Rebecca Ford

Rebecca Ford is a Lecturer at the Institute for Northern Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands. She earned her Doctor of Philosophy in 2022 with a thesis titled Words and Waves: Ecological Dialogism as an Approach to Discourse, Community, and Marine Renewable Energy in Orkney, supervised by Donna Heddle.

Her research focuses on interdisciplinary ecological dialogism, rooted in Mikhail Bakhtin’s theories, exploring language as an embodied process within physical and cultural environments. Key interests include narrative’s role in shaping Orkney’s cultural identity, environmental humanities, and feminist critiques of science, technology, energy, and environment.

No scientific awards or articles are explicitly listed in the provided text. Her academic profile emphasizes her doctoral work and affiliations without mention of grants, labs, or current advising roles beyond her thesis.