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Living with Environmental Change - Dr Moya Burns

  • 2 Dec 2026
  • 19:30 - 21:30
  • Quaker Meeting House, 16 Queens Road, Leicester LE2 1WP

Dr Moya Burns is Associate Professor Ecology and Environmental Science in the School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Division of Biosciences Education. 

She is an ecologist with a varied past working in ecological consultancy, government agencies and the charity sector before joining the University of Leicester. Her work encompasses interdisciplinary themes around ecology, citizen/community science and environmental education, and she is interested in exploring how embedding citizen science approaches within the curriculum can support environmental decision‑making whilst giving students authentic experience in research and ecological survey skills. She co‑leads the Living with Environmental Change research challenge in the Institute for Environmental Futures

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