Geography Research Themes
The Human Geography group carry out research within four themes: Environment, Society and Space; Geography and Identity; Spatial Politics of Change; and Nature, Environment and Society. Research is funded from several sources, including ESRC, AHRC, ERC, EPSRC and Leverhulme. Staff are engaged in projects on a breadth of environmental topics, including resource exploitation, environmental activism, environmental management and the dynamics of change in rural societies and rural environments.
- Environment, Society and Space
- Geography and Identity
- Nature, Environment and Society
- Spatial Politics of Change
Environment, Society and Space
| Staff | Research |
|---|---|
| Dr Katy Bennett | Social change in rural environments New spaces of multiculture Emotion, society and space |
| Professor Mike Bradshaw | Critical resource geographies and political ecologies The Geographical dimensions of global energy dilemmas |
| Dr Gavin Brown | The creation of environmentally sustainable living and communities |
| Dr Peter Kraftl | The creation of environmentally sustainable living and communities The construction of built environments |
| Dr Martin Phillips | The creation of environmentally sustainable living and communities The dynamics of social change in rural environments The construction of built environments |
| Dr Jenny Pickerill | The creation of environmentally sustainable living and communities Representations of nature and environmental knowledges |
| Dr Caroline Upton | Critical resource geographies and political ecologies Representations of nature and environmental knowledges |
Geography and Identity
| Staff | Research |
|---|---|
| Dr Katy Bennett | Rural Identities Gendered Identities Geographies of Home Emotion and Identity Landscape and Identity |
| Dr Gavin Brown | Geographies of young peoples Sexual geographies More-than-representational dimensions of identity |
| Dr Jen Dickinson | Geographies of national and state identities |
| Dr Peter Kraftl | Children's geographies Geographies of young peoples More-than-representational dimensions of identity |
| Dr Clare Madge | Gendered identities Postcolonialism, relationality, disconnection and boundaries More-than-representational dimensions of identity |
| Dr Martin Phillips | Rural identities Gendered identities |
Nature, Environment and Society
| Staff | Research |
|---|---|
| Prof Mike Bradshaw | Critical resource geographies and political ecologies The Geographical dimensions of global energy dilemmas |
| Dr Peter Kraftl | Transition and social transformation |
| Dr Martin Phillips | Rural identities The creation of environmentally sustainable living and communities The dynamics of social change in rural environments |
| Dr Jenny Pickerill | The creation of environmentally sustainable living and communities Representations of nature and environmental knowledges |
| Dr Caroline Upton | Critical resource geographies and political ecologies Representations of nature and environmental knowledges |
Spatial Politics of Change
| Staff | Research |
|---|---|
| Dr Mike Bradshaw | Governance, regulation and state power |
| Dr Gavin Brown | Social, environmental and political activism Utopia and implicit activism Transition and social transformation |
| Dr Peter Kraftl | Transition and social transformation |
| Dr Jenny Pickerill | Social, environmental and political activism Utopia and implicit activism Transition and social transformation |
| Dr Caroline Upton | Governance, regulation and state power |
