Research interests
Educational and social inequality
Social and climate justice
Class inequalities (in education and linked to the climate crisis)
Participatory research approaches (co-production and youth/community-led)
Education for sustainability
Postgraduate supervision
Lisa welcomes postgraduate research students working in her areas of research specialism.
She is currently PhD cluster lead for the 'Participatory, place-based stewardship for mobilising urban climate action' cluster.
Current doctoral supervisions
* The Cultural Production of 'just' flood resilience (Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre for Water Cultures - co-supervision with EEI/Geography).
* Brush Strokes on a Turbulent Canvas: Employing Critical Portraiture Methodology to Investigate Teaching Excellence at a Northern University
* Place-attachment, storytelling and creativity for environmental stewardship
* Narrative Waves: Unveiling the power of class-based, place-attachment to water through creative, intergenerational storytelling for climate action
*Engaging Communities in Ocean Citizen Science: A vehicle for enhancing Ocean Literacy
Completed doctoral students:
* Investigating the lived experiences of children and young people’s changing relationship with the natural environment during and after Covid-19 - Dr Katie Parsons.
* Children’s Perceptions of Climate Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam - Dr Florence Halstead
* “What if you don't feel ‘disadvantaged’ and you’re being called that?”: an exploration of young people’s perspectives on the ‘disadvantaged’ label in an English secondary school - Dr Alexandra Jones
* Novice teachers’ emerging sense of professional identity explored through portrait methodology - Dr Ella Ait-Zaouit
* Operationalising the notion of a restorative school community: A case study in a socio-economically deprived area (co-supervised PhD with Law) - Dr Richard Rhodes
* Representations of Disability: A study of how people with an impairment are portrayed in equality and diversity training in UK Higher Education Institutions - Dr Martha Kember
* The effectiveness of current teachers’ continuous professional development: perceptions by supervisors, senior teachers and teachers in Muscat, Oman – Dr Khalid Shammakhi