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Dr. Andrew Macdonald serves as a Qualitative Research Associate in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York, contributing to the Public Health and Society research group across multiple projects including Mental Health Navigators analysis and Ready to Relate digital intervention optimization.
His academic journey at York began with a Physics foundation year (2013), transitioning to Sociology for his undergraduate degree, followed by an MA in Social Research Methods, and culminated in an ESRC-funded PhD in Sociology supervised by Richard Tutton and Tom O'Brien.
Macdonald's research centers on climate activism across generational divides, examining how youth (16-24) navigate climate anxiety through protest while challenging narrow conceptualizations of youth climate action. His work critically explores gendered care politics within environmental movements, media representation of radical activism, and historical marginalization of child-led protests, bridging environmental sociology with public health frameworks.
His 2022-2025 publications reveal a cohesive trajectory analyzing climate activism through intersecting lenses of age, gender, and media dynamics, with particular emphasis on care ethics in Extinction Rebellion and intergenerational climate justice narratives.
Recipient of an ESRC Doctoral Fellowship through the White Rose Doctoral Training programme, his current Health Sciences Department projects include:
- Mental Health Navigators analysis
- Ready to Relate table of changes for optimizing digital interventions
- Scoping review of measures
- Ready to relate scoping review
As part of the family wellbeing unit, Macdonald applies qualitative methodologies to interdisciplinary health research while maintaining active membership in the British Sociological Association.
