Professor Peter Kraftl
Professor of Human Geography
Areas of expertise
Children and young people and educational spaces
Profile
Children and young people – particularly topics around the environment/environmental issues, access to/use of public spaces, urban planning, safety, mobilities, play, participation in decision-making and public health.
Education spaces – including the design of school buildings/classrooms, and alternative education settings, such as homeschooling, Forest Schools, and Care Farms.
Professor Kraftl can comment on any of the above from the perspective of a social scientist, not psychology or medicine.
Previous media work has included:
- Interviewed for BBC Midlands Today (television news) about children, young people, climate change and COP26, November 2021
- Interviewed for BBC West Midlands (radio) about children, young people and climate anxiety (linked to COP26), November 2021
- Interviewed for Property Week about research on children, young people and urban places, November 2022
- Interviewed for Children and Young People Now about research on children, young people and urban places, November 2022
- Interviewed for Free Radio (Midlands) about children, young people, climate change and COP27, November 2022
Interview booking
Please call the press office on +44 (0)1509 222224 to arrange an interview with Professor Peter Kraftl.