Georgina Mitchell
PhD Researcher

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Biography

Georgina's PhD research explores different dimensions of 'urban rewilding', an emerging conservation approach that aims to create more biodiverse, self-sustaining, resilient and connected ecosystems across urban areas. The methods used are qualitative, including a hybrid systematic-narrative literature review of transdisciplinary literature, walking interviews with land managers, participatory mapping and focus groups with urban residents.

The project aims to enrich holistic understanding on urban rewilding as it continues to gain attention, identifying its key features, exploring its realisation across different sites and investigating how it affects people. This research is funded by the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity.

Georgina is an architect, previously working in practice, community engagement, research and teaching. She was a Design Tutor at Sheffield School of Architecture and Landscape, Birmingham School of Architecture and Design and Manchester School of Architecture, where she also worked as a Research Assistant, creating action plans for Manchester Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods and analysing thematic geospatial data for the Story of Stockport project.