Grady Walker

Visual Methods Action Researcher and Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Reading

Dr Walker is a visual methods action researcher focusing on education, agriculture, and rural livelihoods in the context of climate change. He received his master’s degree in environmental conservation education from New York University and his doctorate in communication for social change from The University of Queensland, Australia. Drawing on his background as a documentary filmmaker, Dr Walker has conducted award-winning research that focuses on the use of visual methods and storytelling as tools for knowledge generation and participant investigation. He has developed and piloted approaches which have been published in leading international research journals. The majority of his research is conducted in partnership with individuals and groups who are marginalized through both knowledge and material hierarchies in the context of climate change, rurality, agriculture, and migration. He is a review editor for the journal Climate Services, a member of the Global Research Initiative on Rural Communication, and a member of the International Association of Media and Communication Research. Dr Walker is also co-lead of the Thematic Working Group on Mountain Agriculture within the Himalayan University Consortium.