Liz O’Brien

Liz O’Brien is Principal Social Scientist in the Society and Environment Research Group at Forest Research; she was Head of the Group for 8 years until she moved to part-time work. Forest Research is Great Britain’s principal organization for forestry and tree-related research. Liz leads a research theme focused on wellbeing, which includes research on the health benefits of trees and wider nature, the values people associate with trees and forests, the benefits of citizen science and volunteering, care for nature, evaluation of nature-based interventions and outdoor education and learning. Liz is involved in several interdisciplinary projects and collaborates with many countries on research and in the exchange and development of evidence and ideas. She has been leading a five-year program on the Societal benefits of trees, woods and forests. You can find out more about her work at Liz O’Brien – Forest Research.