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
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
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Using 360° immersive storytelling to engage communities with flood risk
Communities worldwide face escalating flood risks due to climate change, a fact that emphasises the critical role of flood preparedness in community flood resilience. Globally, flood risk is expected...
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Thrilled to be able to share our new paper wrote with Alison Lloyd Williams @floodskinner.games
On using 360 immersive storytelling to engage communities with flood risk
Our project worked with youth, teachers & the Environment Agency
#FloodEducation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
On using 360 immersive storytelling to engage communities with flood risk
Our project worked with youth, teachers & the Environment Agency
#FloodEducation
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read my new policy brief of Living Well with Water: Building Flood Resilience Through Participation, Education & Inclusion 👇
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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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October 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Read my new policy brief of Living Well with Water: Building Flood Resilience Through Participation, Education & Inclusion 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/katie-...
www.linkedin.com/posts/katie-...
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…
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…
September 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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…
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 ✨️👇
I mean what you waiting for ✨️👇
Libby 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 :-)
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 :-)
September 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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 ✨️👇
I mean what you waiting for ✨️👇
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/
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
lovewindermere.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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/
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/
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/...
Care-ful encounters: A case for empathetic youthful encounters with coastal environments 👏
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The Geographical Journal | RGS Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
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....
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 3, 2025 at 3:32 AM
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/...
Care-ful encounters: A case for empathetic youthful encounters with coastal environments 👏
rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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
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
July 31, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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
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
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
July 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
🚨 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
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
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
🌱 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...
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...
New environmental education initiative tackles sector’s diversity crisis
A groundbreaking new initiative led by Loughborough University, and in collaboration with key civic partners, is set to transform environmental education and green careers access for young people acro...
www.lboro.ac.uk
July 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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
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
Reposted by Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
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...
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...
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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...
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/
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/
June 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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/
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/
Reposted by Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
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...
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…
floodskinner.games
May 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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...
My latest publications and highlights from my co-authors @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social and @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social
floodskinner.games/2025/05/14/a...
Reposted by Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
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/…
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/…
May 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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/…
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/…
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
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
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
May 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
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
Reposted by Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
Come and make a Flood Resilience Fortune Teller at Poster @egu.eu #EGU25 X3.77 in the late afternoon session today! 😃 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social 💦🌊💓
May 1, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Come and make a Flood Resilience Fortune Teller at Poster @egu.eu #EGU25 X3.77 in the late afternoon session today! 😃 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social 💦🌊💓
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
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
May 1, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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
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...
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 3, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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...
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...
Reposted by Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
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...
🧱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…
floodskinner.games
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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...
🧱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...
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
March 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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
Reposted by Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️🌈🌍🇪🇺
Thrilled to be sharing this one 🥳
If you’re interested in intergenerational and creative methodologies for climate action, then give it a read 😊
If you’re interested in intergenerational and creative methodologies for climate action, then give it a read 😊
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...
Using art & intergenerational dialogue to bridge climate knowledge gaps and tackle misinformation 🌍🌊
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
March 21, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Thrilled to be sharing this one 🥳
If you’re interested in intergenerational and creative methodologies for climate action, then give it a read 😊
If you’re interested in intergenerational and creative methodologies for climate action, then give it a read 😊
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...
Using art & intergenerational dialogue to bridge climate knowledge gaps and tackle misinformation 🌍🌊
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
March 20, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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...
Using art & intergenerational dialogue to bridge climate knowledge gaps and tackle misinformation 🌍🌊
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
March 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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
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
March 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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
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...
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 ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/the-bri...
Cold water immersion or "dipping" offers numerous health benefits for peri/menopausal women, reducing anxiety, low mood & fatigue
Beyond physical advantages, group dips outdoors provides a sense of community, emotional support & deepens our connection with the nature 1/2
Beyond physical advantages, group dips outdoors provides a sense of community, emotional support & deepens our connection with the nature 1/2
March 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Cold water immersion or "dipping" offers numerous health benefits for peri/menopausal women, reducing anxiety, low mood & fatigue
Beyond physical advantages, group dips outdoors provides a sense of community, emotional support & deepens our connection with the nature 1/2
Beyond physical advantages, group dips outdoors provides a sense of community, emotional support & deepens our connection with the nature 1/2