Our staff
Dr Rhys Archer
Research Fellow
Research interests:
Sustainable Materials Engineering, Citizen Science and Participatory Methods, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Outreach and Public Engagement
Dr Elizabeth Carper
Research Associate
Research interests:
energy geography, solar energy and agriculture, community resilience, human mobility, air pollution and health, sustainable consumption.
Ananya Choudhury
Research Associate
Research interests:
Sustainable transportation, supply-chain decarbonization, urban planning (NBS)
Professor Steve Cinderby
Senior Research Fellow
Research interests:
Pro-environmental behaviours, mobility and road safety, air pollution and health, urbanisation, community resilience.
Dr Jo Cook
Research Associate
Research interests:
Food systems, supply chain mapping, crop modelling, air pollution, climate impacts
Dr Simon Croft
Research Fellow
Research interests:
Supply chain mapping; Material Flow Analysis; MRIO modelling; Food systems; Impact assessments; Stochastic modelling
Dr Alison Dyke
Research Fellow
Research interests:
Nature-society relations, governance of trees and water, sociocultural values associated with trees.
Professor Jon Ensor
Senior Research Fellow and Director of Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre
Research interests:
Social scientist, participatory and 'bottom-up' development processes.
Dr Bobby Farnan
Research Associate
Research interests:
Environmental governance, technopolitics of infrastructure in South/Southeast Asia
Dr Luke Gooding
Research Associate
Research interests:
energy transitions, smart local energy systems, community engagement, decarbonization, sustainability, qualitative research methods
Dr Jonathan Green
Senior Research Fellow
- jonthan.green@york.ac.uk
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Research interests:
biodiversity; conservation planning; material flow analysis; food systems; indicator development; corporate sustainability; geospatial analyses, supply chain mapping; nature-based solutions; dietary transitions
Dr Gary Haq
Senior Research Associate
Research interests:
Urban air pollution, climate change and ageing, transport, community resilience, behavioural change, public engagement and environmental assessment
Dr Andreas Heinemeyer
Senior Research Fellow and Research Group Leader
Research interests:
carbon stock and flux measurements, soil carbon dynamics modelling, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
Research interests:
air pollution, climate change, national/urban planning, private sector emissions, housing and retrofit emissions, multiple benefits of actions on emissions
Dr Bing Liu
Postdoctoral Researcher
Research interests:
Peatlands; vegetation management; carbon emissions monitoring
Dr Chris Malley
Senior Research Fellow
Research interests:
Atmospheric chemistry, emission inventories, future scenarios, cost-benefit analysis
Dr Jean McKendree
Research Fellow
Research interests:
Invasive species, nitrogen management, sustainability innovation
Dr Eleni Michalopoulou
Research Associate
Research interests:
Greenhouse gas emissions estimates, modelling, atmospheric chemistry, oceanography, microplastics, policy and sustainable development
Dr Amy Molotoks
Research Associate
Research interests:
Conservation biology, biodiversity indicators and monitoring, environmental modelling, geospatial analysis, food systems
Connie O'Neill
Research Associate
Research interests:
Climate change, air pollution and sustainable development in developing countries
Dr Jenniffer Pedraza
Research Associate
Research interests:
Emission inventories, energy transition, future scenarios & cost-benefit analysis, mitigation measures for national planning and public policies
Caroline Sawe
Research Associate
Research interests:
Implementation of air pollution and climate change mitigation strategies, renewable energies, circular economy, and e-mobility.
Joe Simpson
Research Trainee
Research interests:
environmental footprinting, network analysis, supply chain modelling
Emilie Stokeld
Research Associate
Research interests:
GIS, food systems, supply chain mapping, transboundary climate risk
Dr Daniel Vorbach
SEI Affiliated Researcher
Research interests:
Transdisciplinary collaboration, community-based adaptation, resilience, participatory methods, qualitative research
Professor Chris West
Deputy Centre Director (Research)
Research interests:
MRIO and material flow modelling, indicator development, corporate sustainability and governance, food systems, trade.
Professor Sarah West
Centre Director
Research interests:
Citizen science, participatory research, diversity and inclusion, community engagement
Sam Bland
Technical Specialist Software Engineer (RSE)
Research interests:
Research Software Engineer (RSE)
Howard Cambridge
Research Support Group Manager
Research interests:
Transport and sustainability, information communication technology and behavioural change, digital storytelling, well-being, resilience.
Carolyn Bowe
PhD Researcher
Research interests:
Visual tools for environmental narratives, information physicalization, interactive design
Sarah Foster
PhD Researcher
Research interests:
Environmental education, arts-based research, climate action.
Cassilde Muhoza
PhD Researcher
Research interests:
Sustainable urbanization, urban air pollution, biodiversity conservation, off-grid electrification
Victor Zanchi
PhD Researcher
Research interests:
Green & sustainable chemistry, consumer goods industry