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Nicola Spurling is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University within the School of Social Sciences, specializing in Mobilities Scholarship and Sociology of Consumption. Her research focuses on Sustainable Practices, Everyday Futures, and Decarbonisation of Transport.
- Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University (2020–present)
- Anniversary Lecturer (2016–2020)
- Senior Research Associate (2014–2016)
Her work integrates social theory with empirical studies on climate change mitigation through practices of custodianship and care. Key methodologies include ethnography, auto/biographical approaches, and participatory research.
Recent publications explore climate emergency narratives, intergenerational mobilities, and material cultures of transport. She has been funded by ESRC, Scottish Government, AHRC, and EPSRC for projects like DecarboN8 and Everyday Futures.
PhD supervision focuses on climate-society intersections with students studying food circuits of care and wild swimming's ecological impacts. She advocates for public sociology through sociological films, policy reports, and community engagement.
