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- Qualifications:PhD, MSc (dist), SFHEA
- Position:Senior Lecturer
- Department:College of Health, Science and Society School of Applied Sciences
- Telephone:+441173281629
- 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 particularly interested in how we teach and engage HE students around these topics, and is conducting research that explores the development of competencies for sustainable development, particularly on our field trips. Amanda is proud to be a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA) and to have been shortlisted for Outstanding Contribution to Staff Experience at the UWE Staff Awards 2025.
Amanda's research uses qualitative research methods, and she has extensive experience of teaching these approaches both within conservation science and beyond. She is currently conducting research into the representation of wildlife and farming in children's literature.
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 section editor for the Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research and a trustee of Barbary Macaque Awareness & Conservation.
Area of expertise
Qualitative methods
Communication and engagement around the environment
Human-wildlife interactions
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