I have spent the past six years working as an action researcher for inclusive climate action at UWE-Bristol and within the city. My aim is to democratise science and decision-making processes for a just transition to net zero. To do this, I offer tools for citizens, young and old, to take a more active role in shaping our collective future, and for researchers and practitioners to better work with communities for mutually beneficial outcomes, and I collaborate with anyone on a similar mission.

My work has seen me: 

• facilitate community-led social change projects (I-NUDGE, 2017-2018, Welcome Trust, £121k); 
• co-create citywide action plans (ClairCity, 2017-2020, EU Horizon 2020, £5.7m; Bristol Food Network, 2017, voluntary capacity);
• evaluate projects that support citizens to become scientists and political subjects for sustainable mobility (WeCount, 2019-2021, EU Horizon 2020, £1.6m); 
• empower young people to build their self-efficacy and communicate their climate action messages more effectively (Youth Climate Comms, HEIF funding, £10K); 
• communicate to a range of stakeholders, presenting/training everyone from City Mayors and civil servants, national and multi-national businesses, academics and practitioners, science centres and NGOs, to children, adults and young people; and 
• mentor young women starting out in their sustainability career (voluntary role for Catalyse Change).

I have a track record for: 

• working on projects that positively impacting the lives, attitudes, and behaviours of the citizens and stakeholders I work with, as evidenced in our evaluation reports (see here, here, and here); 
• securing funding, such as the Youth Climate Comms work; 
• using the latests in social psychology, innovation studies, and climate communications research to produce guides for communities (see here, here and here)
• delivering training, CPD and presentations to inspire, empower and upskill people working for an inclusive and just transition (for example, see here)
• developing cross-European patnerships to influence policy change, namely on WeCount and ClairCity; and 
• flexing my creative talents as a graphic designer when presenting project findings (see Toolkits section below) and developing educational materials (see here, here, and here).

Before my action research career, I worked in communications, journalism, and publishing, and have volunteered my time for Food Cycle, Global Justice Now, Bristol Food Network, The Schumacher Institute, and Oxfam.