PhD Student Working with Our Upland Commons Project

Hannah Field, Doctoral Researcher

The University of Cumbria is a partner in the 'Our Upland Commons' multi-million-pound project aiming to preserve the country’s common land which has been made possible thanks to the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 

PhD Student Hannah Field gained a studentship to work alongside the project, supervised by Dr Lisa Fenton and Dr Claire Holt.

Hannah is working with commons in Cumbria and Dartmoor, building an in-depth picture of each common and the commoning practices. Interviews and information will be collected to understand the multiple stories in the commons and how they interact, how information is shared and how decisions are made.

Dr Julia Aglionby, Professor in Practice here at CNPPA, also works in Programme Delivery for the Foundation for Common Land which is leading the Our Upland Commons project.

Partners:  Foundation for Common Land

Funders:  National Lottery Hertiage Fund

Contacts: (this project) hannah.field@uni.cumbria.ac.uk; (general research enquiries) research.office@cumbria.ac.uk

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