Svenja Meyerricks

Svenja is a human ecologist, independent researcher and educator based in Glasgow.  Her main interests are community initiatives, commons and co-operation and alternative economic principles and practices. She is a member of the Enough Collective and has worked as a project manager, gardener and workshop leader in community food growing projects across Glasgow.

Svenja holds a PhD from the University of St Andrews titled ‘Community projects as liminal spaces for climate action and sustainability practices in Scotland‘. She also has an MSc in Human Ecology from the University of Strathclyde/ Centre for Human Ecology and an MA in Social Anthropology and Philosophy from the University of Glasgow.

Recent publication:

Meyerricks, S.; White, R.M. Communities on a Threshold: Climate Action and Wellbeing Potentialities in Scotland. Sustainability 2021, 13, 7357. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137357