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Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Brighton, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

In this role I supported the strategic development of Climate Outreach and leading the development of the portfolio of research and knowledge generation. I will lead our team of researchers and technical experts on social sciences, communication, visuals and media to advance our knowledge of how best to build people-centred responses to climate change.

Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Oxford, United Kingdom

Winning funding for and leading on a range of projects concerned with the communication of climate policy and climate science. In my 6 months in role I have:>Successfully delivered a UK wide project on UK public perceptions of the Paris talks>Secured the funding from the American Association for the Advancement of Science to research and curate a library.

Environmental Change Institute, University Of Oxford

Successfully won the funding for a one year Knowledge Exchange Fellowship. I am leading on planning the research outputs, organising a series of knowledge exchange activities, and project managing delivery of the agreed research goals. Devised workshop agendas, planned and delivered the workshops, using extensive contacts to ensure high visibility for the.

Environmental Change Institute, Oxford

This is a part-time (0.5) role for 1 year, delivering the 'Climate Crunch' proposal which asks, How can the international community, and the UK, deal with the complex and inter-related challenges we are facing in tackling climate change'. The role involves coordinating workshops with policy makers and academics to address these challenges, identify and.

Nottingham

I am contracted to write a report as part of the 'Climate Change as a Complex Social Issue' project, analysing the discourses of international climate policy institutions, mapping how the rhetorical devices and metaphors employed in these discourses have evolved in the period 1992-2012.

University Of Sussex

I am involved in researching and report writing for the 'Participate- Voices from the margins for post-2015 project. The work involves literature reviews, collating evidence of effective participatory research programmes, analysing the data, creating meat-narratives in writing workshops from the data and producing reports for members of high level panels.

University Of Sussex

Worked with Adrian Smith and Florian Kern to produce a background report for the Politics of Low Carbon Innovation project, using niche theory to examine how discourse has shaped the building and dissolution of a protective space for CCS technologies in the UK

Brighton

Designed, organised and carried out a research programme based in-depth interviews with forty fire fighters from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service designed to elicit perceptions of changes to working practices.

University Of Sussex

Working as part of a project examining the politics of low carbon innovation. My research will be focusing on the development of wind farms in the UK

Researching the social construction of the two degree dangerous limit to climate change.

Taught Comparative Sociology to first year Sociology undergraduates for three years, hosting weekly seminars for more than seventy students.Developed assessment questions, marked and provided in-depth feedback on submitted work, including exam scripts.Held weekly office hour, providing one-to-one academic support and pastoral services Provided additional.

Teaching sociology to undergraduates. Devising course materials, lectures, seminar programmes. Marking and grading of student work.

Co-ordinated concurrent direct mail campaigns alongside development of online marketing initiatives. Responsible for design and launch of two websites for employers. Successfully managed requirements of wide range of internal and external stakeholders such as customer service departments, IT support, legal services, print houses and design agencies.

Gained experience in creating an engaging, interesting and inclusive learning environment. Developed techniques for effective planning and reflection on lesson plans to create a structure which allows students to progress in their learning.Administrative Skills

Msc, Sociological Research Methods

Msc, Politics; Sociology

Planning and organising series of interviews for research into gender relations within Fire Service. (April 2012 - ) Research contractor.

Bsc (Hons), Geography

Choosing a dangerous limit for climate change: An investigation into how the decision making process is constructed in public discourses..