Funded PhD studentship opportunity – hosted at the Open University as part of the NERC-funded CENTA Doctoral Training Partnership.

 

Exploring the influence of walking in nature to diversify participation in Earth & environmental science

 

Project highlights

 

• Ethically-informed research exploring the role of minoritized community walking groups in promoting access to nature through a combination of ecological and geological fieldwork, and social research methods;

 

• Engaged research to identify need and then co-produce resources with environmental scientists, community walking groups and other relevant ‘publics’ to engage different communities with the natural world;

 

• Training in interdisciplinary scientific and social research techniques.

 

Closing date: Applications to be received by the end of the day on Wednesday 11^th January 2023.

 

For more details and information about how to apply, select: https://centa.ac.uk/studentship/exploring-the-influence-of-walking-in-nature-to-diversify-participation-in-earth-and-environmental-science-education-and-citizenship.

 

 

Richard Holliman (he/him), Professor of Engaged Research

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Latest Research

Holliman, R., Marino, A., Grand, A., Berardi, A., Mistry, J., Jafferally, D., Thomas, R., Roberts, G., Marcus, C.-A., Roopsind, I. and Roberts, A. (2022) ‘A case study from Guyana of adapting engaged research design to promote “fairness in knowing”’. Research for All, 6 (1), 12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.06.1.12.