I am a PhD student in the Department of Geography (School of Environment, Education, and Development) supervised by Professor James Evans and Dr Amy Barron. Thesis title:

Smart and (Un)sustainable? Empowering Greater Manchester's Youth to Reform the Smart City. 

I am also a member of the Manchester Urban Institute (MUI), the Society and Environment Research Group (SERG) and the Cities, Politics and Economics Research Group (CPEG).

I am a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) on the following courses:

Spring 2023:

• 2nd year Geography fieldtrip to Amsterdam
• 1st year GEOG10192 Key Ideas in Geography

2023-2024: 

• Manchester Institute of Education (MIE): MSc Research Methods EVDV70001 Research Literacy and Design
• 1st year GEOG10251 Introducing Human Geographies 1

2024-2025:

• GEOG10251 Introducing Human Geographies
• Panel speaker: "Meet the Experts" new teaching assistant training
• GEOG10192 Key Concepts in Geography marking, fieldwork, and student consultations

2021 GrowGreen (Horizon 2020): Green Cities for Climate and Water Resilience, Sustainable Economic Growth, Healthy Citizens and Environments.

Managed by Professor James Rothwell and Dr Jamie Anderson, I worked as a research assistant collecting post-intervention survey data in West Gorton and Pendleton (Salford) in 2021. West Gorton was the focus of a GrowGreen initiative and funded as part of the European Commission's Smart Cities and Communities call for nature-based solutions in cities. The 10 year regeneration programme demonstrated the ability of a new sponge park to reduce flood risk through nature-based solutions and sustainable design. The intercept surveys I helped conduct assessed self-reported use of outdoor spaces using a seven-point ordinal response scale, ranging from 'never' to 'everyday'. The survey data also aimed to contribute to the assessment of the extent to which the development of the park has enhanced community cohesion, wellbeing, and active lifestyles. Findings from the project can be found in our article 'Large walking and wellbeing behaviour benefits of co-designed sustainable park improvements: A natural experimental study in a UK deprived urban area' (Anderston et al., 2024).

Dissertations:

1. Undergraduate (BSc) (2020): Youth Activism: Climate and Social Justice in a Time of Crisis.
2. Master's (MSc) (2023): Smart and Socially Unsustainable? Problematising the Smart City's In(exclusion) of Young People as Empowered Citizens: A Qualitative Systematic Literature Review. 

MSc Research Methods with Human Geography, The University of Manchester: distinction.

BSc Geography, Royal Holloway University of London: 1st class.