Natalie is an Assistant Professor of Land Use Futures. Her work focuses on equity and agency in systems under transition, with a particular interest in the food system. In this work, she uses agent-based modelling and network analysis to understand system stakeholders and their interactions with each other and their environments. She completed a postdoctoral research role at Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development at Utrecht University from 2021-2024 as part of the NWO project Transitie naar een Duurzaam Voedselsysteem, which focused on the transition to a sustainable Dutch food system.
Expertise
Sustainability transitions, food systems, agent-based modelling, network analysis.
Education
2021: PhD in Environmental Science, Lancaster University / The James Hutton Institute, United Kingdom.
2018: MSc in Environmental Science, Lancaster University, United Kingdom.
2015: BSc in Information Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States.
