Dr Georgina Treloar

I worked for over 15 years’ as a communications professional and completed a PhD in Environmental Social Science at the University of Kent in 2024 on framing in the climate/environmental movement. I hold a postgraduate certificate in Methods of Social Research including qualitative and quantitative methods for which I received a distinction, an MA in Writing and Literature and an undergraduate degree in the Creative Industries. I have also completed a course on environmental communications with the International Environmental Communication Association.

My expertise spans creative copywriting, technical and academic writing and social research with an emphasis on public engagement with climate and environmental issues. My thesis title is ‘Extinction Rebellion in the frame: An analysis of XR’s nascent mobilisation from the social movement framing perspective’. Additionally, I have contributed a chapter on the epistemology of XR to the Routledge Handbook on Grassroots Climate Activism (2024). Growing research interests include at the intersection of nature recovery and the cultural and creative sectors; I am currently working on a policy paper commissioned by the British Academy on this topic. Another Routledge chapter, this time on global political participation is underway…

My political experience as an elected district councillor, planning committee member and parliamentary candidate equips me well for policy-related roles.

I currently work within an amazing interdisciplinary team at the University of Exeter on an ESRC-funded project researching Nature Recovery and Regional Development in the UK’s rural periphery.