Dr Katie Parsons

Personal statement:

I am a transdisciplinary research fellow at Loughborough University specialising in Climate and Environmental Education and Adaptation with children, youth and intergenerational communities. I have over 25 years experience of working with children, youth and families in social, youth and education sectors where I have utilised my training in play, creative and outdoor therapies.

I use Creative Participatory Action Research and Action Based Storytelling methodologies with children, youth and communities, building on my years of experience as a practitioner by placing people at the very heart my research. My research extends across international and UK boundaries focusing on place-based relationships to address climate, environmental adaptation, preparedness and education.

Key topic areas of research or interest:

• Creative Participatory Action Research (PAR)
• Children and Youth voice and Action in Climate and Environmental Education
• Place-based environmental stewardship
• Storytelling
• Environmental Justice
• Outdoor learning
• Disaster preparedness
• The use of 360 digital technologies

Publications:

Muddy knees and muddy needs: parents perceptions of outdoor learning – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14733285.2019.1694637

A journey of emotions from a young environmental activist – https://rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/area.12745

2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss – https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/3440/JBA-9s5-03-Jones-etal.pdf

See: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dQ1uSaMAAAAJ&hl=en

Gendered childhoods and the inequity of accessing the outdoors Area – Wiley Online Library

Reimaging activism to save the planet: Using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action Reimaging activism to save the planet: Using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action – Jones – Children & Society – Wiley Online Library

Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action JBA-11s3-04-Jones.pdf (thebritishacademy.ac.uk)

In it together! Cultivating space for intergenerational dialogue, empathy and hope in a climate of uncertainty Full article: In it together! Cultivating space for intergenerational dialogue, empathy and hope in a climate of uncertainty (tandfonline.com)