PhD candidate
Email elle.gilchrist@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
Elle holds a Bachelor's degree in Marine Biology from Unity College (USA), and a Master's in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic (USA). Her most recent projects involved understanding human-ocean dynamics in a fishing town in the Yucatán, arts-based coastal heritage research on Rakiura Stewart Island and developing an arts-based school curricula for critically reflecting and connecting with place in Aotearoa.
Research
Elle Gilchrist is completing a PhD at Kā Rakahau o te Ao Tūroa Centre for Sustainability exploring social arts practice and community engagement in climate change adaptation. Elle's current research focuses on sense of agency and understanding experiences of climate change.
Supervisors
- Janet Stephenson
- Maddie Judge
- Gianna Savoie