Tara McGuicken

Tara McGuicken is a PhD researcher based at the University of Bath. Her research explores the ways that travel habits and the built transport environment interact to sustain car dependency. Working with North Somerset Council and Oxfordshire County Council, she…

Wasundara Doradeniya

My name is Wasundara; which means ‘the earth’ in Sanskrit, so, I like to say I’m born to be in this sector. I’m a new PhD student who will be working with Tyndall Manchester and Greater Manchester Combined Authority, focusing…

Clara Kubler

Clara Kubler is a Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar based at UEA, exploring how negative partisanship influences individuals’ engagement with and support for governmental actions on climate and environment. Through this research, she aims to better understand the barriers and opportunities…

Leilai Immel-Parkinson

Leilai Immel-Parkinson 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 focuses on how changing societal trends are affecting water…

Henry Amery

Henry Amery is a PhD Researcher at Cardiff University and is investigating climate action in Welsh agriculture. His project aims to explore the extent to which future thinking can increase the likelihood that Welsh farmers will engage in climate-conscious and…

Sarah Barfield Marks

Sarah Barfield Marks is a PhD Researcher based at the University of Bath. Her research focuses on low-carbon/flight-free travel and will be developing and testing interventions which help to shift behaviour away from frequent flying for holidays. She is taking…

Lisa Zhang

Lisa Zhang is a PhD student based at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Green Industrial Futures at the University of Bath. Her current research focuses on engaging marginalised communities in the transition to net zero, investigating how to provide…

Faye Sanders

Faye Sanders‘ research broadly focuses on how where we live affects our health. Some of her key past projects include investigations into how housing conditions affect our mental and physical health through epigenetics. Her PhD research will focus on how…

Joel Gilbert

Joel Gilbert is a PhD researcher based at the University of Manchester working to reduce car dependency in the UK by focusing on specific journeys, currently the “school run”. Joel is applying theories of social practice to contribute new insights…

Mahda Rashid

Mahda Rashid is a PhD researcher at Tyndall Manchester. She is working on “Water in the UK: Changing patterns of water use in high-use households” with Northumbria Water. This project examines how and why high rates of water use occur…