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Teaching

I am the course director for the MSc in Environmental and Business Management and module co-ordinator for ENS-4318 Social Issues in Forest Management, DXX-4524 Strategic Environmental Management and DXX-4525 Green Technologies. I teach social research methods, particularly qualitative, and supervise dissertations in this area.

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Research

I am an interdisciplinary researcher - my interests focus on interactions between the natural environment and people. Key areas are sustainability, human health and wellbeing and socio-geographic dimensions of greenspace use.Ìý

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Publications

• Evans, F., Gibbons, J., Chadwick, D., Gittins, H., Williams, P. and Wynne-Jones, S., 2025. “.ÌýJournal of Rural Studies,Ìý120, p.103844.
• Cole, R., Gittins, H. and Dandy, N., 2024. .ÌýBritish Food Journal,Ìý126(5), pp.2187-2203.
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• Nature benefits wellbeing - but whose? , (Gittins, H., Autumn 2021)
• Golygfa Gwydyr Wellbeing Project - Feasibility Study, (Report by Davies, R., and Gittins, H, 2021)
• Longer term impacts of the Actif Woods Wales programme, (Gittins, H., 2021)
• Can a woodland activity programme benefit participant wellbeing and change the way they use woods? (Gittins,Ìý H., 2021)
• Woodlands and wellbeing: evaluating the 'Actif Woods Wales' programme in , (Gittins, H., Wynne-Jones, S., & Morrison, V., 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing)
• Social prescribing of wellbeing services using the forest as a resourceÌýin Public Health Network Cymru E-bulletin, , (Gittins, H., February 2021)
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• Multilevel engagement: theory and practice integration in bookÌý (Kelliher and Reinl, 2015, Palgrave macmillan)Ìý

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Conference Papers

• 'ESRC Festival of Social Science' photo story exhibition, Pontio, Bangor, Nov '23
• 'Tree Sense', ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, Gwynedd. Multimedia exhibition, March - May '23
• Public Health Wales Annual Conference, Cardiff, Oct. '19
• ‘Making Space for Nature’, Royal Geography Society, London, Aug ‘19
• ‘Health psychology methods’, British Psychological Society Health Psychology Conference, Manchester, July ‘19
• ‘Nature Connections’ Conference, Derby, July ‘19
• ‘Let’s Get Moving North Wales’ conference on physical activity, Bangor, Jan ‘19
• Woodland Trust Research Student Network Symposium, Grantham, Sept ‘18
• ‘Geographies of Happiness,’ Royal Geography Society RGS-IBG, Cardiff, Aug 2018
• ‘In-Situ and mobile methodologies in Geographies of Health and Wellbeing’, RGS Hack Day, July ‘18
• ‘Trees and Wellbeing’ Research Day, Oxford Brookes, May ‘18

Professional Affiliations

Higher Education Academy - Fellow

Institute of Environmental and Sustainability Professionals – Practitioner Member

Royal Geography Society - Postgraduate Fellow

Rydw i’n siarad CymraegÌý (wedi dysgu) / I speak Welsh (experienced learner)

2025

• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu
  Evans, F., Gibbons, J., Chadwick, D., Gittins, H., Williams, P. & Wynne-Jones, S., 1 Rhag 2025, Yn: Journal of Rural Studies. 120, 103844.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2023

• Cyhoeddwyd
  Gittins, H., Dandy, N., Wynne-Jones, S. & Morrison, V., 2023, Yn: Wellbeing, Space & Society. 4, 100125.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• Cyhoeddwyd
  Hartfiel, N., Gittins, H., Morrison, V., Wynne-Jones, S., Edwards, R. T. & Dandy, N., 2 Awst 2023, Yn: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 15, 13 t., 6500.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• Cyhoeddwyd
  Gittins, H., Dandy, N., Wynne-Jones, S. & Morrison, V., 1 Rhag 2023, Yn: Wellbeing, Space & Society. 5, 100160.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid