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Communicating Climate Science to Diverse Audience Groups in a Changing World
Supervisor: Kenny Coventry (PSY)
Co-supervisors: Irene Lorenzoni (ENV) and Jordan Harold (PSY)
Danni is a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar on the Critical Decade for Climate Change programme at the University of East Anglia. Her research focuses on communicating climate change to diverse audiences, taking particular interest in visual narratives.
Danni holds a BA in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Birmingham and an MA in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths. Having explored the way politics engages with its audiences and delved into the power of storytelling in art, Danni is now exploring psychology to understand the deeper components of effective visual communication to address climate change.
Danni has been a researcher across a variety of government funded projects, from healthy ageing and novel foods to ag-tech and community wellness and has worked in the art industry curating exhibitions. With this experience traversing both academia and industry she aims to combine academic research and visual communication to engage with relevant stakeholders.
What are you most excited about in joining the Critical Decade PhD programme?
What immediately drew me to the Critical Decade Programme is that it is built around the understanding that academically rigorous work is also highly creative. Its emphasis on forging a creative space for collaboration amongst multidisciplinary scholars is a truly unique opportunity. I feel that the programme demonstrates the importance of fostering holistic approaches to studying climate change which is essential for effectively addressing it.
Through the Critical Decade Programme and the wider ClimateUEA and Tyndall Centre there is clear dedication for academic outputs to have far-reaching societal impact and spark change. I am very excited to channel this focus of creating impact in my own work as well as learn from and work with others who are dedicated to do the same.