About
I am a Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Southampton, specialising in contemporary environment-society relations. At the heart of my research are questions of how to live well with anthropogenically transformed and transforming natures. I have explored these questions in the context of i) climate justice in the Pacific Island region ii) ethical challenges in orangutan conservation and iii) domestic pests and unruly urban ecologies. I critically situate my work in the overarching framework of the Anthropocene and draw upon decolonial, feminist, queer and more-than-human approaches.
I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and the Events Officer for Royal Geographical Society's Animal Geography Working Group.
Research
Research groups
Research interests
- Animal Geography
- The Anthropocene (and its critiques)
- Urban Natures
- Labour (human and nonhuman) and alienation
- Queer Ecology
Current research
Through SPIDER (Situating Pests: Impacts, Disgust, Expertise and Responsibility) I am exploring the financial and emotional impacts of living with domestic pest infestations. I investigate what responses to infestation are chosen, by whom, and with what consequences. My work expands debates regarding multispecies flourishing in more-than-human geography, through examining unwanted co-existence with ‘unloved others’, species that are hard to anthropomorphise, and which evoke disgust. I am interested in professional pest management as an undervalued profession and mode of natural history knowledge, and the future of the industry in light of the technical and regulatory challenges it faces. SPIDER is funded by an ESRC New Investigators Grant and an RGS-IGB Small Research Grant. It builds on my pilot research - Changing Landscapes of Domestic Pest Management - funded by the Oxford University Press John Fell Fund.
Research projects
Active projects
Completed projects
Publications
Pagination
Biography
I completed my PhD in Human Geography at University College London in 2018, and then worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at Brunel University London. From 2021-2024 I was a Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography at the University of Oxford.