Staff
Grace van der Wielen
MA(Hons), MA
MA(Hons), MA
Grace van der Wielen joined Forest Research in July 2023. She has an academic background in literary and cultural studies from the University of Edinburgh (MA Hons) and the University of York (MA), with a particular interest in the environmental humanities. Her postgraduate dissertation focused on the relationship between subjectivity and nature within apartheid-era novels in South Africa. Grace’s entry point into social research was via her work on a community development project in the Scottish Highlands. She developed her qualitative skillset further in her role at a multidisciplinary social research agency based in London. Alongside training in ethnographic methodologies, she worked on projects focused on behaviour change, user experiences and service evaluation across the public and private sectors. She also has experience working and volunteering within community-led conservation projects and teaching.
Northern Research Station (NRS)
Bush Estate
Roslin
Scotland
This project will gather evidence to better understand the social and cultural value of an understudied part of English treescapes: Trees outside Woodlands in peri-urban and rural areas (ToWPUR). The research will feed into a variety of policy aims relating to the societal benefits and impact of tree-planting and management.
This In Brief summarises our recently published Research Report, which explored the issues that matter to cereal farmers in England in relation to trees and tree cover on their farms. The In Brief reports on the general findings of the research, outlines the findings to the research question ‘what matters to cereal farmers?’ and explains […]
This Research Report explores the issues that matter to cereal farmers in England in relation to trees and tree cover on their farms. Looking beyond just financial considerations, this report explore which factors guide and shape farmer attitudes to and behaviours regarding trees and tree cover. If we can learn what farmers value in relation […]