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Vision Statement
My research is inspired by the need to advance understanding, and in turn develop more conducive ways of supporting and recording, the role of shared community practice in sustainable place-making. My primary research interests are orientated around community resource use, shared practice, collaborative governance of green and blue space, ‘sustainable place-making’ and skills, knowledge and learning for sustainability. This includes, for example, exploring how differing ways of knowing, understanding and ‘doing’ sustainability practice are brought together through place-based initiatives; the role of shared community resource ownership and/ or collaborative forms of resource management and use, in contributing to meaningful relationships between people and the natural environment; and, the role of shared practice and situated knowledge in enhancing the ‘sustainable productivity’ of a local resource base. Reflective of my human geography background, my interest in the notion of sustainable place-making is founded in a fascination with emplaced nature-society relations. As part of my focus on shared practice, I am also interested in researching human-animal relations.
Biography
Prior to joining CAWR Alex was a Research Fellow at the Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University, and previously, a senior research associate/ research manager at the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society (BRASS). Although originally a human geographer by training, her constant involvement since 2005, in inter- multi- and cross- disciplinary research practice, sees her identifying more closely these days with the broader field of (social) sustainability science.
Alex specialises in qualitative research techniques, with much of her work informed by a participatory action research approach to study design. She is experienced in researching community-based sustainable place making both within the UK and internationally. This includes, for example, on-going collaboration with colleagues from Colombia, Brazil, Canada, China and mainland Europe. For the period 2011-2015 she was also a co-editor of the international Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning (Taylor and Francis).
External funding sources supporting Alex's research to date have included the UK Economic and Social Research Council, Welsh Government, Canal and Rivers Trust, The Law Society (Wales), Sustrans and the Forestry Commission. She has also previously received funding to participate in international visiting research scholarships in Finland (Ruralia, University of Helsinki) and Hungary (Hungary Academy of Sciences, Budapest). Most recently, as coordinator (together with partner institutions from five other European countries), Alex has been successful in securing funding for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie–Innovative Training Network, entitled ‘RECOMS’ (2018-2022). Funded by the European Commission, the purpose of RECOMS is to train 15 Early Stage Research (ESR) Fellows in innovative, transdisciplinary and transformative approaches to promoting and facilitating resourceful and resilient community environmental practice. For further information please see:http://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-directories/current-projects/2017/recoms/
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Projects
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Bringing Organisations and Network Development to higher levels in the farming sector in Europe
Hilmi, A., Arnab, S., Burbi, S., Franklin, A., Kneafsey, M. & Wright, J.
1/11/17 → 31/10/20
Project: Research
Research output
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A care-based approach to transformative change: ethically-informed practices, relational response-ability & emotional awareness
Moriggi, A., Soini, K., Franklin, A. & Roep, D., 19 Nov 2020, In: Ethics, Policy and Environment. (In-press), p. (In-press)Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Place-Based Pathways to Sustainability: Exploring Alignment between Geographical Indications and the Concept of Agroecology Territories in Wales
Owen, L., Udall, D., Franklin, A. & Kneafsey, M., 15 Jun 2020, In: Sustainability. 12, 12, 23 p., 4890.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The political imaginaries of blockchain projects: discerning the expressions of an emerging ecosystem
Husain, S. O., Franklin, A. & Roep, D., Mar 2020, In: Sustainability Science. 15, 2, p. 379–394 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Aging Animal Bodies: Horse Retirement Yards as Relational Spaces of Liminality, Dwelling and Negotiation
Franklin, A. & Schuurman, N., 2 Sep 2019, In: Social and Cultural Geography. 20, 7, p. 918-937 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Decentralizing Geographies of Political Action: Civic tech and Place-Based Municipalism
Husain, S. O., Franklin, A. & Roep, D., 2019, In: Journal of Peer Production. 13, 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
- 25 Participation in conference
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Sustainability Science Summer School
Alex Franklin (Co-convenor)
30 Jun 2014 → 4 Jul 2014Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Sustainability Science Summer School
Alex Franklin (Co-convenor)
24 Jun 2013 → 28 Jun 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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European Society for Rural Sociology
Alex Franklin (Speaker)
29 Jul 2013 → 1 Aug 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Emotional Geographies 2013
Alex Franklin (Speaker)
1 Jul 2013 → 3 Jul 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Engaging Shared Worlds, CUEXPO 2013
Alex Franklin (Speaker)
12 Jul 2013 → 15 Jul 2013Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference