DecarboN8 role: Network Coordinator
Department: Institute for Transport Studies
Organisation: University of Leeds
Profiles: LinkedIn
Shona has worked in various roles supporting and coordinating the delivery of academic research since 2010. She began her career at the Institute of Development Studies, working with the Climate Change; Vulnerability and Poverty Reduction; and Knowledge, Technology and Society teams. She relocated back to Leeds and whilst working at Leeds Beckett University supported research in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences and the Centre for Applied Social Research. She joined the University of Leeds in 2015, administering research for the Business School and, after a year out teaching English in Bilbao, Spain, returned to Leeds and supported research across the Faculties of Environment and Arts, Humanities and Cultures. Shona is experienced in facilitating transdisciplinary research collaborations and events across academia, industry, and the public and third sectors, and has worked with several research Centres and Networks to secure funding and to commission, deliver and engage stakeholders in research. She has a BSc in Psychology from the University of Leeds and an MRes in Sociology from Edge Hill University.