Professor Stewart Barr
Professor
Department of Geography, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4RJ, UK
Short Biography
Stewart Barr graduated from the University of Exeter's Geography Department in 1998 and continued his studies at Exeter undertaking a PhD exploring household waste practices. Building on this research, he worked for two years in the Department as a post-doctoral researcher on an ESRC-funded project entitled 'Environmental Action in and Around the Home'. He became a Lecturer in Geography in 2003, Senior Lecturer in 2008, Associate Professor in 2012 and is now Professor of Geography.
Stewart's research focuses on the ways in which publics engage with contemporary environmental dilemmas such as climate change and 'Peak Oil'. In so doing, his research speaks to a range of inter-disciplinary audiences through publication in Geography and Environmental Social Science journals and the authorship of research monographs. In particular, his research aims to advance new agendas in both theoretical and applied contexts, with a recent focus on impact generation activities through business engagement.
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