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Dr Marion Walker
Research Associate
Research Interests
Marion is the Facilitator for a NERC funded Knowledge Exchange Network on Catchment Change (CCN). This Network enables the exchange of best practice between the NERC research base and wider science user community in terms of understanding and managing uncertainty related to future change in catchments across three key areas - water scarcity, flood risk and diffuse pollution management. Her remit involves coordinating activities within and between the science and user communities, identifying new collaborative research opportunities and optimising professional development learning across a range of key science user groups.
Marion trained as a social scientist. Her PhD (Lancaster 2006) explored the issues of school choice in rural communities and the relationship between social class, lifestyle and locale in relation to the educational market place.
Since joining LEC Marion has continued to pursue her research interests in the geography of education, research with children and young people and working with innovative methodologies. The first project explored the school journey using mobile phone, GIS and GPS technology. Building on this work Marion then spent a year working in Hull on the participatory project Children, Flood and Urban Resilience: Understanding children and young people's experience and agency in the flood recovery process. The project set out to document and understand the longer-term experience of flood impact and flood recovery including the health, educational and social aspects for children and young people and to assess the policy implications of children's perspectives.
Marion's most recent work has been on an interdisciplinary project with colleagues in LEC and Educational Research Exploring and Expanding the Student Experience Project. This project set out to help Lancaster University students and the institution itself to better understand the ways in which students can increase their 'employability' whilst broadening and expanding their student experience.
