Lucy Parker

Academic profile

Miss Lucy Parker


The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Lucy's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 07: SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyGoal 09: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and InfrastructureGoal 12: SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and ProductionGoal 13: SDG 13 - Climate ActionGoal 14: SDG 14 - Life Below WaterGoal 16: SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong InstitutionsGoal 17: SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

About Lucy

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I am currently studying for a PhD sponsored by the Ocean Energy Sector as Contribution Towards Carbon Neutrality (OcEn) project at the ҹèÊÓƵ /research/centre-for-decarbonisation-and-offshore-renewable-energy/ocen.

Working within an international interdisciplinary team, my studies include a comparative analysis of existing community benefit schemes and also Ìýexplore innovative approaches to designing and managing community-centred benefit programmes that better meet the needs of host communities and help ease community opposition to ORE development.

In addition, I also work one day a week as a research fellow at the ҹèÊÓƵ’s Centre for Coastal Communities (CfCC) on an ESRC funded project to co-design, implement and make publicly available an evidence-based and policy-orientated classification of English coastal communities.

My background includes almost three decades working in communications, public affairs andÌý stakeholder engagement in both private and public sector organisations across Europe and Asia.

I began my career in a global public affairs consultancy before moving into the IT industry in a frontline media role. I then relocated across the globe to work as Head of Communications on an energy project in the Russian Far East before returning to Europe to lead internal communications and engagement at an Anglo-Russian energy company in Moscow.

I subsequently returned to the UK and continued to work in the energy industry before taking a break to complete a master’s degree in social anthropology.

Since then, I have spent more than ten years working in higher education in communications and policy roles for the ҹèÊÓƵ, HEFCE and the OfS.Ìý I have also been working as a freelance consultant in the HE sector on projects to feed into policy development, support knowledge exchange and also provide more general corporate communications support. This has included the development of a series of research summaries for policy makers available at /research/institutes/sustainable-earth/impact

I have a bachelor’s degree in Russian and German Literature from the University of London, a Diploma in Public and Media Relations from the School of Journalism in Cardiff and a Master of Science in Social Anthropology from the London School of Economics. I have also completed an executive leadership programme at INSEAD.Ìý

My career to date has involved living and working in the UK, Germany, Russia, Japan, Qatar, Thailand, Singapore and Kazakhstan. I am a native speaker of English, but can also work in Russian and German.Ìý

Contact Lucy

+44 1752 588002