Isobel Akerman

PhD Candidate

Isobel Akerman headshot
Department

Enhanced Partnerships

Team

Interdisciplinary Research

Specialism

History

I am a History PhD candidate at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the University of Cambridge interested in Environmental History. My thesis explores the integration of environmental thinking into the research, education, and outreach of botanic gardens since c.1960, and the wider uptake of these ideas among the public and policymakers.

  • 2021 The University of Cambridge: MPhil in Modern British History
  • 2016 The University of York: BA History

Akerman I 2022 

‘A great responsibility: biodiversity crisis in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew’. Environmental History (Forthcoming)

Secret York: An Unusual Guide (Jonglez Publishing), [ISBN 9781445640518]