Personal profile

Overview

I research and teach on topics at the intersection of social, technological and environmental change. My current research focuses on field trials of carbon dioxide removal methods and I currently teach on topics in environmental governance and energy geographies.

Cutting across my research and teaching is an interest in science & technology studies (STS), particularly the environmental sciences. Related to this, I have a longstanding interest in participatory culture and what environmental problems (as well as attempts to govern them) reveal about the changing politics of participation.  

I'm currently working with the UK's National Hub for Greenhouse Gas Removal, oriented by controversies over including carbon removal in climate policy.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
  • SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Social Science, Sociology, Goldsmiths College (University of London)

… → 2015

Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms

  • Manchester Environmental Research Institute
  • Energy
  • Manchester Urban Institute
  • Digital Futures

Keywords

  • socio-environmental geography
  • science and technology studies
  • controversy analysis
  • participatory culture
  • experts and publics
  • sociologies of knowledge
  • digital social research
  • public experiments
  • democractic theory
  • carbon dioxide removal