Anna's PhD collaborates with NatureScot to research how visual practices mediate ecocultural relations with Scottish landscapes. It examines how the visual culture of environmental governance produces narratives and imaginaries about Scottish ‘nature’ which shape people’s relationship to landscape. Across several case studies, the project uses participatory methods from visual anthropology, such as collaborative filmmaking and photography workshops, to investigate how screen-based art and media foster affective attachments and environmental belonging. Through a situated approach, it investigates how these visual explorations of people’s relationships to landscape might, in turn, be used to influence Scottish environmental policy and governance.

Anna has dual affiliation with Queen Margaret University, where she is based in Psychology, Sociology and Education. Alongside her doctoral studies, Anna co-convenes the Edinburgh Environmental Humanities Network PhD Lab and recently participated in the SGSAH/British Council Earth Scholarships programme. She holds an MA in Visual Anthropology from Aarhus University and a BA in Liberal Arts (Spanish) from the University of Leeds.