Dr Chloe Duteil

Personal Statement

I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on the project “Melting Metropolis: Everyday Histories of Heat and Health in London, New York, and Paris since 1945” (funded by a Wellcome Discovery Award, 2023-2029).

I completed my PhD in 2024. It was funded by the NWCDTP and supervised by Professor Chris Pearson and Dr Jess White at the University of Liverpool, and by Dr Christopher Donaldson and Professor Fiona Edmonds at Lancaster University. My thesis explores human interactions with seaweeds to examine their role in the lives of coastal dwellers in Brittany and Wales between the 1870s and late 1930s. It interrogates how seaweeds were valued, used, and perceived, and demonstrates that they participated in shaping practices, cultures, and identities.