Dr Florence Halstead
​Faculty of Arts, Culture and Education & The Energy and Environment Institute - University of Hull 

Florence is the Post Doctoral Research Associate on this project, and is responsible for the design and implementation of qualitative and participatory research. Working closely with the other academic researchers, the Youth Advisory Board, other key partners, and the research participants, she is here to ensure a successful and collaborative process. Florence is supporting the skills development of participants and opportunities for intergenerational knowledge exchange, whilst monitoring and evaluating the overall process that accompanies such innovative ways of working. Based at the University of Hull, Florence has experience spanning numerous international research projects working directly with children, youth, families, communities and schools. 

Florence works across disciplines on a broad spectrum of topics; most prominently Youth Activism, Education, Social Justice, Sustainability and Climate Change. With the consistent goal of enhancing the voices of marginalised people, she has expertise in qualitative and participatory data collection methods and analysis, and has employed ethnographic, as well as arts-based and creative, approaches to her research.

​She has conducted research both in the UK, and internationally - working with partners in Vietnam, Cambodia, Kenya and beyond. Florence's research interests focus predominantly at the interface between climate change, sustainability and education. She has a particular interest in international settings, and has a growing repertoire working in youth climate action.