Heidi Barron

Heidi Barron

    Overview

    Profile summary

    ESRC funded PhD student (SWDTP), in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Plymouth.

    Heidi is a geographer at the University of Plymouth, currently undertaking a PhD entitled ‘Respect, responsibility and reciprocity: envisioning multi-species justice in the River Dart’. The project is focused broadly on understanding nature-society relations, with a specific focus on the concept of multi-species justice. This is a concept that emerged to develop more inclusive practices of justice that bring together the interests of all humans, non-humans (other beings like plants and animals, habitats and ecological systems) and their relationships in the contexts in which they emerge. 

    While there has been progress in defining the key principles of multi-species justice, questions remain about what it might look like in practice. This research will contribute to this gap by exploring how, where and why diverse forms of inclusive justice (that decentre the human) are emerging. To achieve this, a more-than-human approach is essential, being grounded in the specific characteristics of a local context.

    To be more specific, the research involves exploring how different strategies to preserve, protect, restore, conserve, and enhance the River Dart to better health emerge through care. This will help to gain an understanding of what forms of multi-species justice may look like in practice.

    Supervisors:  Dr Kim Ward and Dr Simon Dickinson 

    Professional memberships

    Associate Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (RGS with IBG) Member of the British Ecological Society (BES) Member of the the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) Member of the the Institute for Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA)

    Teaching interests

    Teaching and Support Assistant on the following modules: 

    2023-2024: GGH2206 (Nature, Country and Society); ENVS1009 (Sustainability Science); GEES519 (Environmental Knowledge: From Field to Stakeholder); GGX3204 (Big Data & Spatial Analytics); GGH1203 (Culture, Society and Space); ENVM1001 (Environment and Society)

    Research Interests

    • More-than-human
    • Justice
    • Nature
    • Conservation
    • Rivers
    • Ethics
    • Responsibility
    • Recognition
    • Representation
    • Care

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    1. SDG 1 - No Poverty
      SDG 1 No Poverty
    2. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
      SDG 2 Zero Hunger
    3. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
    4. SDG 4 - Quality Education
      SDG 4 Quality Education
    5. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
      SDG 5 Gender Equality
    6. SDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation
      SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
    7. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
      SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
    8. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
      SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
    9. SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
      SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
    10. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
      SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
    11. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
      SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
    12. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
      SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
    13. SDG 13 - Climate Action
      SDG 13 Climate Action
    14. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
      SDG 14 Life Below Water
    15. SDG 15 - Life on Land
      SDG 15 Life on Land
    16. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
      SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    17. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
      SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals