Dr Aled Singleton

Honorary Appointment (Science)

Faculty of Science and Engineering

a.m.singleton@swansea.ac.uk

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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1302-3776

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About

I am an Honorary Research Fellow in Geography and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. I am an HEA Fellow and teach across Human Geography, including climate emergency & sustainable development, globalisation, dissertation preparation, Berlin fieldtrip, and the MSc in qualitative research methods. My research interests concern long term emotional and affective attachments to space and place. My PhD research focused on the post-war environment: industrial renewal, increased private motor vehicles and semi-detached suburban living. The includes a film from ESRC Festival of Social Science 2019 and final thesis Pursuing the Post-war Dream (2020). I have been a Wales DTP Postdoctral Research Fellow, funded through the ESRC, and Co-I for the OPTIC intergenerational climate change research & engagement project.

Areas Of Expertise

Human geography
Walking research
Attachment to place
Urban policy
Psychogeography
Creative practice
Reflexive methods
Globalisation

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

I am a Fellow of the HEA and have been academic mentor to Year 1 and Year 2 students in BA and BSc Geography. Teaching incudes

2022-24: Geographical Skills (GEG100); Sustainable Development & Climate Emergency (GEG135); Globalisation (GEG130); Geographical Methods and Data Analysis (GEG277); Dissertation Preparation Skills (GEG278); Berlin Fieldtrip (GEG252B); Tourism, Heritage and Leisure (GEG220); Qualitative Research Methods (GEGM15)

2022: Guest lecturer MArch Sustainable Architecture - Centre for Alternative Technology

2021: Digital Theatre Commission, Open Source Wales researching digital space and film.

2021: Webinar facilitator for Society Dataset Digimap, University of Edinburgh

2020-2023: Lecturing and assessment for MA Creative Writing Non-Fiction – Swansea University (EN-M68)

2015-16: Development of ILM course on Motivational Interviewing techniques - with TSW Training

2015: Production of EmployMedia change management digital resource and toolkit - Bridgend Council

Research Award Highlights Collaborations

Publications

Research Highlights

Singleton, A., Halfacree, K., & Closs Stephens, A. (n.d.) Lower Carbon Weeklong Fieldtrips. In France, D., Batty, L., Swanton. D (Ed.), Fieldtrips in Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences Edwards Elgar Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68119
Thomas, M., Sorvala, L., Williams, A., Singleton, A., Maddock, C., Morgan, D., Murray, T., & Musselwhite, C. (2024). Co-creating a climate comic book: reflections on using comics in intergenerational research and engagement. Journal of Global Ageing, 1(2), 219-237.
https://doi.org/10.1332/29767202y2024d000000011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67620
Singleton, A., Thomas, M., Maddock, C., Williams, A., Morgan, D., Musselwhite, C., Twelvetrees, J., Bateman, T., De’Ath, R., Attala, L., & Sorvala, L. (n.d.) Working with an Advisory Group to Co-design Innovative Intergenerational Climate Change Research. Journal of Responsible Innovation
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66994
Batterham, M., Deering, K., & Singleton, A. (2023). Urban influences on the development, perpetuation and mitigation of psychosis. Mental Health Practice
https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2023.e1653, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66970
Singleton, A. (2024). Tricks, practicalities and ethics of teaching outdoor walking research, including interviews and group tours. In Wendy Garnham and Paulo Oprandi (Ed.), Outdoor Learning in Higher Education (pp. 119-127). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003436928-18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436928-18

All Research

Journal Articles

Thomas, M., Sorvala, L., Williams, A., Singleton, A., Maddock, C., Morgan, D., Murray, T., & Musselwhite, C. (2024). Co-creating a climate comic book: reflections on using comics in intergenerational research and engagement. Journal of Global Ageing, 1(2), 219-237.
https://doi.org/10.1332/29767202y2024d000000011, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67620
Singleton, A. (2024). Urban research in film using walking tours and psychogeographic approaches. Visual Studies, 39(1-2), 184-195.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2023.2289966, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65163
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1472586x.2023.2289966
Singleton, A., Freeman, A., O'Connor, ., & Upton, D. (2023). ChatGPT Figures Out Huddersfield: Three AI-Guided Urban Explorations. Livingmaps Review, 15
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64989
https://www.livingmaps.org/chatgpt-figures-out-huddersfield-wp-15
Singleton, A. (2023). The long resolution? Responding to economic and social change in postwar South Wales. Soundings, 84(84), 212-224.
https://doi.org/10.3898/soun.84-85.13.2023, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65188
http://dx.doi.org/10.3898/soun.84-85.13.2023
Singleton, A. (2023). Urban Walking and The Spatial Hinge. Literary Geographies, 9(2), 248-252.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64157
https://www.literarygeographies.net/index.php/LitGeogs/article/view/395
Batterham, M., Deering, K., & Singleton, A. (2023). Urban influences on the development, perpetuation and mitigation of psychosis. Mental Health Practice
https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2023.e1653, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66970
Singleton, A. (2020). Gemma Carney & Paul Nash (2020). Critical questions for Ageing Societies. Bristol: Policy Press, 234 pp. ISBN 978-1447351580 (paperback). International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 14(2), 197-200.
https://doi.org/10.3384/ijal.1652-8670.3368, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61881
Singleton, A., Thomas, M., Maddock, C., Williams, A., Morgan, D., Musselwhite, C., Twelvetrees, J., Bateman, T., De’Ath, R., Attala, L., & Sorvala, L. (n.d.) Working with an Advisory Group to Co-design Innovative Intergenerational Climate Change Research. Journal of Responsible Innovation
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66994

