The Global Goals

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

About Jessie

Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience

I am a Lecturer in Ecosystem Resilience within the University of Plymouth's School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. I am also programme lead and admissions tutor for the MSc/MRes Sustainable Environmental Management programme and teach across undergraduate courses in BSc Environmental Science, Environmental Management and Sustainability and BSc Geography.

My research delves into long-term environmental changes, focusing on how human activity has influenced landscapes over millennia in the context of modern environmental challenges, such as biodiversity change, wildfire and drought. My expertise lies in palaeoecological techniques, utilising data from peat and lake sediments to reconstruct Holocene environmental changes.

Teaching

I enjoy teaching across a range of sub-disciplines in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science because it allows me to share my passion for environmental change and sustainability while helping students develop the skills to think critically about the world around them. Seeing students grow in confidence and curiosity as they engage with complex environmental challenges is incredibly motivating.

My teaching spans:

Programme Lead: MSc / MRes: Sustainable Environmental Management and MSc Environmental Consultancy

BSc Hons: Environmental Science and Environmental Management and Sustainability

BSc Hons: Geography

Within these programmes I teach across various modules focusing on themes from long-term environmental change and big data analysis to flooding, drought, climate change and environmental sustainability.   

Contact Jessie

( A522 Portland Square, Drakes Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 585920
jessie.woodbridge@plymouth.ac.uk