Dr Rosie Day PhD

Dr Rosie Day

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Associate Professor in Environment and Society

Contact details

Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK


Rosie Day is an environmental human geographer interested in various aspects of peoples experience of, and engagement with, the wider environment. Much of her work has been in the area of environmental inequalities and environmental justice where she has developed a particular theme on ageing and environmental issues. She is currently largely focused on research to do with energy demand, especially isues of energy poverty and energy justice. Her style of working is highliy multi-disciplinary, and she works in teams with academics from engineering, history, transport studies, architecture and sociology, from the UK and beyond.

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of East Anglia)
  • MSc (London School of Economics and Political Science)
  • PhD (University College London)

Teaching

Undergraduate

Yr 3 Environmental Justice (course leader)

Yr 2 fieldcourse - Malta (course leader)

Yr 2 Environmental Assessment and Management (contributor)

Yr 2 Advanced research methods (contributor)

Postgraduate supervision


Dr Day welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in her areas of interest:

environmental justice / energy justice
energy poverty
energy geography
environmental knowledges
older age, especially in relation to environmental or energy issues


Research

Rosie Day is an environmental human geographer interested in various aspects of peoples experience of, and engagement with, the wider environment. She works particularly on environmental justice and energy justice, that is how environmental and energy issues intersect with social inequalities. Her recent research covers energy poverty, water governance, diverse environmental kowledges including indigenous knowledge, and the environmental needs of older people. 

Other activities

Director of Postgraduate Research, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Amaral, M, Benites Lazaro, L, Day, R & Giatti, LL 2025, 'Harvesting Underdevelopment: Exploring the Water–Food Nexus in Brazilian Municipalities', Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 3, 1081. https://doi.org/10.3390/su17031081

Dickinson-Craig, E, Turbat, T, Hemming, K, Pope, F, Bartington, S, Anjaa, S, Davaa, S, Day, R, Boldbaatar, D, Ochir, C, Warburton, D, Thomas, GN, Badarch, J & Manaseki-Holland, S 2025, 'Improving Air Quality and Childhood Respiratory Health in Mongolia: The Impact of the Raw Coal Ban and COVID-19 Restrictions—An Interrupted Time-Series Analysis', Atmosphere, vol. 16, no. 1, 46. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16010046

Van Loon, AF, Matanó, A, Tirivarombo, S, Artur, L, Day, R, Rohse, M, Mustafa, S, Geris, J, Taylor, S, Bharucha, Z, Chirindja, F, Nesamvuni, AE, Huhn, AL, Nomquphu, W, Ebrahim, G & Comte, J-C 2025, 'Towards more connection in drought and flood management in the transboundary Limpopo basin', Jàmbá - Journal of Disaster Risk Studies, vol. 17, no. 1, a1798. https://doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v17i1.1798

Dickinson-Craig, E, Badarch, J, Bartington, S, Hemming, K, Thayakaran, R, Day, R, Pope, F, Chuluunbaatar, B, Boldbaatar, D, Ochir, C, Warburton, D, Thomas, GN & Manaseki-Holland, S 2023, 'Impact assessment of a raw coal ban on maternal and child health outcomes in Ulaanbaatar: a protocol for an interrupted time series study', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 4, e061723. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-061723

Thomson, H, Day, R, Ricalde, K, Brand Correa, L, Cedano, K, Martinez, M, Santillan, O, Delgado Triana, Y, Luis Cordova, JG, Milian Gómez, JF, Garcia Torres, D, Mercado, C, Castelao Caruana, ME & Giannini Pereira, M 2022, 'Understanding, recognizing, and sharing energy poverty knowledge and gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean – because conocer es resolver  ', Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 87, 102475, pp. 113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102475

Wang, X, Day, R, Murrant, D, Marín, AD, Botello, DC, González, FL & Radcliffe, J 2021, 'A capabilities-led approach to assessing technological solutions for a rural community', Energies, vol. 14, no. 5, 1398. https://doi.org/10.3390/en14051398

Woolley, K, Dickinson-Craig, E, Bartington, S, Oludotun, T, Kirenga, B, Mariga, S, Kabera, T, Coombe, A, Pope, F, Singh, A, Avis, W, Day, R, Warburton, D, Manaseki-Holland, S, Moore, D & Thomas, GN 2021, 'Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution from solid biomass fuels and improve maternal and child health outcomes in low and middle income countries: a systematic review protocol', BMC Systematic Reviews, vol. 10, no. 1, 33. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-021-01590-z

Melin, A, Day, R & Jenkins, KEH 2021, 'Energy Justice and the Capability Approach—Introduction to the Special Issue', Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 185-196. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1909546

Bartiaux, F, Day, R & Lahaye, W 2021, 'Energy Poverty as a Restriction of Multiple Capabilities: A Systemic Approach for Belgium', Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, vol. 22, no. 2, pp. 270-291. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1887107

Van Loon, AF, Lester-Moseley, I, Rohse, M, Jones, P & Day, R 2020, 'Creative practice as a tool to build resilience to natural hazards in the Global South', Geoscience Communication, vol. 3.

Malakar, Y & Day, R 2020, 'Differences in firewood users’ and LPG users’ perceived relationships between cooking fuels and women’s multidimensional wellbeing in rural India', Nature Energy, vol. 5, no. 12, pp. 1022–1031. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-020-00722-4

Comment/debate

Rangecroft, S, Rohse, M, Banks, EW, Day, R, Di Baldassarre, G, Frommen, T, Hayashi, Y, Höllermann, B, Lebek, K, Mondino, E, Rusca, M, Wens, M & Van Loon, AF 2022, 'Bridging the gap: reply to discussion of “Guiding principles for hydrologists conducting interdisciplinary research and fieldwork with participants”', Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol. 67, no. 7, pp. 1149-1151. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2060111

Höllermann, B, Rangecroft, S, Rohse, M, Banks, EW, Day, R, Di Baldassarre, G, Frommen, T, Hayashi, Y, Lebek, K, Mondino, E, Rusca, M, Wens, M & Van Loon, AF 2022, 'Go together, to go further! Reply to “Human–water research: discussion of ‘Guiding principles for hydrologists conducting interdisciplinary research and fieldwork with participants’”', Hydrological Sciences Journal, vol. 67, no. 14, pp. 2211-2213. https://doi.org/10.1080/02626667.2022.2128804

Review article

Barendrecht, MH, Matanó, A, Mendoza, H, Weesie, R, Rohse, M, Koehler, J, de Ruiter, M, Garcia, M, Mazzoleni, M, Aerts, JCJH, Ward, PJ, Di Baldassarre, G, Day, R & Van Loon, AF 2024, 'Exploring drought-to-flood interactions and dynamics: A global case review', Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, vol. 11, no. 4, e1726. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1726

Woolley, KE, Dickinson-Craig, E, Lawson, HL, Sheikh, J, Day, R, Pope, FD, Greenfield, SM, Bartington, SE, Warburton, D, Manaseki-Holland, S, Price, MJ, Moore, DJ & Thomas, GN 2022, 'Effectiveness of interventions to reduce household air pollution from solid biomass fuels and improve maternal and child health outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Indoor Air, vol. 32, no. 1, e12958. https://doi.org/10.1111/ina.12958

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