Research PG
- About
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- Email Address
- b.fogg.25@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Social Science
Biography
I am a PhD student in the School of Social Science and a member of the first NETGAIN Doctoral Focal Award cohort.
PhD Project 2025-2029: Biodiversity netgain through nature restoration of urban green spaces
Main supervisor
Professor Claire Wallace (Department of Sociology)
Co-supervisors
Professor David Burslem (Interdisciplinary Institute)
Dr Flurina Wartmann (Department of Geography and Environment)
Dr Davide Dominoni (University of Glasgow, Ecology and Environmental Change)
Dr. Abbie Ferrar (North East Scotland Biodiversity Partnership, James Hutton Institute)
Outline
My PhD is funded by NERC as part of the NETGAIN DFA, and partnered with Aberdeen and Glasgow City Councils. I take an interdisciplinary approach to exploring the impacts of urban ecological restoration, ranging from ecological statistical modelling to qualitative social sciences methods.
Previous Research and Education
2023 - 24: Master of Land Economy, University of Aberdeen (distinction)
Dissertation: "Media analysis of the conflict surrounding the Cairngorms National Park Authority's Speyside beaver reintroduction project"
Research outputs: I presented a speed talk based on my dissertation research at the 10th International Beaver Symposium
2015 - 2019: MA Biological Natural Sciences (Zoology), University of Cambridge
I have also gained qualifications in counselling, entrepreneurial and project management skills.
Prizes and Awards
2024 Cruickshank Trust Fund prize: for the best mark in Agricultural Principles and Practice
2019 University of Cambridge Clinical School Public Health Policy award: for my writing on loneliness as a public health emergency
