Our staff

SEI York has over 50 members of staff and students located within the University of York.

It is part of the Department of Environment and Geography and all staff are employed by the University.

In addition, there are a number of joint appointments with various other university departments. York staff also participate in teaching as well as PhD and Post-Doc/MSc/MRes supervision.

Academic staff

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Sustainable Materials Engineering, Citizen Science and Participatory Methods, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Outreach and Public Engagement

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

Pro-environmental behaviours, mobility and road safety, air pollution and health, urbanisation, community resilience.

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Supply chain mapping; Material Flow Analysis; MRIO modelling; Food systems; Impact assessments; Stochastic modelling

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Nature-society relations, governance of trees and water, sociocultural values associated with trees.

Senior Research Fellow and Director of Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre

Research interests:

Social scientist, participatory and 'bottom-up' development processes.

Research Associate

Research interests:

Environmental governance, technopolitics of infrastructure in South/Southeast Asia

Research Associate

Research interests:

Equitable futures, stakeholder engagement strategies, sustainable building projects.

Senior Researcher

jonthan.green@york.ac.uk

+44 (0)755 228 5915

Research interests:

biodiversity; conservation planning; material flow analysis; food systems; indicator development; corporate sustainability; geospatial analyses, supply chain mapping; nature-based solutions; dietary transitions

Senior Research Associate

Research interests:

Urban air pollution, climate change and ageing, transport, community resilience, behavioural change, public engagement and environmental assessment

Senior Research Fellow and Research Group Leader

Research interests:

carbon stock and flux measurements, soil carbon dynamics modelling, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

Air pollution impacts

Research Associate

Research interests:

Transportation emissions, urban air quality, biomass cooking, mitigation measures and policies

Reader / Research Leader

Research interests:

Integrated air quality and climate change strategies at urban and national scales and within private sector strategy development

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests:

Atmospheric chemistry, emission inventories, future scenarios, cost-benefit analysis

Research Fellow

Research interests:

Invasive species, nitrogen management, sustainability innovation

Research Associate

Research interests:

Greenhouse gas emissions estimates, modelling, atmospheric chemistry, oceanography, microplastics, policy and sustainable development

Research Associate

Research interests:

Conservation biology, biodiversity indicators and monitoring, environmental modelling, geospatial analysis, food systems

Researcher

Research interests:

Agricultural water management

Research Associate

Research interests:

Climate change, air pollution and sustainable development in developing countries

Researcher

Research interests:

Citizen science, biodiversity, greenspaces, nature connection, health and well-being, evaluation.

Research Associate

Research interests:

Emission inventories, energy transition, future scenarios & cost-benefit analysis, mitigation measures for national planning and public policies

Research Associate

Research interests:

Accountability mechanisms, transparency, traceability, climate finance, governance, gender, and social inclusion

SEI Affiliated Researcher

Research Associate

Research interests:

Implementation of air pollution and climate change mitigation strategies, renewable energies, circular economy, and e-mobility.

Research Assistant

Research interests:

Atmospheric chemistry, sustainability, climate change, just transitions

Research Associate

Research interests:

Emission inventory, pollutant transport modelling, health impact assessments, air quality monitoring, population exposure disparities

SEI Affiliated Researcher

Research interests:

Transdisciplinary collaboration, community-based adaptation, resilience, participatory methods, qualitative research

Deputy Centre Director (Research)

Research interests:

MRIO and material flow modelling, indicator development, corporate sustainability and governance, food systems, trade.

Centre Director

Research interests:

Community engagement, citizen science, education, sustainable development

Administration, Finance and Research Support

Research Manager / Deputy Centre Director for Operations

Research Support Officer

Centre Finance Administrator

Administration Coordinator

Communications

Communications Specialist

Communications Specialist

Communications Specialist

Project Management and Technical Experts

Software Developer

Research interests:

Urban architecture, complexity theory, simulation, modelling

Research Support Group Manager

Research interests:

Transport and sustainability, information communication technology and behavioural change, digital storytelling, well-being, resilience.

Project Coordinator

Postgraduate researchers

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Environmental education, arts-based research, climate action.

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Marine biodiversity and fisheries consumption

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Diversifying participation in citizen science

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Environmental politics, food security, political economy of international relations, global trade and sustainable production and consumption, geopolitics.

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Sustainable urbanization, urban air pollution, biodiversity conservation, off-grid electrification

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Cultured meat, meat production, meat supply chains

PhD researcher

Research interests:

Citizen science theory and practice, urban ecosystems in India encompassing transport and urban heat islands

PhD Researcher / Research Trainee

Research interests:

GIS, food systems, supply chain mapping, transboundary climate risk

PhD Researcher

Research interests:

Green & sustainable chemistry, consumer goods industry