Position: PhD Student

Project:  Recruiting Vespula vulgaris as pest managers on U.K. farms

Research Interests:  I am interested in understanding how we can work with common wasps (Vespula vulgaris) in U.K. farming systems as an alternative approach to pest control, reducing the need for artificial pesticide sprays and improving the overall health of UK farming systems.

I am exploring this question holistically, looking both at the practicalities of such introductions and the broader cultural, ethical and moral considerations. My research is interdisciplinary, drawing on methods from anthropology, human geography and behavioural ecology.

Background: 

2023 – Present: PhD Candidate, Natural Resources Institute (Universtiy of Greenwich) & University College London, UK Food Systems CDT, Cohort 3

2019 – 2023: Associate Director (Food and Agriculture), Policy and Evaluation Unit, Ipsos UK

2016-2019: Senior Consultant, Centre for Strategy and Evaluation Services

2014-2016: Expert, Sustainable Economy and Procurement, ICLEI Europe

2011-2013: MA, Global Politics and Law, University of Sheffield

2009-2011: Directorate Administrator, CAFOD

2005-2009: MA (Cantab), Modern and Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge

Contact:

E-mail: caroline.chandler@ucl.ac.uk