Maddy Pearson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maddy Pearson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maddy |
| FAMILY NAME | Pearson |
| SIGNATURE | PEARSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Growing trees on farms
Agricultural landscapes represent critical contexts for advancing policy objectives related to tree cover expansion. This paper explores how farmers' values influence their willingness or ability to grow trees on farms. Research is based on 49 interviews and two focus groups with farmers in England and draws on two social science research traditions to devise an analytical framework based on four value orientations—instrumental, relational, expre…
Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches
There is a global drive to protect biodiversity and help combat climate change. In the UK, this is expressed in a number of policy initiatives and tools that include increasing tree cover as an important nature‐based solution to achieving national policy targets. Ambitious tree planting targets have been announced by each national government, and these will fall mostly to private landowners and managers to achieve. Although incentive schemes and …
Seeing the good for the trees
UK and European land-use policy increasingly promotes tree cover expansion on farmland, yet existing research has focused mainly on structural barriers rather than farmers’ motivations and socio-cultural values. This paper addresses this gap by applying the Bourdieusian concept of the ‘good farmer’ and drawing on in-depth ‘farmer journey’ interviews with farmers who have expanded tree cover. It examines how historical experiences shape decisions …
Furry, Feral, Foe
This article explores framings of life, death, health, and invasion on an English chalk stream. It focuses on the ways in which these notions have been put to work in recent history, in relation to each other, and in relation to particular species and spaces. By 2019, narratives of a chalk stream in South-East England as a dead river expanded beyond retort to intermittent waterlessness. The river’s death came to be framed as part of a wider ecolo…
River Swimming Through Uncertainty
In this Field Note, I share my experiences of an immersive period of ethnography undertaken with river swimmers in and along the River Beane and River Lea in the county town of Hertford, South-East England, from July 2020 until January 2021. As well as my personal experiences of being a swimmer, I include insights and observations from those I swam alongside to reflect on the feeling of wellbeing that river swimming instills in those dipping, swi…
Knowing antimicrobial resistance in practice
The high awareness of AMR in our study populations did not translate into reduced antibiotic prescribing. Contextual factors such as improved infrastructure, information and regulation seem essential for reducing reliance on antibiotics
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Knowing antimicrobial resistance in practice
The high awareness of AMR in our study populations did not translate into reduced antibiotic prescribing. Contextual factors such as improved infrastructure, information and regulation seem essential for reducing reliance on antibiotics
River Swimming Through Uncertainty
In this Field Note, I share my experiences of an immersive period of ethnography undertaken with river swimmers in and along the River Beane and River Lea in the county town of Hertford, South-East England, from July 2020 until January 2021. As well as my personal experiences of being a swimmer, I include insights and observations from those I swam alongside to reflect on the feeling of wellbeing that river swimming instills in those dipping, swi…
Furry, Feral, Foe
This article explores framings of life, death, health, and invasion on an English chalk stream. It focuses on the ways in which these notions have been put to work in recent history, in relation to each other, and in relation to particular species and spaces. By 2019, narratives of a chalk stream in South-East England as a dead river expanded beyond retort to intermittent waterlessness. The river’s death came to be framed as part of a wider ecolo…
Growing trees on farms
Agricultural landscapes represent critical contexts for advancing policy objectives related to tree cover expansion. This paper explores how farmers' values influence their willingness or ability to grow trees on farms. Research is based on 49 interviews and two focus groups with farmers in England and draws on two social science research traditions to devise an analytical framework based on four value orientations—instrumental, relational, expre…
Tree planting, natural colonisation, hybrid approaches
There is a global drive to protect biodiversity and help combat climate change. In the UK, this is expressed in a number of policy initiatives and tools that include increasing tree cover as an important nature‐based solution to achieving national policy targets. Ambitious tree planting targets have been announced by each national government, and these will fall mostly to private landowners and managers to achieve. Although incentive schemes and …
Seeing the good for the trees
UK and European land-use policy increasingly promotes tree cover expansion on farmland, yet existing research has focused mainly on structural barriers rather than farmers’ motivations and socio-cultural values. This paper addresses this gap by applying the Bourdieusian concept of the ‘good farmer’ and drawing on in-depth ‘farmer journey’ interviews with farmers who have expanded tree cover. It examines how historical experiences shape decisions …
Archaeology (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Focus group (2 works) · Forest Management and Policy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Tree planting (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work) · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact (1 work) · Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (1 work)