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In
September 2003 I started as a lecturer in Human Geography at Leicester
University and have been a Senior Lecturer since 2009.
This followed a two year research project as a Leverhulme Post-Doctoral
Fellow in Australia examining the role of internet use in Australian
environmental movements. I was based in Internet Studies in the School of
Media and Information, Curtin University of Technology,
Perth, Western Australia.
I
completed my PhD in the Geography Department at the University
of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, in 2001. It examined
environmental activists' use of computer mediated communication in Britain.
I was funded by a Departmental PhD Studentship and an Economic
and Social Research Council PhD Research Studentship.
I have
also worked as a Research Associate in 1999 on a short-term commercial
contract investigating users perceptions of
e-commerce working with Dr Bronislaw Szerszynski and Dr Robin Grove-White at the Centre for the Study of Environmental Change, Lancaster University,
UK. Additionally I was a Research Assistant in 1997 for a
Edinburgh University project for North West Water Ltd, with Dr Tim Malthus.
This was an investigation of the applications of remote sensing for the
detection of leaks from water mains.
In 1997
I won the Association for Geographic Information Student of the Year
(Postgraduate) Award and 'Best of Session' for a presentation at the Third
International Airborne Remote Sensing Conference for my research on
underground water leak detections systems. In 1996 I completed a MSc in Geographical Information Systems at the University
of Edinburgh, for which I gained a distinction. This was
also funded by an ESRC studentship. This followed gaining First Class
Honours in BA (Hon) Geography from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in
1995.
Since
1996 I have also taught various University level classes - seminars,
computer demonstrating, lecturing - in Geography, Geographical Information
Systems and Internet
Studies.
During
my PhD years I also became more environmentally active, becoming involved
in a variety of campaigns predominately in Newcastle upon Tyne. I continued
this involvement in Australia - volunteering at an environment centre in
Perth and volunteering with The Wilderness Society.
Last
updated: 22nd January 2011
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