The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Kim's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Kim
ÌýI am human geographer whose research explores the practices and politics of environmental governance. I’m particularly interested in understanding how relationships between humans and non-humans are shaped by, or can shape, culture, politics and policy.Ìý In my research I apply these ideas to better understand rewilding and nature recovery, alongside biosecurity and animal managment. Ìý
Research ProjectsÌý
2023. Into the Wild: Rewilding and the Historic Environment. Royal Society of Edinburgh Research Collaboration grant. £29,000. Co-Investigator.
2023.ÌýMapping social elements of rewilding to identify pragmatic social metrics for stakeholders. Rewilding Britain. £3000
2018. Sowing the Seeds of Heritage: Examining bio-cultural knowledge and social memory of agricultural practices. Small Research Grant, Royal Geographical Society. £3,000Ìý
2018. Release of legacy fallout radionuclides from retreating glaciers: co-producing ‘risk maps’ with the Sami to inform adaptations to an emerging threat in Arctic Sweden’ Environment and Sustainability Research Grant. £15,000
2015. Research Fellowship Providing Evidence and Analysis to Inform Policy Development on Key Elements of Biosecurity. DEFRA. (Project number SD0511) £103,712
2006. Wellcome Trust Undergraduate Research Scholarship Award, Nottingham University £1500
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Supervised Research Degrees
Current PhD students
Heidi Barron. Respect, Responsibility and Reciprocity: Envisioning Multi-Species Justice in the River Dart. ESRC Funded
Patrick Geoghegan. Realising alternative futures—on structure, agency, and the London National Park City movement. ESRC Funded
Completed PhD students
2019. Cara Clancy. ’ urban Britain. SoGEES fundedÌý
2023. Carlotta Molfese. ESRC Funded
2024. Dylan Beard. . SoGEES Funded. 2nd supervisor.Ìý
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Teaching
I teach across a variety of modules within the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science (SoGEES).Ìý
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Contact Kim
B514 Portland Square, Drake Circus, ҹèÊÓƵ, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 585901
kim.ward@plymouth.ac.uk