Nadia von Benzon

Geography, BA (Hons), University of Oxford - 2.i.

Environmental Technology, MSc, Imperial College London – Distinction.

Learning Disabled Childhoods and Experiences of the Natural Environment.

Childhood, disability, marginalised people, participatory research, creative methods, research ethics.

von Benzon, N. (2010), Moving on from ramps? The utility of the social model of disability for facilitating experiences of nature for disabled children, Disability and Society, 25, 5, 617-626.

von Benzon, N.R., Makuch, K., and Makuch, Z., (2008), The Right for Disabled Children to Access the Natural Environment: A Law and Policy Critique, Willamette Journal of International Law and Dispute Resolution, 16, 76-105.

Funding

ESRC +3 Studentship

Relevant work experience

Coordinator of KEEN, an Oxford based charity providing sporting and recreational activities to disabled young people, 2006-07.

Teaching

Keswick undergraduate fieldtrip, 2010 and 2011; Applying Geography Semester One, 2011; Doing Geographical Research, research workshop, 2010 and 2011.

Selected conference papers

Conflicting constructions of disability, childhood and nature: implications for disabled children’s access to the natural environment, AAG Annual Meeting 2010.
Learning Disabled Children and the Great Unknown: exploring issues of access to the natural environment for children with learning disabilities, RGS-IBG Conference 2010.

Session and Conference convening

Geography with Vulnerable People (1): Ethics; and Geography with Vulnerable People (2): Methods and Practice, RGS-IBG Conference 2011.
Postgraduate Colloquium: Urban Green Space, Leeds Metropolitan University, 4th June 2010.