Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social
Research Fellow Loughbourgh Uni Creative Partcipatory PAR methods with Children, Youth & Communities for Climate & Flood Adaptation, Environmental Education & Storytelling Mummy to 3 🥰 https://sites.google.com/view/dr-katie-j-parsons/home?authuser=0
This week I was interviewed by CNN who picked up my conversation piece about the impacts of climate change on children edition.cnn.com/2026/06/28/c...
‘As soon as I see the sun, I’m frightened’: The parents paying the heart-breaking price of soaring temperatures | CNN
Drowning deaths spike every heat wave as people seek relief in water which often contains hidden dangers, and many victims are children. These tragedies are only likely to increase as temperatures con...
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The recent tragic deaths dont just require greater water safety education.. it also requires infrastructure that supports society as the climate changes theconversation.com/child-drowni...
Child drownings spike during heatwaves – and it’s a serious climate justice issue
As the UK gets hotter, children will seek water to cool down. The real question is why so many have so few places to go.
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This heatwave is a devastating reminder of the dangers children & young people can face in open water In this press release, I argue that heatwave water safety is not just a seasonal warning issue but a climate adaptation, public health & social justice one www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...
“Children will seek water during heatwaves, so we need safer places, not just stronger warnings,” warns children's geographer.
Last week’s Bank Holiday heatwave revealed the devastating dangers of swimming in open water.
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New publication in British Educational Research Journal, co-authored by @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social: 'From science to storytelling: Advancing a climate knowledge–action framework through reflections on youth-focused, participatory action research in Vietnam'. doi.org/10.1002/berj...
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Climate change presents urgent global challenges that demand swift and transformative responses. However, current efforts often fall short, revealing a crisis not only of environmental concern but al...
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Thrilled to say that our recent paper is out 🥳🎉 @lborouniversity.bsky.social
The Geographical Journal@thegj.bsky.social · 9mo agoNew in The GJ: 'Hope in folded pages: Zine-making, decolonial praxis and the power of participatory arts for "a peaceful and sustainable life"' by @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social et al. This paper details the co-creation of an animation about climate resilience in Vietnam. doi.org/10.1111/geoj...
Would you like to do a PhD with me?🧐 “Co-creating Flood-Resilient Green Spaces: Understanding Health, Access and Equity in Leicestershire Communities” You could not get a more supportive or knowledgeable team - so what are you waiting for!! 🏃🏽♀️➡️ lboro.ac.uk/study/postgrad…
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Read my new policy brief of Living Well with Water: Building Flood Resilience Through Participation, Education & Inclusion 👇 www.linkedin.com/posts/katie-...
Grateful to the Loughborough University Policy Unit for their support and their highlighting of my policy brief: “Living Well with Water: Building Flood Resilience Through Participation, Education,…...
Grateful to the Loughborough University Policy Unit for their support and their highlighting of my policy brief: “Living Well with Water: Building Flood Resilience Through Participation, Education, ...
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Our paper "Crumbling cliffs and intergenerational cohesivity" is out in #GeosceinceCommunication🥂 Working with young people in Withernsea, one of the world’s fastest eroding coastlines, we developed a participatory, creative model of climate praxis gc.copernicus.org/articles/8/213…
Not only do you get to participate in a fantastic citizen science project via the communiMap app but you also get the chance to win a beautiful painting by Libby Walker 😍 I mean what you waiting for ✨️👇
CommuniGALLANT@communigallant.bsky.social · 11mo agoLibby Walker painted Glasgow from the @uofglasgow.bsky.social flagpole yesterday! What happens if every photo is a brushstroke, and together we paint Glasgow’s storybook? 📖🌍 That’s communiMap! We’re raffling Libby’s painting. Add a “spot” between 9–22 Sept to be in with a chance of winning :-)
We want to understand how people are engaging with freshwater spaces across the UK. The good, the bad or even the ugly. You don't need to be a swimmer, you could just enjoy going to these spaces. Either way would be great to hear your thoughts 🥰 lovewindermere.co.uk/get-involved/
Get Involved – Love Windermere
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Fantastic to see this paper in @thegj.bsky.social out by Mark Holton Care-ful encounters: A case for empathetic youthful encounters with coastal environments 👏 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This paper extends discourse on environmental stewardship and coastal management by examining the intersecting and overlapping relationships between notions of care and encounter in generating and ma....
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Thrilled to share our latest paper published in BERA journal. From science to storytelling: Advancing a Climate Knowledge-Action Frame In this paper we challenge the dominant "knowledge deficit" model in climate education & propose a more inclusive, action-oriented approach 1/3
🚨 New survey with partners Love Windermere as part of my British Academy funded project 🚨 We want to understand how people are engaging with freshwater spaces across the UK. The good, the bad or even the ugly. lovewindermere.co.uk/get-involved/ #BAECRN #ECRNetwork #SeedFund
Over the moon to finally announce our NERC: Natural Environment Research Council funded project Charnwood Champions 🥳 This project has been a dream of mine for many years after witnessing the inconsistancy and inequality of opportunities for children to access the natural environment
Prof Dan Parsons@bedforms.bsky.social · last yr.🌱 What if environmental science belonged to everyone? We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership. 🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
Happy Monday! 🥳 Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies: “Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHFXJ...
