Dr Florence Halstead

  • Research Associate (School of Education)

Biography

Dr Florence Halstead is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate whose research focuses on the intersection between society, climate change and education. Her work utilises Participatory Action Research and Community Collaboration. Her research experience spans numerous international contexts, and seeks to utilise place-based initiatives to mobilise sustainable, climate resilient transitions.

She is currently working within the Community Collaboration workstream within GALLANT, (£10.2 m) based within the Centre for Sustainable Solutions and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

 

Research interests

Florence has a keen interest in how spatial, temporal and cultural contexts influence individual and community environmental perceptions and behaviours. She is particularly focussed on how collective action within communities can raise climate conciousness, aleviate localised climate challenges, and help manage climate anxieties. 

Florence works with a range of communities across all generations within her work, however much of her research thus far has sought to engage children and youth. 

Publications

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Jump to: 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021
Number of items: 10.

2025

Parsons, Katie J,, Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Jones, Lisa M. and Harris-Smith, Sarah (2025) Crumbling cliffs and intergenerational cohesivity: a new climate praxis model for engaged community action on accelerated coastal change. Geoscience Communication, 8(3), pp. 213-228. (doi: 10.5194/gc-8-213-2025)

Jones, Lisa M., Lê, Huệ, Parsons, Katie J., Võ, T. T. and Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845 (2025) From science to storytelling: advancing a climate knowledge–action framework through reflections on youth-focused, participatory action research in Vietnam. British Educational Research Journal, (doi: 10.1002/berj.70004) (Early Online Publication)

Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Parsons, Katie J., Vo, Thu, Lloyd Williams, Alison, Jones, Lisa, Le, Hue, Nguyen, Anh, Hackney, Christopher and Parsons, Daniel (2025) Place-based and intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: moving beyond participation and towards momentum. Children's Geographies, (doi: 10.1080/14733285.2025.2519027) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Jones, Lisa, Parsons, Katie J., Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845 and Wolstenholme, Joshua M. (2024) Reimaging activism to save the planet: using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action. Children and Society, 38(3), pp. 823-838. (doi: 10.1111/chso.12819)

2023

Dunkley, Ria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7344, Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Gambell, Sarah and Duncan, Becky (2023) Open Aye / GALLANT Photo Project - exhibition of participant's work. [Exhibitions]

Jones, L. et al. (2023) Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp. 69-117. (doi: 10.5871/jba/011s3.069)

Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Dunkley, Ria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7344, Gambell, Sarah and Duncan, Becky (2023) Exploring Past, Present and Future Urban Imaginaries in the Context of the Climate Emergency. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, London, 29 August - 1 September 2023.

2022

Parsons, Katie J. and Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845 (2022) Gendered childhoods and the inequity of accessing the outdoors. Area, 54(4), pp. 574-578. (doi: 10.1111/area.12831)

2021

Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Parsons, Lucie R., Dunhill, Ally and Parsons, Katie (2021) A journey of emotions from a young environmental activist. Area, 53(4), pp. 708-717. (doi: 10.1111/area.12745)

Jones, Lisa, Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Parsons, Katie J., Le, Hue, Thi Ha Bui, Ly, Hackney, Christopher R. and Parson, Daniel R. (2021) 2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s5), pp. 29-68. (doi: 10.5871/jba/009s5.029)

This list was generated on Fri Oct 24 23:20:42 2025 BST.
Jump to: Articles | Conference or Workshop Item | Exhibitions
Number of items: 10.

Articles

Parsons, Katie J,, Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Jones, Lisa M. and Harris-Smith, Sarah (2025) Crumbling cliffs and intergenerational cohesivity: a new climate praxis model for engaged community action on accelerated coastal change. Geoscience Communication, 8(3), pp. 213-228. (doi: 10.5194/gc-8-213-2025)

Jones, Lisa M., Lê, Huệ, Parsons, Katie J., Võ, T. T. and Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845 (2025) From science to storytelling: advancing a climate knowledge–action framework through reflections on youth-focused, participatory action research in Vietnam. British Educational Research Journal, (doi: 10.1002/berj.70004) (Early Online Publication)

Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Parsons, Katie J., Vo, Thu, Lloyd Williams, Alison, Jones, Lisa, Le, Hue, Nguyen, Anh, Hackney, Christopher and Parsons, Daniel (2025) Place-based and intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: moving beyond participation and towards momentum. Children's Geographies, (doi: 10.1080/14733285.2025.2519027) (Early Online Publication)

Jones, Lisa, Parsons, Katie J., Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845 and Wolstenholme, Joshua M. (2024) Reimaging activism to save the planet: using transdisciplinary and participatory methodologies to support collective youth action. Children and Society, 38(3), pp. 823-838. (doi: 10.1111/chso.12819)

Jones, L. et al. (2023) Conversations on grief and hope: a collaborative autoethnographic account exploring the lifeworlds of international youth engaged with climate action. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s3), pp. 69-117. (doi: 10.5871/jba/011s3.069)

Parsons, Katie J. and Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845 (2022) Gendered childhoods and the inequity of accessing the outdoors. Area, 54(4), pp. 574-578. (doi: 10.1111/area.12831)

Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Parsons, Lucie R., Dunhill, Ally and Parsons, Katie (2021) A journey of emotions from a young environmental activist. Area, 53(4), pp. 708-717. (doi: 10.1111/area.12745)

Jones, Lisa, Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Parsons, Katie J., Le, Hue, Thi Ha Bui, Ly, Hackney, Christopher R. and Parson, Daniel R. (2021) 2020-Vision: understanding climate (in)action through the emotional lens of loss. Journal of the British Academy, 9(s5), pp. 29-68. (doi: 10.5871/jba/009s5.029)

Conference or Workshop Item

Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Dunkley, Ria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7344, Gambell, Sarah and Duncan, Becky (2023) Exploring Past, Present and Future Urban Imaginaries in the Context of the Climate Emergency. RGS-IBG Annual Conference, London, 29 August - 1 September 2023.

Exhibitions

Dunkley, Ria ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0238-7344, Halstead, Florence ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9945-1845, Gambell, Sarah and Duncan, Becky (2023) Open Aye / GALLANT Photo Project - exhibition of participant's work. [Exhibitions]

This list was generated on Fri Oct 24 23:20:42 2025 BST.

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