Asia Expertise Guide

Geography

Professor Stephen Legg

Historical research on late-colonial, 20th century India Urban geography and politics Intersections of imperialism and internationalism.
0115 846 8402
Architecture and Built Environment Geography History Interwar colonial India Imperial Britain Indian policy the League of Nations colonialism Indian Anti-colonial Nationalism Internationalism India
Dr Virginia Panizzo

Ginnie is a freshwater ecologist and stable isotope geochemist whose work focuses on environmental change and biogeochemical cycling in aquatic ecosystems. In tandem with my research on algal proxies, I am interested in reconstructing the impact that humans and climate change have had on freshwater systems over the past 2000 years.
Environment Geography Science Sustainable development goals Water climate change water quality pollution algae Deltas rivers lakes
Dr Meili Feng

Dr Meili Feng is a river scientist who has been working on freshwater ecology and river hydrology for many years.
+86 (0) 574 8818 8510
Belt and Road Initiative Environment Geography freshwater ecosystems climate change hydropower regulations water quality rivers Hydropower impacts Flooding Urban water quality Coastal Environmental Change
Dr Christopher Pich

Dr Christopher Pich's topic area focuses on political marketing, political branding and voter engagement.
0115 846 6687
American Politics Brexit Business and economy Communications Gender Geography International Relations Law Politics Sociology War and security World political brands political marketing communications elections uk international local voter engagement voter behaviour Polls referendum politics Parties Labour conservative
Dr Odette Paramor

Involved with several European projects supporting EU-China cooperation in research and innovation ('DragonSTAR', 'DragonSTAR Plus', 'ENRICH in China' and 'URBAN-EU-CHINA'), and have supported the development of EU-China R&I calls in the areas of sustainable urbanisation and food, agriculture and biotechnology. Current research interests are in marine biology and assessing the impacts of human activities on marine systems.
+86 574 8818 8998
Education Environment Geography International Relations Science EU China innovation sustainable urbanisation food agriculture biotechnology marine biology marine systems
Dr Chris Ives

Expertise in urban ecology and the social dimensions of environmental planning. Currently undertaking research on how residents of Kuala Lumpur value and use green space and how connecting with nature can promote sustainability.
0115 82 32536
Environment Geography urban ecology Environment planning Kuala Lumpur Green space nature Sustainability Malaysia
Dr Sarah Jewitt

Gender and environmental management. Forest use and management in India during the colonial and post-colonial period. Socio-cultural importance of forests and their role in community-based resource management. Technology transfers and the displacement of indigenous agro-ecological knowledge. The impact of 30 years of Green Revolution in India. Political ecology of natural resource management in Eastern India, intra- and inter- community variations in environmental knowledge possession and management capacity in Jharkhand, India.
+44 (0) 115 951 5450
Environment Gender Geography Rights Lab Geography Environment Gender Forest India Colonial post-colonial Community technology political Indian IAPS