Overview
Teaching
I am the course director for the MSc in Environmental and Business Management and module co-ordinator for ENS-4318 Social Issues in Forest Management, DXX-4524 Strategic Environmental Management and DXX-4525 Green Technologies. I teach social research methods, particularly qualitative, and supervise dissertations in this area.
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Research
I am an interdisciplinary researcher - my interests focus on interactions between the natural environment and people. Key areas are sustainability, human health and wellbeing and socio-geographic dimensions of greenspace use.听
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Publications
- Evans, F., Gibbons, J., Chadwick, D., Gittins, H., Williams, P. and Wynne-Jones, S., 2025. 鈥�.听Journal of Rural Studies,听120, p.103844.
- Cole, R., Gittins, H. and Dandy, N., 2024. .听British Food Journal,听126(5), pp.2187-2203.
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- Nature benefits wellbeing - but whose? , (Gittins, H., Autumn 2021)
- Golygfa Gwydyr Wellbeing Project - Feasibility 快活影院, (Report by Davies, R., and Gittins, H, 2021)
- Longer term impacts of the Actif Woods Wales programme, (Gittins, H., 2021)
- Can a woodland activity programme benefit participant wellbeing and change the way they use woods? (Gittins,听 H., 2021)
- Woodlands and wellbeing: evaluating the 'Actif Woods Wales' programme in , (Gittins, H., Wynne-Jones, S., & Morrison, V., 2021, Edward Elgar Publishing)
- Social prescribing of wellbeing services using the forest as a resource听in Public Health Network Cymru E-bulletin, , (Gittins, H., February 2021)
- (Report by Ned Hartfiel, Heli Gittins and Rhiannon Tudor Edwards, 2020)
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- Multilevel engagement: theory and practice integration in book听 (Kelliher and Reinl, 2015, Palgrave macmillan)听
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Conference Papers
- 'ESRC Festival of Social Science' photo story exhibition, Pontio, Bangor, Nov '23
- 'Tree Sense', 快活影院, Gwynedd. Multimedia exhibition, March - May '23
- Public Health Wales Annual Conference, Cardiff, Oct. '19
- 鈥楳aking Space for Nature鈥�, Royal Geography Society, London, Aug 鈥�19
- 鈥楬ealth psychology methods鈥�, British Psychological Society Health Psychology Conference, Manchester, July 鈥�19
- 鈥楴ature Connections鈥� Conference, Derby, July 鈥�19
- 鈥楲et鈥檚 Get Moving North Wales鈥� conference on physical activity, Bangor, Jan 鈥�19
- Woodland Trust Research Student Network Symposium, Grantham, Sept 鈥�18
- 鈥楪eographies of Happiness,鈥� Royal Geography Society RGS-IBG, Cardiff, Aug 2018
- 鈥業n-Situ and mobile methodologies in Geographies of Health and Wellbeing鈥�, RGS Hack Day, July 鈥�18
- 鈥楾rees and Wellbeing鈥� Research Day, Oxford Brookes, May 鈥�18
Professional Affiliations
Higher Education Academy - Fellow
Institute of Environmental and Sustainability Professionals 鈥� Practitioner Member
Royal Geography Society - Postgraduate Fellow
Rydw i鈥檔 siarad Cymraeg听 (wedi dysgu) / I speak Welsh (experienced learner)
Publications
2025
- E-pub ahead of print
Evans, F., Gibbons, J., Chadwick, D., Gittins, H., Williams, P. & Wynne-Jones, S., 1 Dec 2025, In: Journal of Rural Studies. 120, 103844.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review
2023
- Published
Gittins, H., Dandy, N., Wynne-Jones, S. & Morrison, V., 2023, In: Wellbeing, Space & Society. 4, 100125.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Hartfiel, N., Gittins, H., Morrison, V., Wynne-Jones, S., Edwards, R. T. & Dandy, N., 2 Aug 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 15, 13 p., 6500.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review - Published
Gittins, H., Dandy, N., Wynne-Jones, S. & Morrison, V., 1 Dec 2023, In: Wellbeing, Space & Society. 5, 100160.
Research output: Contribution to journal 鈥� Article 鈥� peer-review