Director of the ESI, Professor Jane Wills
Director of the ESI
Director of the ESI
“Given the obvious impact of climate change, environmental degradation, and the global health emergency caused by the coronavirus, there is an urgent need to ramp up our research efforts, and to build the broadest possible coalition to people able and willing to act for positive change.
For all the wrong reasons it is a very exciting time to be taking up a leadership role at the Environment and Sustainability Institute; there is a great deal to be done.”
Jane joined the campus in October 2017, moving from Queen Mary, University of London.
She is Professor of Geography at the Centre for Geography and Environmental Science (CGES) and the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI) at the University of Exeter in Cornwall, UK.
Her research interests focus on questions of geo-political-economy, the living wage, community organising and localism, and she has recently been exploring public engagement in sustainability policy and practice. She has published widely and her recent books include Global Cities at Work (Pluto, 2000) and Locating localism: Statecraft, citizenship and democracy (Policy Press, 2016). Her latest book is an edited volume, The power of pragmatism: Knowledge production and social inquiry (Manchester University Press 2020).
Please contact Jane with ESI related enquires at esidirector@exeter.ac.uk or contact Amrita Sharma (PA) at a.sharma4@exeter.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1326 259424
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