Authored Books

Thomas, M., Singleton, A., Williams, A., Maddock, C., Morgan, D., Murray, T., Musselwhite, C., & Sorvala, L. (2023). The Climate Comic / Comic yr Hinsawdd: Tales between generations / Cenedlaethau’n rhannu straeon Swansea University.
https://doi.org/10.23889/SUbook.64751, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64751

Book Chapters

Singleton, A. (2024). Developing Walking Methods for Lifecourse Research. In Wanka, A; Freutel-Funke, T,; Andresen, S; Oswald, F. (Ed.), Childhood and Ageing Research - A Linking Ages Dialogue Routledge
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65330
https://www.routledge.com/Linking-Ages-A-Dialogue-between-Childhood-and-Ageing-Research/Wanka-Freutel-Funke-Andresen-Oswald/p/book/9781032551692
Singleton, A. (2024). Tricks, practicalities and ethics of teaching outdoor walking research, including interviews and group tours. In Wendy Garnham and Paulo Oprandi (Ed.), Outdoor Learning in Higher Education (pp. 119-127). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003436928-18, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65448
http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003436928-18
Batterham, M. & Singleton, A. (2023). Framing transdisciplinary research as an assemblage. In Bryan C. Clift, Ioannis Costas Batlle, Sheree Bekker, Katharina Chudzikowski (Ed.), Qualitative Researcher Vulnerability (pp. 206-221). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003349266-15, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61295
http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003349266-15
Lovesmith, G., Miah, M., & Singleton, A. (2022). Beyond Lending. In Mhairi McVicar, Stephen Kite, Charles Drozynski (Ed.), Generosity and Architecture (pp. 252-262). Routledge
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003211815-27, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61882
Singleton, A., Halfacree, K., & Closs Stephens, A. (n.d.) Lower Carbon Weeklong Fieldtrips. In France, D., Batty, L., Swanton. D (Ed.), Fieldtrips in Teaching Fieldwork in Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences Edwards Elgar Publishing
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa68119

Conference Contributions

Singleton, A. (2022). Arthur Machen’s Hill of Dreams and the Spatial Hinge. In RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2022
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61914
Singleton, A. (2021). Analysing spatial data gained from walking interviews and psychogeographic group tours. In GISRUK 2021
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4665546, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61880
https://gisruk.org/

Other Research Outputs

Singleton, A. & Closs Stephens, A. (2023). It’s not easy being green: lower-carbon travel and the future of Geography fieldtrips
https://doi.org/10.55203/kemp8612, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63258
http://dx.doi.org/10.55203/kemp8612
Singleton, A. (2023). Spatially-Led Video Interviews, 2021-2022
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65214
https://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/856012/
Singleton, A. (2021). Pursuing the Post-war Dream
https://doi.org/10.23889/SUthesis.61347, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61347
Singleton, A. (2021). Learning to walk (again) and engage with places
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa61883
http://dcfw.org/design-commission-publishes-places-for-life-ii/

Other Roles

Researcher, Walking Therapy Service Evaluation, Avon & Wiltshire Early Intervention Mental Health NHS Trust Bath

2021 - Present

Career History

Research Fellow and Tutor in Geography, Swansea University

October 2021 - June 2024
Project Manager (part-time), Maindee Unlimited, Newport, Wales

February 2016 - July 2018
Senior Regeneration Officer, Bridgend County Borough Council, Wales

January 2006 - February 2016
Funding Project Officer, Wales Local Authorities Consortium, Newport, Wales

August 2003 - December 2005

Public Engagements

2021: “Using Performance to Assemble Lifecourse Narratives” accepted for session Non-representational Geographies: Approaches, Methods and Practices, RGS-IBG.

2021: "Enhancing agency amongst older research participants: working with performance and lifecourse narratives" and lead for symposium “The rhythm of ageing beyond representation: developments from human geography”, British Society of Gerontology

2021: “A methodological ‘bricolage’ for our times? Walking interviews, group tours and outdoor performances” accepted for British Sociological Association Conference

2021: Find out how to visualise and download 2011 UK Census data and other demographic data with Society Digimap

2021: “Analysing spatial data gained from walking interviews and psychogeographic group tours” for GISRUK Conference.

2021: “The impact of Everyday Space on Old Age” Age Old Care in Time of Crisis Conference

2019: “Walking through Caerleon in 1960s and 1970s” ESRC Festival

2019: “Researcher and artist collaborate”, Walking’s New Movements, Plymouth University

2019: “Place attachment: Walking through the 1960s & 1970s”, British Environmental Psychology Society

2019: “Closely, yet uncertainly connected” Caerleon Literary Festival

2019: “Closely, yet uncertainly connected” Micra Early Career Conference: Thinking Ageing.

2018. “Finding Maindee”, Cultural Practice Research Network, Cardiff University

2017: “Place and Identity” Second Consumer Research Summit, Bangor University

2012: Singleton, A., Schifferes, J. “Resilient Places” to Sustainable Place-Making Conference – Cardiff

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Researcher, Walking Therapy Service Evaluation, Avon & Wiltshire Early Intervention Mental Health NHS Trust Bath

Research Fellow and Tutor in Geography, Swansea University

Project Manager (part-time), Maindee Unlimited, Newport, Wales

Senior Regeneration Officer, Bridgend County Borough Council, Wales

Funding Project Officer, Wales Local Authorities Consortium, Newport, Wales