
Profile
Chiara is a doctoral researcher at the Institute for Media and Creative Industries. Her research interests include environmental communication, community media, and eco-identity.
Academic background
Chiara completed her MSc in Conservation Science and Policy at Exeter University Cornwall Campus in 2014, and her undergraduate degree in Development Studies and Economics at SOAS in 2003. She is a practitioner who worked alongside human rights defenders in Colombia, Ecuador and Nepal for a few years before joining a community radio in Cornwall. Here, she used the platform to explore and engage with environmental communication.
PhD research
Chiara’s research aims to explore the role of audio media in environmental communication from an ecosystem perspective. More specifically, how people living on the banks of the river Danube perceive, talk about, feel and communicate the river and their environment, and the role of community media in this.
PhD supervisors
Chiara’s PhD is supervised by Professor Thomas Tufte and Professor Jo Tacchi.
Awards, grants or scholarships received
Chiara was awarded a Techne scholarship, an Arts and Humanities Doctoral Training Partnership.