Research: Technological Natures
People
Co-ordinating Team
- Dr Derek McCormack
Cluster Co-ordinator - Dr Tim Schwanen
Postdoctoral Representative - Joe Gerlach
Postgraduate Representative - Nihan Akyelken
Postgraduate Representative
Staff Members
Dr Nihan Akyelken
Researcher
Dr Karen Anderton
Researcher
Professor David Banister
Professor of Transport Studies
Professor Andrew Barry
Professor of Political Geography
Cluster Leader
Dr Frederic Dobruszkes
Researcher
Dr Fiona Ferbrache
College Lecturer
Dr Bradley L Garrett
Researcher
Sam Geall
Departmental Lecturer in Human Geography of China
Dr Joe Gerlach
Departmental Lecturer
Dr Paul Jepson
Course Director, MSc in Biodiversity, Conservation and Management
Dr Tim Jones
Researcher
Dr Anna Lora-Wainwright
University Lecturer in the Human Geography of China
Dr Jamie Lorimer
University Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Derek McCormack
University Lecturer in Human Geography- James Palmer
College Lecturer 
Dr Richard Powell
University Lecturer in Human Geography
Dr Tim Schwanen
Departmental Lecturer
Professor Sarah Whatmore
Professor of Environment and Public Policy
Cluster Leader
Graduate Research Students
The Technological Natures research cluster also has a number of graduate research students actively involved in current research.
- Malek Al-Chalabi
Energy behaviors and the factors that influence them - Janet Banfield
The creative co-construction of person and place - Maan Barua
The political ecology of human-elephant relationships in India - Eda Beyazit
Fair distribution of socio-economic benefits of transport investments - Jeremy Brice
Knowing wine: (dis)connections in knowledges and markets - Vanessa Burns
A new global commons: posthumanist assemblages in the context of environmental change - Heuishilja Chang
The role of urban design professionals in the governance of shrinking city - Myung-Ae (Chloe) Choi
Environmentalism of (post) developmental states: the politics, cultures, and geographies of ecotourism in South Korea - Alvar Closas
Burning water: institutions, technology, statecraft and the production of scarcity in the Las Tablas de Daimiel Wetland, Spain - Michael Dangerfield
Urban Greenland: a spatial analysis of Nuuk's evolving labour market - Erin Freeland-Ballantyne
Sustainability's paradox: petro-capitalism, climate change and indigenous resistance in northern Canada: the case for indigenous environmental governance - Timothy Hodgetts
Re-thinking connectivity in conservation: a lively bio-geography of three woodland mammals in England and Wales - Thomas Jellis
Spaces of aesthetic experiment - Kärg Kama
Unconventional futures: anticipation, materiality, and the market in oil shale development - Irem Kok
Transparency and corporate governance: a comparative study of shale gas controversies in the US and UK - Nina Kruglikova
Environmental NGOs and eco-media technologies: an ethnographic study - Toru Kubo
Technology innovation and policy instruments to advance low-carbon transport in developing Asian economies - Alex Littaye
Alternative food networks in the UK and US - Yuge Ma
Comparing energy efficiency in China and India - Lucy Mahoney
Investigating the changes and effects in travel behaviour in response to physical interventions for walking and cycling - Victoria Mason
Corridors of Conservation: recombining, liminal, watery - Mari Mulyani
The interplay between the REDD+ mechanism and forest-related institutions in Indonesia - Andre Neves
Evaluating change in travel and carbon following implementation of physical infrastructure for pedestrians and cyclists: a case study of Cardiff Connect2 - Matthew Shepherd
Geographies of place in spaces of risk: Reykjavík, materialities, genius loci - Rachael Tily
Space and Practice in the Geosciences - Thomas Turnbull
On the rebound: developing a geographical understanding of Jevons' Paradox - Liwen Wang
Discontinuous innovation and pathways towards green and sustainable transportation future - Haiyan (Helen) Yu
Sustainable water management for water and food security in a changing world: a comparative study between arid rural communities of China and India - Zichen Zhang
Impact assessment of different utilization scenarios for Pure Electric Vehicles (PEV) on China's transport system and power grid
Research Associates
The Technological Natures research cluster also hosts visiting researchers throughout the year and has a number of associated and affiliated non-resident researchers.
- Dr Max Boykoff
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Michelle Buckley
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Alfred Gathrone-Hardy
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Mark Graham
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Robin Hickman
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Torben Holvad
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Graham Jones
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Catharina Landström
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr John Langton
Emeritus Research Fellow - James Macmillen
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Kathryn Monk
Senior Visiting Research Associate - Dr Matthew Niblett
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Georgina Santos
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Michael Shackleton
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Shuai Shao
Visiting Research Associate - Professor Joseph Szyliowicz
Honorary Visiting Research Associate - Dr Luis Vasconcelos de Lima
Visiting Research Associate - Dr Jimin Zhao
Senior Visiting Research Associate