My research explores how relationships between knowledge and practice determine the management of waste in sustainable futures.

Currently I am focused on understanding reuse as part of a systemic transformation towards more circular economies; exploring how organisational practices support and/or undermine reuse within societies, both materially (e.g. infrastructure) and symbolically (e.g. stigma). 

Circular Economy; Sustainable Governance; Reuse

Lucy joined the then School of Management in 2011 as a PhD student and was a member of staff from 2016 to 2024. From 2020 -2024 she was a member of the University Sustainability in the Curriculum Group. She has been a member of the interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Ethics.

Lucy is currently a lecturer in the Circular Economy and Sustainable Transformations in the School of Geosciences at the University of Edinburgh. She is (acting) programme director of the MSc in Circular Economy at Edinburgh Futures Institute. Since 2021 Lucy has been a visiting researcher at the Pentland Centre for Sustainable Business at Lancaster University. 

Her PhD in Management  is entitled A Resourceful Application: Understanding the Scottish Zero Waste Project in 2015. She has an MSc in Sustainablity Science and Environmental Studies from the University of Lund in Sweden and an LLB in Law and Politics from the University of Edinburgh.

Lucy has advisory experience working with private enterprise, NGOs and government on sustainability and the circular economy. As well as publishing in interdisciplinary journals and The Conversation, her work has also featured in industry publications including The Circular.