Jessica Urwin is a Lecturer in Environmental History in the School of Humanities within the College of Arts, Law and Education, where her teaching and research explore the intersections of history, environment, and society. Her work focuses on understanding how human interactions with the natural world have shaped cultural, social, and political developments, with particular attention to the long-term consequences of environmental change. Urwin contributes to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, supervises student research, and publishes in the field of environmental history, advancing interdisciplinary approaches that connect historical perspectives with contemporary environmental challenges.