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With a strong focus on social justice, Diana's research investigates social change and sustainable development in rural communities in order to inform theories of rurality and contribute to the development of a fairer society in the light of the pressing societal challenges. She focuses on understanding the drivers of cooperation, innovation, conflicts and inequalities in rural areas and their links with social cohesion and positive social change.
Sandhya's current work involves both research and commercial activities. Her research interests lie primarily in the area of Microplastics, with a particular focus on understanding the sources and behaviour of microplastics within the terrestrial environment, their effects on soil-plant-microbial interactions and development of effective bioremediation strategies to tackle plastic pollution that aligns with the principles of Circular economy.
This project is integrating model-based assessment of future risks to water quality and quantity under a range of scenarios, with new empirical water quality data and socio-economic risk assessment for drinking water supplies.
I am an inter-disciplinary social scientist situated in the field of Ecological Economics. I am specifically interested in conceptual tools and frameworks in non-monetary values and valuation methods. My primary focus is social values and their potential to facilitate sustainability transitions. My interest with social values specifically is due to their ability to operate at the intersections of democracy, economics and environmental ethics. Working at these intersections means I am always looking to collaborate and draw upon thinking from a wide range of disciplines, from across the
This project increases our understanding of the impacts of land-based public funding mechanisms on land values and related outcomes for landownership diversification and land use. It provides an evidence base for understanding whether current funding mechanisms have direct or indirect effects which act to reduce landownership diversification and for investigating potential mechanisms for counteracting any such effects.