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Dr Jenny Pickerill
Department of
Geography
University of Leicester
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
j.pickerill@leicester.ac.uk
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Jenny Pickerill

I am a Senior Lecturer in Geography at
the University of Leicester specialising in environmental geographies.
My
research focuses on how we understand, value and (ab)use the environment. I am particularly interested in
inspiring grassroots solutions to environmental problems and in hopeful and
positive ways in which we can change social practices. This work includes a
concern for justice; recognising that the broader context of environmental
problems is often inequality, colonialism, racism and neo-liberalism. As a
geographer I am interested in how these different issues connect, relate
and entangle at different scales and in diverse places.
I have
conducted research in Britain, Australia, USA, Spain, Thailand and
Argentina. I am experienced in a range of empirical research methods
– in-depth interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, photography and
ethnography – used in a range of fieldwork situations from businesses
in London to forest blockades in Australia. I seek to work with others through participatory
methodologies in research design, practice, and production of knowledge.
For example I have completed an open-access collaborative book on Low Impact Development with environmental activists in
Britain.
I have
previously focused upon the role of internet technologies in social justice
and environmental campaigns, in particular their use in radical environmental
activism and anti-war movements in Britain, and for Indymedia
in Australia.
My
different research projects are outlined on the Research Projects page.
I
currently write regularly on my Green Building Blog: http://naturalbuild.wordpress.com/


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updated: 22nd January 2011
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