KIERA CHAPMAN
writer & academic
What am I up to?
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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
I'm an Independent Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, working on nature, attention, and biodiversity loss. My work studies the making of nature in the new suburbia.
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PROSPECT COTTAGE WRITING RESIDENCY
I was lucky enough to secure a writing residency at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness (former home of Derek Jarman). I used it to study the way that his writing and gardening create a practice of 'queer botany', viewing nature through a non-heteronormative lens.
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BODLEIAN LIBRARY EXHIBITION
I am a small part of an exciting exhibition team, creating an exhibition at the Bodleian Library about paying attention to 'everyday nature'. The exhibition will open in November 2026.
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CO-INVESTIGATOR, ESRC-BID
I am Co-Investigator on a £1m ESRC bid to explore the impact of the planning system on nature, and what can be done to improve outcomes for biodiversity. My part of the project uses a mixture of social science and arts and humanities methods to study alternative visions and valuations of 'everyday nature' amongst communities.
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