Nelson – Hannah Hoechner
Hannah is a lecturer in Education and International Development at the University of East Anglia. She grew up in Germany, and lived in Oxford, where she did her PhD, and in Brussels, where she met her partner, with whom she moved to Norwich to take up her current post at UEA. Since moving to Norwich, she has been involved in different local groups campaigning for action on the climate and biodiversity emergency, including at UEA where she is an environmental officer in her School and the Treasurer of the UEA Allotment Club.
Her professional career as a researcher in International Development has led her to spend time in communities at the frontlines of climate change, including in Nigeria and Senegal. This highlighted for her how interconnected climate justice and social and racial justice are, and that we can’t achieve one without the other.
As a mother of a small child, she feels acutely that there is no time to lose to address the emergencies of impending climate breakdown and massive loss of life-sustaining biodiversity. She is passionate about improving air quality, protecting trees and wildlife, and making streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
