Eleri Phillips

Eleri Phillips serves as a Lecturer in Human Geography at Aberystwyth University's Department of Geography & Earth Sciences, alongside dual roles as Post Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Life Sciences (Grassland Resilience for Net Zero project) and Tutor in Science and Humanities within the Department of Lifelong Learning.

She completed her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in 2024 with the thesis "An analysis of Welsh woodlands as sites of therapeutic experience and social engagement," supervised by Professors G. Hoskins and E. Gagen at Aberystwyth University.

Her research critically examines how Welsh woodlands function as therapeutic landscapes, integrating human geography with environmental psychology to analyze social engagement, community well-being, and nature-based interventions. Current work extends into woodland conservation models and resilience frameworks for ecological net-zero targets, emphasizing participatory community approaches.

No scientific awards were documented in the source material.

Dr. Phillips secured internally funded research through the South Norway European Office project "Analysis and development of a successful model of supported training and social engagement in Welsh woodlands" (2017-2020) as Co-Investigator, and presented findings at the 2019 RGS-IBG Conference. No student supervision records were indicated.