People
Meet the project team behind Towards Inclusive Environmental Sustainability (TIES).
The project is being conducted by a multi-ethnic, multi-faith interdisciplinary team of experienced social science researchers based in in the Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI).
The team works collaboratively and in consultation with a group of trusted advisors and a network of supporters across Manchester.
We are engaged in ethical and engaged research practices that are informed by reflexivity about power relations, structural racism, white privilege, and our positionalities.
Researchers
Sherilyn MacGregor (Principal Investigator)
Positionality: Canadian-born white woman; immigrant to the UK; full-time academic (professor of environmental politics) with PhD in environmental studies.
Tally Katz-Gerro (Co-Investigator)
Positionality: Israel-born European Jewish woman; migration background; first generation in higher education; full-time academic (professor of sociology) with PhD in sociology.
Catherine Walker (Co-Investigator)
Positionality: UK-born white Christian woman; full-time academic (early career) with PhD in human geography.
Udeni Salmon (Research Associate from August 2023)
Positionality: UK-born Sri Lankan heritage Buddhist woman; full-time academic (early career) with PhD in business studies.
Nafhesa Ali (Research Associate from February 2021 to August 2022)
Positionality: UK-born Pakistani heritage Muslim woman; full-time academic (early career) with PhD in sociology.
Zarina Ahmad (PhD researcher)
Positionality: UK-born Pakistani heritage Muslim woman; climate activist and PhD researcher.
Saabira Abdirahman (Funded research intern)
Saabira is a second-year biomedical science student with an interest in environmental campaigning and is the chair of the UoM Somali Society.
She will be helping to write reports, create blogs, and assist with social media for the project.
Separately from the TIES project, Saabira is working on a fundraising campaign with Islamic Relief and Human Appeal to send aid to Somalia and Northeastern Kenya to help communities affected by climate change and drought.
Nuura Ahmed (Funded research intern)
Nuura is a second-year environmental science student who is the events officer in the Somali Society and has an interest in sustainability.
She will be helping to write reports, create blogs, and assist with social media for the project.
Separately from the TIES project, Nuura is working on a fundraising campaign with Islamic Relief and Human Appeal to send aid to Somalia and Northeastern Kenya to help communities affected by climate change and drought.
Research Advisory Group (RAG)
- Dr Safina Islam, Head of the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Resource Centre and Education Trust (AIURRC)
- Maya Sharma, Collections Officer, Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Resource Centre and Education Trust (AIURRC)
- Zara Mohammed, Muslim Council of Britain (MCB)
- Councillor Mahadi Sharif Mahamed, MCC Moss Side
- Professor Anya Ahmed, Professor of Wellbeing and Communities, Manchester Metropolitan University
- Dr Jenna Ashton, artist and curator and Lecturer in Heritage Studies, The University of Manchester
- Dr Shanon Shah, Director, Faith for Climate
- Shefali Kapoor, Head of Neighbourhoods, Manchester City Council (MCC)
- Jawad Amin, Solicitor, Chair of Khizra Mosque and GM Council of Mosques
- Muna Ahmed, Social Worker and Khizra Mosque Youth Support Worker
- Salah Abdisamad, Community representative
- Councillor Annette Wright, Hulme
- Roshan Lal, Faith for Climate
- Dr Maria Zubair, Leicester University, GM Race Equality Panel