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Dr

Rebecca Collins

(she/her)

Deputy Head

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

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  • Deputy Head
    Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

BIOGRAPHY

Rebecca Collins is Deputy Head of the Division of Humanities, Cultures and Environment, and Director of the University's Sustainability and Environment Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute (SERKEI). The RKEI is an interdisciplinary institute that brings together over 150 researchers, providing a platform for collaborations, public events and external partnerships. Rebecca is a human geographer with research interests at the intersection of institutional and community-based cultures of environmental care, skills and work for sustainable futures, everyday material culture and young adulthood. She is currently Chair of the Royal Geographical Society's Social and Cultural Geographies Research Group (2023-2026) and Editor at The Geographical Journal (2024-2029), one of the international peer-reviewed journals of the Royal Geographical Society. 

UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS

  • Deputy Head of Division, Humanities, Cultures and Environment
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom1 Jan 2024
  • Acting Head of Department
    University of Chester, Geography and Environment, Chester, United KingdomJun 2022 - Dec 2023
  • Deputy Head of Department
    University of Chester, Geography and Environment, Chester, United KingdomMay 2016 - Jun 2022
  • Senior Lecturer in Human Geography
    University of Chester, Geography and Environment, United KingdomAug 2016
  • Lecturer in Human Geography
    University of Chester, Geography and Environment, Chester, United KingdomApr 2014 - Aug 2016

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Teaching Fellow
    University College London, Geography, United KingdomSep 2012 - Apr 2014

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Research Associate
    Council of Europe, Strasbourg, France2010 - 2012

DEGREES

  • PhD, Geography
    University College London, London, United Kingdom2010 - 2013
  • MSc, Environment, Science and Society
    University College London, London, United Kingdom2008 - 2009
  • BA, History of Art
    University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom2001 - 2004

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
    University of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2014 - 2016
    Other

RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE

  • Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
  • Sustainability and Environment Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
  • Health and Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute

SCHOOL

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

RESEARCH & INNOVATION ROLES

  • Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee Member
  • Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute Director
  • Research Management Group Member
  • UCP Editorial Board Member