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- Qualifications:PhD, MSc (dist), SFHEA
- Position:Senior Lecturer
- Department:Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS)
- Telephone:+4411732 81629
- Email:Amanda.Webber@uwe.ac.uk
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About me
Amanda is a Senior Lecturer in the Science Communication Unit and Programme Leader of the MSc Science Communication.
She is an anthropologist whose research is at the interface of people and nature; exploring and understanding people's perceptions and values to engage with them effectively around biodiversity conservation and the environment. She is currently conducting research into the representation of wildlife in children's literature. Amanda was also part of the VIP-CLEAR team, examining children's experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Her work also explores and considers how we can best communicate conservation science, examining methods of communication and engagement. She is interested in how conservationists and environmental organisations present themselves to the public. Her research uses qualitative research methods, and she has extensive experience of teaching these approaches both within conservation science and beyond.
Amanda completed her MSc and PhD at Oxford Brookes University before teaching there and at University of Bristol. She then spent 8 years at Bristol Zoological Society. During this time, she managed the HE provision with multiple University partners in addition to module leading on MSc Communication for Conservation (UWE) and many undergraduate courses. She was also co-lead of the Northern Madagascar project.
Amanda is a trustee of Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation.
Area of expertise
Qualitative methods
Communication for conservation
Human-wildlife interactionsPublications
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