Research: Technological Natures
People
Co-ordinating Team
- Dr Derek McCormack
Cluster Co-ordinator - Tim Schwanen
Postdoctoral Representative - Joe Gerlach
Postgraduate Representative - Nihan Akyelken
Postgraduate Representative
Staff Members
Nihan Akyelken
Researcher
Professor David Banister
Professor of Transport Studies
Professor Andrew Barry
Professor of Political Geography
Cluster Leader
Dr Charlotte Bates
Researcher
Dr Frederic Dobruszkes
Researcher
Dr Fiona Ferbrache
College Lecturer
Dr Paul Jepson
Course Director, MSc in Nature, Society and Environmental Policy
Dr Tim Jones
Researcher
Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright
University Lecturer in the Human Geography of China
James Macmillen
Researcher
Dr Derek McCormack
University Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Richard Powell
University Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Tim Schwanen
Researcher
Professor Sarah Whatmore
Professor of Environment and Public Policy
Cluster Leader
Graduate Research Students
The Technological Natures research cluster also has a number of graduate research students actively involved in current research.
- Malek Al-Chalabi
Socio/technical research of personal transport use - Karen Anderton
Sub-national government responses to reducing the climate impact of cars - Janet Banfield
The creative co-construction of person and place - Maan Barua
The political ecology of human-elephant interactions in India - Eda Beyazit
Fair distribution of socio-economic benefits of transport investments - Jeremy Brice
Knowing wine: (dis)connections in knowledges and markets - Vanessa Burns
A new global commons: posthumanist assemblages in the context of environmental change - Alvar Closas
Burning water: institutions, technology, statecraft and the production of scarcity in the Las Tablas de Daimiel Wetland, Spain - Zoë Enstone
The globalization of (un)popular culture - Erin Freeland-Ballantyne
Sustainability's paradox: petro-capitalism, climate change and indigenous resistance in northern Canada: the case for indigenous environmental governance - Joe Gerlach
Vernacular mappings: affect, virtuality, performance - Yi-Yang (Jeff) Hung
The production and consumption of affective environments: a case study of music and fashion - Thomas Jellis
Spaces of aesthetic experiment - Kärg Kama
Unconventional futures: anticipatory knowledge, politics and the market in Estonian oil shale industry - Irem Kok
Transparency and corporate governance: a comparative study of shale gas controversies in the US and UK - Nina Kruglikova
Environmental NGOs and eco-media technologies: an ethnographic study - Alex Littaye
Alternative food networks in the UK and US - Jian Liu
Decarbonizing the Chinese road transport sector: policy options and potential effects of hybrid and electric pathways - Yuge Ma
Comparing energy efficiency in China and India - Lucy Mahoney
Investigating the changes and effects in travel behaviour in response to physical interventions for walking and cycling - Victoria Mason
Corridors of conservation: fluidity, recombinant ecologies and energetic materiality - Caitlin McElroy
Corporate social responsibility in the extractive and energy industries: effects on resource use and indigenous development - Mari Mulyani
The interplay between the REDD+ mechanism and forest-related institutions in Indonesia - Andre Neves
Evaluating change in travel and carbon following implementation of physical infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists: a case study of Cardiff Connect2 - Kiran Rajashekariah
Challenges of Change: exploring conservation based on neoliberal principles (A case study of lake conservation based on Public-Private Partnership in Bangalore) - Sharad Saxena
Urban transport investment decisions: balancing efficiency, environment and equity - Haiyan (Helen) Yu
Sustainable water management for water and food security in a changing world: a comparative study between arid rural communities of China and India - Zichen Zhang
Impact assessment of different utilization scenarios for Pure Electric Vehicles (PEV) on China's transport system and power grid
Research Associates
The Technological Natures research cluster also hosts visiting researchers throughout the year and has a number of associated and affiliated non-resident researchers.
- Dr Jennifer Barth
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Max Boykoff
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Michelle Buckley
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Robin Hickman
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Professor Myra J. Hird
Distinguished Visiting Scholar - Dr Graham Jones
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Catharina Landström
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Professor Stuart Lane
Distinguished Visiting Scientist - Dr John Langton
Emeritus Research Fellow - Dr Kathryn Monk
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Anders Munk
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Matthew Niblett
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Georgina Santos
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Jimin Zhao
Senior Visiting Research Associate