Kiera Chapman

Dr Kiera Chapman is a Research Fellow in the Faculty of English Language & Literature at the University of Oxford, specializing in interdisciplinary environmental humanities. Her work bridges arts, social sciences, and ecology to address urbanization, biodiversity loss, and social justice. Key projects include the 'Lost Nature' initiative auditing ecological commitments in housing development and the Radical Planning Manifesto proposing systemic reforms. She co-leads a £1m ESRC-funded project examining biodiversity policies’ social implications and authored Nature's Calendar, a book reimagining human-nature relationships through microseasons.

Her research strands include disavowal theory in climate inaction, racialized aesthetics in suburban development, and temporal studies through calendar customs. She has published in Environment and Planning D, Ephemera, and Urban Studies, with her audit report influencing UK parliamentary discussions. Current projects include a citizen science toolkit for ecological monitoring and a book on calendar rituals' entanglements with nature.

Dr Chapman collaborates with Wild Justice, the Bodleian Library, and community groups, emphasizing activist research. She holds a unique role in bridging creative writing—evident in her Granta-published works—with rigorous academic inquiry, advocating for equitable, ecologically mindful urban futures.