Lead supervisor:
Prof Mark Whitehead 
Other supervisor(s):
- Dr Elizabeth Gagen
Start date: October 2025 (Part time)
Award: General
Subject Pathway:
Human Geography
Thematic Cluster:
Place, Environment and Development Cluster
Feminist geographies of women’s health; understanding barriers for perimenopausal women in reducing the use of harmful toxic chemicals in the domestic setting
I am a Human Geography PhD student at Aberystwyth university. I am researching:
Domestic toxicity: a critical analysis of risk, knowledge and behaviour in relation to female household chemical use.
The demographic is peri-menopausal women and the research wishes to understand how best to communicate risk and strategies and tools to lower exposures and improve menopausal health