Lisa Howard
- Name
- Lisa Howard
- Title
- Organisation
- Sociology School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh
- Address
- Edinburgh UK
- Telephone
- lisa.howard@ed.ac.uk
- Research Interests
- Environment, Environmental Sociology, Sustainability, families, Social capital, Sociology of emotion, Gender and parenting, Activism
- URL
- http://www.sps.ed.ac.uk/gradschool/community_and_representation/research_student_profiles/sociology/lisa_howard
I am interested in how families are responding to, and impacted by, climate change in everyday life. I am using a mixed qualitative methodology to explore the experiences of UK-based climate activist parents and guardians.
Qualifications:
PhD Sociology, University of Edinburgh, 2019 - 2022. Supervised by Dr. Rachel Howell and Prof. Lynn Jamieson.
MSc by Research in Sociology, University of Edinburgh, 2018 - 2019, Distinction
BSc Environmental Management (Hons), Birkbeck, University of London 2014 - 2018, First Class
Awards:
ESRC +3 PhD Scholarship, 2019 - 2022
Best Geography/Environmental Dissertation prize, Birkbeck, University of London, 2018
Birkbeck East Prize (Geography), 2015
Publications:
Book review: Sustainable Consumption Key Issues, Middlemiss 2018. Local Environment https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2018.1555580
Teaching:
Sustainable Development 2a - senior tutor (Semester 2, 2019/20)
Sustainable Development 1a - course tutor (Semester 1, 2019/20)
Sustainable Development 2a - course tutor (Semester 2, 2018/19)