Recent work experience: The Head of NHS Sustainable Development Unit visited GSD Department during my second year, and the NHS has been specifically looking for students with a knowledge of sustainability to work in an advisory role. As a result, over summer I have been working for Sustainable Development at the NHS, helping with mandatory sustainability management plans (SDMPs) for NHS Trusts. My role was focused on helping to produce action plan.

Favourite for a coffee on campus: Curiositea, or think about the environment and bring a flask!

Sustainable Development Goal you find most interesting to learn about: SDG 13 "Climate Action". To me, this is one of, if not the seminal issue to be addressed by our generation. It really is interdisciplinary when it comes to addressing it, and I'll be writing my dissertation on the subject. There are so many different ways you can engage and learn about it from an academic perspective. For example, taking a top-down policy perspective and investigating EU decarbonisation process, or critically examining national pledges and policies in accordance with the Paris Climate Agreement.

Student Research: As part of Security, Sovereignty and Sustainability in the Global Food System, I wrote a research essay outlining the challenges facing crop production due to declining rates of insect pollinators. The discussion was grounded in whether neonicotinoid insecticides (contributors towards pollinator decline) should be banned in crop production, with a particular focus on bee populations and their relationship to world food systems and security. As is the case throughout GSD, we were encouraged to research from perspectives we enjoy, so I took a natural sciences perspective and utilised empirical research for drawing my conclusions.

Career sector interest(s): Consultancy, preferably environmental

Recent work experience: I have recently been working in a bakery in Oxford and, with the ethos of sustainability in mind, I wanted to help the business better understand their food waste. We made some positive changes, and it was fantastic for me to enact this change with the knowledge of the wider issues of food security I've learned about whilst studying GSD.

Favourite place for coffee on campus: Lake by Bluebell – make your own coffee and bring your own mug, its more sustainable and more peaceful!

Sustainable Development Goal you find most interesting to learn about: SDG 5 "Gender Equality", but I believe it is important not to separate out these goals. For example, when we talk about violence on women, we need to consider violence on the environment and the relationship between them. What role does the creation of stable and just institutions play in this?

Student Research: Climate justice and “environmentalism of the poor”. This relates to first-hand victims of climate injustice or first-hand actors in climate action and climate justice! The concept sheds light on the people directly involved in conflicts over natural resources, who see their survival and their sovereignty as being threatened by private companies or states. It shows that environmental issues cannot be tackled or understood outside human struggles, exposing the unequal distribution of ecological costs and social injustices. One famous example of this form of activism is the Chipko Andloan movement, a grassroots environmental movement led by rural activists, predominantly women, protesting against the commercialisation of their forests.

Career sector interest(s): Local politics, community based not-for-profit organisations. I'm also aiming to travel around France for a year and explore local projects and get involved!