Dr Heli Gittins

Lecturer

h.gittins@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 388159

Dr Heli Gittins

Teaching

I am course director for the MSc in Environmental and Business Management and module co-ordinator for DDL-4201 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

My research interests include interactions between the natural environment, human health and and wellbeing as well as socio-geographic dimensions of greenspace use and access. My cross-disciplinary PhD between the School of Natural Sciences and the School of Psychology, in partnerhsip with The Woodland Trust, examined the benefits of woodland activity programme provision on personal wellbeing and investigated barriers and enablers to woodland access and use.

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ÌýPublications

  • Cole, R., Gittins, H. and Dandy, N., 2024. Agroforestry in the UK: exploring consumer knowledge and interest.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)
  • (Report by Ned Hartfiel, Heli Gittins and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, 2020)
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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, Â鶹Íø, Nov '23
  • 'Tree Sense', Â鶹Íø, 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, Â鶹Íø, 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 Management and Assessment – Practitioner Member

Royal Geography Society - Postgraduate Fellow

Biography

I am course director for the Masters in Environmental and Business Management and teach on both environmental management and forestry modules. My research area is intersections between the natural environment, human health and wellbeing and socio-geographic dimensions of access to greenspace. Prior to teaching I worked at on two knowledge transfer projects at Â鶹Íø - a sustainable business project and a land use and climate change change project.

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

2023

  • Published
    Gittins, H., Dandy, N., Wynne-Jones, S. & Morrison, V., 2023, In: Wellbeing, Space & Society. 4, 100125.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Hartfiel, N., Gittins, H., Morrison, V., Wynne-Jones, S., Edwards, R. T. & Dandy, N., 2 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 15, 13 p., 6500.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Gittins, H., Dandy, N., Wynne-Jones, S. & Morrison, V., 1 Dec 2023, In: Wellbeing, Space & Society. 5, 100160.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review