Dr Sylvia Hayes
Sylvia Hayes is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Communication and Data Science (C3DS) at the University of Exeter.
Her research explores climate change communication, social media, visual imagery, photography/photojournalism, and digital media, using qualitative social science methodologies. In 2024, Sylvia was awarded a PhD from the University of Exeter titled “Strikingly Visual: understanding the production of climate journalism in a world of digital news”, which explored the use of imagery and visualisations in online climate change journalism.
She has experience working across the academic and industry divide, collaborating with various climate change journalism organisations, NGOs, and other stakeholders.
