Anthea Hawke

Anthea Hawke joined Brook Lyndhurst in June 2010 from the Environment Agency, where she had worked on social research, health, sustainable development and social policy for over seven years. She is an experienced researcher, project and programme manager, with experience of a broad range of research methods including in-depth interviews, focus groups, action research, and quantitative methods such as surveys, and data analysis. Her specialisms include:

Behaviour change
Anthea led the Environment Agency’s work on sustainable behaviours and has a comprehensive knowledge of behaviour change theory, methods and their practical use. Her work has included developing and delivering a research programme for the Environment Agency, with a focus on influencing business behaviours and better regulation. She has experience of project design and evaluation including the testing of different methods for encouraging household water efficiency. Anthea has worked closely with UK government departments and academic experts on identifying and meeting future research needs on sustainable behaviours.

Social research
Anthea has extensive experience of designing and executing social research. She has managed an evaluation of the social and economic benefits of Environment Agency projects, and developed approaches to quantify the broader health and quality of life benefits of environmental improvements. Anthea has also been involved in research on the social science of regulation, public participation, climate change adaptation and risk.

Health
Anthea has also carried out research and policy development on health issues. She completed in-depth research for her masters degree on the potential impacts of climate change on people’s health in South Africa, including eight weeks field work. She worked for two years as a health policy advisor for the Environment Agency, which included analysing research to inform Environment Agency, UK and European policy (as part of a cross-government group on environment and health), with a particular focus on ‘green infrastructure’ and the wider health and social impacts of the environment. Anthea was also responsible for reviewing and analysing academic research on health issues relevant to Environment Agency staff.

Anthea has a Bachelors (honours) degree in chemistry from the University of Birmingham, and started her career as a lab analyst for a large pharmaceutical company. She holds a Masters in Environmental Technology from Imperial College. Anthea lives in Bristol, and spends as much time as she can enjoying the natural environment – running, rock climbing, walking and cycling.