Dr Oliver Pritchard Moore
About
Oliver is a sociologist of science and technology studies. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher on the ARIA-funded project, Futuring Biological Commons.
He previously completed a Wellcome Trust-funded PhD at the Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter. His research explores care practices, the production and circulation of scientific knowledge, the representation of non-human animals and the environment, and the power dynamics between scientific experts, non-scientific experts, and institutions.
After his PhD Oliver worked on an EU Horizons project, trans4num, which is investigating the use of nature-based solutions and how to create transformation pathways for greater up-take of sustainable agricultural practices and nutrient management. Oliver’s role focused on stakeholder engagement and understanding how farmers and farm advisors engaged with agricultural science research.
Research Interests
- Creative and innovative approaches to qualitative research – specifically interviews, oral histories and focus groups – and approaches that look to reveal multi-sensory connections to science and nature.
- Ideas and concepts about how society interacts with and imagines the natural world and the role science and technology plays in it.
- Acquisition, application, and dissemination of scientific knowledge and the differences between scientific experts and non-scientific experts.
- More-than-human and human-animal relationships.
- Nutrition science.
- Agricultural science.
- Sustainability / environments
- Care practices in everyday science.