Dr Jennifer Dickie

Senior Lecturer

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Jennifer Dickie

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About me

I am a senior lecturer in environment geography at the University of Stirling. As an inter-disciplinary researcher, my work focuses on the socio-environmental and socio-technical interactions of the energy landscape.

Brief biography

• Lecturer (0.2) in Environmental Geography, Department of Geography, University of Leicester. 2014-2015

Postdoctoral Research Positions

• Rural Hybrid Energy Enterprise Systems (RHEES), EPSRC ‘Bridging the Urban and Rural Divide’ Programme Grant on biogas & gasification in India & UK. 2012-2015

• Affective Digital Histories: Recreating De-Industrial Places, 1970s to the Present’ (DIGICROP), AHRC. 2014-2015

• Adaptations to Rural Communities through Living with Climate Change, RCUK Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) Programme Grant. 2011-2012

• New Urbanisms, New Citizens: Children and Young People’s Everyday Life and Participation in Sustainable Communities (NUNC), ESRC. 2010

• Field IT for East Africa, British Council DelPHE Award Programme. 2009-2010

• Spatial Literacy in Learning and Teaching CETL (SPLINT), HEFCE. 2007-2010

Divisional / Faculty Contribution

BES Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitee
Chair

BES Sustainability Committee
Chair

Faculty Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Member


University Contribution

Anti-Racism & Race Equality Steering Committee
Member

Gender Equality/Athena Swan Steering Committee
Faculty representative

Stirling Crucible Organising Committee
Co-organiser


Research (11)

I would be keen to supervise students on a range of topics that take interdisciplinary approaches to better our understanding and support a just transition to a low carbon future. The geographical focus of my research is currently South Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK. I am particularly interested in supervising projects on the following topics:

  • Socio-technical assemblages of renewable and sub-surface energy systems
  • Issues of energy access, poverty and justice
  • The role of biogas in supporting sustainable livelihoods
  • The water-energy-food-health nexus
  • Exploring energy futures through innovative and participatory research methods.

My recent research activities include:

Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa. (GCRF-ESRC). 2019-2022 Collaborators: Universities of Stirling (Lead), Cape Town, Western Cape. Total award size: £900k

Re-energising Clackmannanshire: engaging communities around energy for a healthier, wealthier and greener future. (UKRI). 2019-2020. Collaborators: Glasgow School of Art, Hawkhill Community Association, British Geological Survey, Clackmannanshire Council, Clackmannanshire Third Sector Interface (CTSI). Total award size: £39k.

Evaluating the relationship between public perception, engagement and attitudes towards underground energy technologies and UK Geoenergy Observatory science. (British Geological Survey) 2019. Total award size: £10k.

Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of public attitudes and community responses to shale gas: an integrated approach. (NERC Unconventional Hydrocarbons Programmer) 2018-2021. Collaborators: Universities of Exeter (Lead), Cardiff, Edinburgh, Heriot Watt. Total award size: £512k.

Beyond the ‘energy silo’: exploring energy challenges and their interactions with food, water and health in rural India and Scotland (Scottish Alliance for Geosciences, Environment & Society PECRE award). 2016. Total award size: £3.6k

An Ecosystem Analysis of Food Production and Security. (Stirling Crucible seed funding. Collaborators: Dr Anthony O’Hare, Susan Murray) 2016. Total award: £1.3k

Getting the right spatial mix: methods for robust spatial planning for renewable energy. (SECURE feasibility project) 2015 Collaborators: University of Leeds (Lead), Biomathematics & Statistics Scotland. Total award size: £25k

Projects

Chitetetzo: improving adolescent road safety and reducing road traffic collisions
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Medical Research Council

CCUS Futures: exploring workforce imaginaries to improve organisational learning
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation

Developing Deep Science Laboratories from the Shale Gas Legacy
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Understanding the spatial and temporal dynamics of public attitudes and community responses to shale gas: an integrated approach
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Shake, quake or fake? Comparing BGS expected intensity modelling, felt reports, Twitter comments, and public perceptions
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
PI: Professor Derek McGhee
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Amplifying our students' voice: the co-production of undergraduate field courses (residential and non-residential) to address EDI
PI: Dr Martina Quaggiotto
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Re-energising Clackmannanshire: engaging communities around energy for a healthier, wealthier and greener future
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation

HotScot Seedcorn
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation

Evaluating the relationship between public perception, engagement and attitudes towards underground energy technologies and UK Geoenergy Observatory science.
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: British Geological Survey

Getting the right spatial &social mix: improved methods for planning community Renewable Energy facilities
PI: Dr Jennifer Dickie
Funded by: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

Outputs (30)

Outputs

Article

Ncube S, Wilson A, Petersen L, Black G, Abrams A, Carden K, Dick L, Dickie J, Gibson L, Hamilton-Smith N, Ireland A, Lamb G, Mpofu-Mketwa T, Piper L & Swanson D (2023) Understanding resilience capitals, agency and habitus in household experiences of water scarcity, floods and fire in marginalized settlements in the Cape Flats, South Africa. Social Sciences & Humanities Open, 8 (1), Art. No.: 100710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100710


Article

Boyd Williams N, Quilliam RS, Campbell B, Raha D, Baruah DC, Clarke ML, Sarma R, Haque C, Borah T & Dickie J (2022) Challenging perceptions of socio-cultural rejection of a taboo technology: Narratives of imagined transitions to domestic toilet-linked biogas in India. Energy Research and Social Science, 92, Art. No.: 102802. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102802


Article

Devine-Wright P, Ryder S, Dickie J, Evensen D, Varley A, Whitmarsh L & Bartie P (2021) Induced seismicity or political ploy?: Using a novel mix of methods to identify multiple publics and track responses over time to shale gas policy change. Energy Research and Social Science, 81, Art. No.: 102247. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102247


Research Report

Cotton M, Gonzalez A & Dickie J (2021) Briefing 3: Shale Gas Governance: devolution and localism. ESRC. http://www.ukuh.org/media/sites/researchwebsites/2ukuh/89490%20Governance%20Devolution%20and%20Localism.pdf


Book Chapter

Phillips M & Dickie J (2019) Post-carbon ruralities. In: Scott M, Gallent N & Gkartzios M (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning: A Handbook for Practice. London: Routledge, pp. 521-547. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315102375


Conference Proceeding

Comber A & Dickie J (2016) Getting the right spatial mix: Optimising the size, type and location of renewable energy facilities. In: Bailly J, Griffith D & Josselin D (eds.) Proceedings of Spatial Accuracy 2016. 12th Spatial Accuracy International Symposium 2016, Montpellier, France, 05.07.2016-08.07.2016. Montpellier, France: International Spatial Accuracy Research Association (ISARA), pp. 185-189.


Teaching

I teach across the honours years at undergraduate level, and at postgraduate level:

ENVU5EP (Environmental Policy & Management) - module coordinator & lecturer

ENVU6SP (Sustainable Landscapes) - module coordinator & lecturer

GEOU9SE (Energy & Society) - lecturer

ENMPG22 (Environmental Impact Assessment) - lecturer

ENMPG23 (Environmental Costs of Energy Production - lecturer

GEOU9PR (Honours Research Dissertation) - supervisor

ENMPG18 (MSc Research Dissertation) - supervisor

I also currently supervise Postgraduate Research Students at PhD level.