Alice Hague
Alice is an environmental social scientist in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences group. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach, and focuses broadly on community engagement with environmental issues and climate change.
Alice has a background in environmental science, science communication, and politics. She began her career in science communication and science policy, and previously worked as Head of Science and Innovation for the Nordics as part of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s Science and Innovation Network. She spent a year on secondment to the climate change team at the Swedish Ministry for the Environment and was a delegate to the UNFCCC climate change negotiations during this period.
She is a member of the Political Studies Association and an Associate Fellow of the UK's Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Current research interests
- Community participation and consideration of ecosystem services
- Community engagement with climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Social understandings, discourse, and interaction with nature and biodiversity
Past research
Alice joined the James Hutton Institute in May 2018 after completing her PhD at the University of Edinburgh. Her earlier research investigated the engagement of Christian faith communities in environmental issues, with a particular focus on the motivations for, and practices of, local-level environmental action.
Bibliography
- Kidwell, J.; Ginn, F.; Northcott, M.; Bomberg, E.; Hague, A. (2018) Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco-theo-citizenship., Geo: Geography and Environment, 5, Article No. e00059.
- Kidwell, J.; Ginn, F.; Northcott, M.; Bomberg, E.; Hague, A. (2018) Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco-theo-citizenship., Geo: Geography and Environment, 5, Article No. e00059.
- Bomberg, E.; Hague, A. (2018) Faith-based climate action in Christian congregations: mobilisation and spiritual resources., Local Environment, 23, 582-596.
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