Sally Eden


Sally Eden was a British geographer and Professor of Human geography at the University of Hull.

Scholarly contributions

Eden’s research and writing focused on how society understands and manages the environment. It included issues of sustainable consumption, green lifestyles, environmental action and forms of public engagement with the environment.
In a series of research projects, Eden examined how scientific knowledge about the environment is used within and outside of government, how river restoration projects are designed and justified and how ordinary people get involved with and make sense of how environments are managed. In her writing she developed lines of analysis and argument drawing on concepts from human geography but also science and technology studies and environmental politics.
Eden's book Environmental Publics argues that ‘the public’ is not one thing and their engagements with the environment take multiple forms.

Publications