Did you visit Windermere as a child? Maybe you grew up by the lake or holidayed there? In partnership with Love Windermere we're collecting childhood memories of Windermere for my @britishacademy.bsky.social funded Guardians of the falls project lovewindermere.co.uk/get-involved/
New article on my blog - A bunch of new research. My latest publications and highlights from my co-authors @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social and @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social floodskinner.games/2025/05/14/a...
A bunch of new research
I have a whole bunch of new papers recently published to tell you about. I can’t take (all) the credit though as they have been led by amazing colleagues. Huge shout out especially to Josh Wo…
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Gatecrashed an EOS poster session at @egu.eu with @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social Flood Fortune Teller poster just now...lots of new connections on education and community climate risk. meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/…
Prof Dan Parsons@bedforms.bsky.social · last yr.Come and make a Flood Resilience Fortune Teller at Poster @egu.eu #EGU25 X3.77 in the late afternoon session today! 😃 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social 💦🌊💓
Fantastic event for postgrads @lborouniversity.bsky.social Storying Hope in an Age of Climate Anxiety 👇 With fun activities & interactive discussions with Michael Wilson, Julie Doyle & my good self 😎 I mean, what more could you ask for 💃 so come along on the 15th May @storylboro.bsky.social
British Sociological Association@britsoci.bsky.social · last yr.A chance for an enriching day of interdisciplinary engagement – book now for ‘Storying Hope in an Age of Climate Anxiety’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, Loughborough University tinyurl.com/yc42e38d #sociology
Come and make a Flood Resilience Fortune Teller at Poster @egu.eu #EGU25 X3.77 in the late afternoon session today! 😃 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social 💦🌊💓
Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · last yr.Unfortunately, I can't be in person @egu.eu today to present. But project team member @bedforms.bsky.social will be presenting in my place. Join Dan at #EGU25 to find out more 🗓️Today 1st May 🕝14:00-18:00 📍Hall X3, X3.77 Feel free to get in contact with me or any of the team in Vienna
Unfortunately, I can't be in person @egu.eu today to present. But project team member @bedforms.bsky.social will be presenting in my place. Join Dan at #EGU25 to find out more 🗓️Today 1st May 🕝14:00-18:00 📍Hall X3, X3.77 Feel free to get in contact with me or any of the team in Vienna
Calling Early Career Researchers 🚨 Get your voice heard in shaping the future landscape for a more inclusive, equitable & sustainable research culture For every response C-DICE will donate to the Council for At-Risk Academics Change only happens when you speak up 💪 www.cdice.ac.uk/news/precari...
April's Imagination Engines is out! 🧱Building blocks of Env Comms. 💡Inspiring Interactions with Ayo Sokale. 🗞️Research with @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social and @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social. 🎲Good Morning - a downward counterfactual micro-RPG. 📽️YouTube Updates. floodskinner.games/2025/04/02/i...
Imagination Engines – April 2025
Welcome to the April edition of Imagination Engines. My month ahead is going to busy getting ready for the European Geoscience Union General Assembly – I am attending as part of my day job th…
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Noticed I say thrilled a lot on my posts... so as a Mancunian I'm going to change the narrative to be 'proper chuffed' to be out the house & spending 30 mins outside listening to nature & feeling the cool air on my face before going in to a super duper work event 😎 #MoreSoon #FloodandCoast
Thrilled to be sharing this one 🥳 If you’re interested in intergenerational and creative methodologies for climate action, then give it a read 😊
Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · last yr.Check out our new preprint at @egu.eu on how disadvantaged communities on the climate frontline can be empowered through creative engagement. Using art & intergenerational dialogue to bridge climate knowledge gaps and tackle misinformation 🌍🌊 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Check out our new preprint at @egu.eu on how disadvantaged communities on the climate frontline can be empowered through creative engagement. Using art & intergenerational dialogue to bridge climate knowledge gaps and tackle misinformation 🌍🌊 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Last weekend I spent International Women's Day with the Dip n Dales Co. as they led one of their retreats. One of my key takeaways from the weekend was that they have created a safe space for yes people to live out their dreams. 1/3
Thrilled to be amongst these amazing Early Career Researchers and their fantastic sounding projects funded by the British Academy @lborouniversity.bsky.social 🍾🙌 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-bri...
The British Academy announces seed funding for members of its Early Career Researcher Network
Worth up to £5000, the seed funding is designed to provide Early Career Researchers, particularly those with limited experience in securing funding, an opportunity to enhance their research portfolio ...
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