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• Department of Resource Management and Geography
• University of Melbourne
• 221 Bouverie Street
• Carlton
• Melbourne
• 3010
• Australia
• +61 3 8344 0806

I am a Research Fellow in the Social, Economic and Institutional dimensions of climate adaptation (SEI-) network, part of the Australian National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility NCCARF. Previously, I was based in the Climatic Research Unit as a Tutor in Climate Change at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, UK. I completed my PhD ‘An iconic approach to representing climate change’ at UEA and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in 2008. Prior to UEA, I completed a BSc. Geography at the School of Geography, University of Southampton, UK. I remain a Tyndall Centre Visiting Fellow.

My research interests focus on the interactions between society, policy and climate science. I am particularly interested in the roles of cognition, affect and behaviour in peoples’ engagement with climate change mitigation and adaptation. My ongoing projects include a co-edited book (Engaging communities with climate change and energy demand reduction; Earthscan) and exploring the role the arts can play in connecting individuals with climate change.

I enjoy being involved in public engagement with climate change activities beyond academia. I co-designed (with Johanna Forster, UEA) a Silver Lindley medal-winning garden for the 2008 RHS Chelsea Flower Show: The 2050 Garden: Exploring plants and practices in a changing climate. The garden was visited by over 20,000 members of the public. I have also been interviewed by the BBC World Service, BBC Radio 4 and Teachers TV.