Biodiversity, health and wellbeing
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The Treehouse (BS/104), Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
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How does biodiversity conservation contribute to human wellbeing?
The event will bring together a group of experts with diverse perspectives, who will discuss how biodiversity conservation and nature connectedness can contribute to health and wellbeing. Each panellist will give a short introductory talk, followed by a wider discussion and Q&A. This is an area LCAB is keen to explore more deeply from an interdisciplinary perspective, in line with our vision to contribute to a better Anthropocene.
Our panel of experts, chaired by Professor Debbie Smith, brings different perspectives on this diverse and fascinating topic.
Alison Dyke is a political ecologist working on nature-society relations at the Stockholm Environment Institute at York. Her work includes bringing non humans into research and decision making processes, and investigating the impact that these relationships have on human and non-human health and well-being.
Helen Elsey is Professor of Global Public Health at the University of York. Her research focusses on urban health in low and middle income countries, with an emphasis on how complex public health interventions can improve the health of disadvantaged populations.
Nikki Paterson is a PhD candidate at the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, University of York. Her research explores human-nature relationships in the Anthropocene, and the impact of biodiversity on the humans who humans experiencing it.
Baroness Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity in the Department of Biology and the Principal of St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. She is author of Good Nature: The New Science of How Nature Improves Our Health. Kathy’s research includes an exploration of how interaction with nature can bring about positive physical and mental health outcomes.
Piran White is a Professor of Environmental Management in the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York. His interdisciplinary research includes wildlife management and disease, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and nature, health and wellbeing.