Position Research Fellow

Natalia R Castañeda

Natalia is a postdoctoral researcher in the NovelEco project and an environmental and global healthanthropologist. Her work explores how health emerges at the intersection of society, nature, andbiodiversity, with a particular interest in urban environments. She is especially interested in…

Mairéad O’Donnell

Mairead O'Donnell

Mairéad is a post-doctoral researcher, and her research interests include nature-based solutions, multispecies co-design and urban wilding. She currently works with NovelEco and another European project, Naturescapes, where she explores the everyday meanings and values of nature in cities. She…

Dr. Clair Cooper

I completed my Ph.D. at Durham University, and I am an early career fellow at the Urban Systems Lab, New School, sponsored by the NATURA project. Using geometric data analysis techniques, thematic mapping, and quantitative text analysis, my thesis explores…

Dr. Melissa Pineda Pinto

Melissa Pineda Pinto

Melissa Pineda Pinto is a McKenzie Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Using a multispecies justice approach, her project, Justice for Multispecies Ecologies,  focuses on visibilising urban novel ecosystems in derelict spaces through diverse co-design and critical geography interventions in the…

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