Dr Louisa Cockbill
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Role:
Department staff:
Collaborations:
- Natural history consortium (NHC)
- Graphic Science - STEM Ambassador Hub
- Storytale Festival Bristol
- West of England Combined Authority
- Royal Academy of Engineers
- Digital Engineering and Technology Innovation (DETI)
- My Future My Choice
- Explorer Dome
- Bristol Climate and Nature Partneship
Research staff:
- Qualifications:
- BSc, PhD
- Position:
- Research Fellow for the Community Climate and Nature Action project, Communications Project Coordinator for the Inspire Sustainability team & Communications Manager for UWE’s Centre for Environment, Society and Resilience (CESR)
- Department:
- College of Arts, Technology and EnvironmentSchool of Engineering
- Email:
- Louisa.Cockbill@uwe.ac.uk
- Social media:
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About me
Louisa Cockbill is a Research Fellow in UWE's Centre for Environment, Society and Resilience (CESR), which uses interdisciplinary environmental research to influence and impact people and policy. Louisa's current focus is the Community Climate and Nature Action project, which aims to investigate the polycentric governance of climate and nature action in West of England communities and use these learnings to provide policy recommendations to central government.
She is also the Communications Manager for CESR, promoting the centre's activities and achievements through a variety of internal and external communication platforms.
Louisa also holds the role of Communications Project Coordinator for the School of Engineering's Inspire Sustainability schools outreach team, with a particular focus on delivering the Curiosity Connections Green Futures project to inspire young people into green career pathways.
The Inspire Sustainability aims to address the nationwide skills gap in STEM subjects by championing science for children in the West of England, with a particular focus on breaking stereotypes and challenging perceptions about STEM careers, in particular Green jobs. She also contributes to the Engineering Department's Engineering our Future webpage - https://blogs.uwe.ac.uk/engineering/ and manages the local primary school science network - Curiosity Connections.
Area of expertise
Social science research in schools and communities.
Communicating science to the public - in writing or through engaging presentations. Managing school outreach projects and events.
Publications
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