Dr. Sophie Hadfield-Hill - Lecturer in Human Geography, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham
I was awarded my PhD from the University of Leicester (2006-2009) on The future of responsible lending in India: perceptions of sustainability and the environment. I subsequently moved to the Centre for Children and Youth to work as a post-doctoral researcher on the ESRC funded New Urbanisms, New Citizens (NUNC) research project. Since the completion of this project I have worked on a number of research projects with children and young people (see Research) and have recently been awarded an ESRC Future Research Leaders grant to explore New Urbanism in India (2013-2016). As of March, 2014 I am Lecturer in Human Geography in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Research interests and projects I am engaged with are framed around three distinct but interrelated themes:
- Urbanism and sustainable communities
- Children and young people's everyday lives
- Development in the context of newly-emerging economies
RESEARCH PROJECTS
(Re) Connect the Nexus: Young Brazilians' experiences of and learning about food-water-energy (ESRC - £374,523)
Co-Investigator (2016-2017)
PI: Professor Peter Kraftl (University of Birmingham); Co-Investigators: Dr. John Horton (University of Northampton); Dr. Ben Coles (University of Leicester). Brazilian partners: Professor Jose Balestieri (UNESP); Assistant Professor Rubens Dias (UNESP); Assistant Professor Mateus Vilanova (UNESP); Assistant Professor Arminda Campos (UNESP); Assistant Professor Mauricio Delamaro (UNESP).
Map my Community: child-led participatory mapping of urban life in Delhi
(ESRC - £9,829)
Principal Investigator (2016)
Sharing Futures: Sustainable urban transformations in water and energy
(ESRC - £90,195)
Principal Investigator (2015-2016)
Co-Investigators Professor Peter Kraftl (University of Birmingham); Dr. John Horton (University of Northampton). Brazilian partners: Professor Jose Balestieri (UNESP); Assistant Professor Rubens Dias (UNESP); Assistant Professor Mateus Vilanova.
New Urbanisms in India: Urban Living, Sustainability and Everyday Life (ESRC - £242,764)
Principal Investigator (2013 - 2016)
Project strands: i) Sustainable design and mobility - everyday routines, transport and access;; ii) Nature and green space in a planned city and iii) internationalising New Urbanism.
Youth Consultation on Community Safety and Policing and Victim Experience of Northamptonshire's Criminal Justice System
Researcher (2012-2013)
Centre for Children and Youth, The University of Northampton
Project responsibilities: Coordination of focus groups with 87 young people from hard-to-reach communities; assist with the collection and analysis of 1,526 paper and online surveys; qualitative one-to-one interviews with 54 victims of crime (aged 10-18).
New Urbanisms, New Citizens: Children and Young People's Everyday Life and Participation in Sustainable Communities (ESRC)
Post-doctoral researcher (2009 - 2012)
Centre for Children and Youth, The University of Northampton
Research team:
Professor Pia Christensen (PI) (University of Leeds)
Dr. John Horton (Co-PI) (University of Northampton)
Dr. Peter Kraftl (Co-PI) (University of Leicester)
Dr. Sophie Hadfield-Hill (University of Northampton)
Project responsibilities: Ethnographic fieldwork in two case study areas; design of research tools; organisiation of community based workshops; research reports and dissemination.
