Coastal communities, cultural identity and connection with place

Led by Professor Bob Brown and Dr Paul Warwick

Bringing together various disciplines from across the University, along with community, voluntary, governmental, non-governmental, and entrepreneurial organisations, urban dialogues explores and shares how to approach the making and experience of place and community and create fresh opportunities for synergies in our thinking and approaches. Projects include looking at outdoor play areas locally and the regeneration of marginalised neighbourhoods internationally.

Led by Dr Zoe Latham

Looking at the shared experience of fly-fishing, Dr Latham looks at intellectual tools to understand the deep-rooted connections between our body and the environment. She is studying the ritual, place and landscape to develop a larger understanding of environmental experience and how these rituals have remained resilient in the face of change.

Led by Dr Alun Morgan

An institute for outdoor learning, PRinOL is part of a national network that supports and encourages research by outdoor practitioners and organisations. Collaboratively, PRinOL looks at outdoor learning as a source of ecological wellbeing, as having an impact on children’s physical activity and memory making, and as a way to connect young people to real-world topics.