Staff Profile

Elizabeth Lawson’s work explores the intersection of water, rurality and governance. Her recent research has examined water and wastewater governance and policy in rural and island communities in Scotland, focusing on how institutional arrangements shape access, equity and resilience. She holds an Eng D in Water Engineering from the University of Exeter and previously worked in the Europe and Central Asia Climate and Environment team at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), whilst based in Tirana, Albania. Elizabeth joins us from the Civil and Geospatial Engineering group in the School of Engineering at Newcastle and looks forward to further expanding her research field and to building collaborations across the faculty.