Geography (2024 cohort)
My DPhil examines the nonhuman relationships entangled within pesticide resistance. Against the backdrop of industrial agriculture’s role in biodiversity loss and climate change, and pesticide resistance emerging as an escalating risk, I aim to bring a multispecies lens to the study of pesticide resistance – braiding together vegan geographies, animal geographies and agronomy to address the absence of more-than-human agency in pesticide research.
After completing my B.A. (Hons) in Human Geography at Durham University, and my MPhil in Anthropocene Studies at the University of Cambridge, I worked for two years in sustainability consultancy and ESG strategy and reporting, with clients ranging from UK local government, to multinational med tech corporations and IT solutions giants. During this time, I also volunteered on the Cambridge Alumni for Sustainability (CAS) committee in its foundational year. My undergraduate dissertation explored the use of the apocalyptic sublime in climate photojournalism and its impact on public perceptions of the climate crisis. In 2022, I presented this research at the Queen’s University Context and Meaning XXI conference. During my MPhil, I focused on using the lens of vegan geography to shed light on multispecies flourishing and the entangled ethics of agroecology.
Awards:
- Jennings Prize – Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
- Cambridge DTP & ESRC research funding – University of Cambridge (declined)
- Grand Union DTP & ESRC research funding – University of Oxford
