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Dr. Tom Fry is a Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. He is affiliated with Robinson College as Director of Studies. His research focuses on political ecology and human-wildlife relations, particularly in urban and rural contexts across the global North. He holds a PhD from University College London (2020), MSc degrees from SOAS (2016) and the University of Cape Town (2010), and a BA from the University of York (2006).
His current projects include a collaborative ethnography of urban garden ecosystems in London and investigations into urban rewilding initiatives with the Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery. He employs innovative methods like etho-ethnographic citizen science, combining participatory visual techniques with ecological data collection. Prior work includes studying white-tailed eagle reintroductions in Scottish crofting communities and urban fox dynamics in London.
Teaching responsibilities include co-designing the 'More-Than-Human Geographies' undergraduate course, lecturing on political ecologies, and supervising dissertations. His research emphasizes multispecies entanglements, environmental governance, and the socio-political dimensions of ecological change.
Key projects include:
- British Academy Fellowship: Suburban garden ecologies & participatory natural history
- Leverhulme Centre collaboration: Urban rewilding governance and beaver reintroductions
- ERC Urban Ecologies project: Urban fox lifeworlds and capitalist urbanization
Methodological innovations center on integrating human and animal perspectives through interdisciplinary frameworks.
