Personal profile
Overview
Leilai is a PhD Researcher at the University of Manchester. In collaboration with Northumbrian Water, she is examining future water demand challenges in England, from a social practices perspective. Her research explores novel ways to anticipate demand change, with a focus on the social and contextual aspects of water use that are often overlooked in traditional forecasting and planning. She is using futures-oriented techniques, such as horizon scanning and backcasting to explore the effect of societal trends on water demand and to inform pathways to resource-efficient futures. Her PhD project is supervised by Dr Claire Hoolohan and Professor Alison Browne.
Prior to starting her PhD, Leilai worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Oxford and the University of East Anglia in the field of agri-environment policy and water quality. She has an MSci in Environmental Science from UEA.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Environmental Science, MSci Environmental Sciences