Jelena Krivosic is a PhD student at the University of the West of England, Bristol within the School of Arts and the Digital Cultures Research Centre. They are currently expanding their MSc dissertation project by researching how Natural History documentaries engage audiences in climate and ecological justice, with a particular focus on how co-creation with filmmakers and audiences could help tell diverse crises stories to encourage active participation in behaviour and systems change initiatives.

Education

UWE, Bristol – 2023 ongoing
PhD – College of Arts, Technology and Environment

Centre for Alternative Technology – 2020 to 2022
MSc Sustainability and Ecology – Distinction

University of Westminster – 2013 to 2016
BA Film and Television Production – 2:1

Arts University of Bournemouth – 2012 to 2013
Media, Art and Design Foundation Degree – Distinction

Employment

UWE, Bristol
Guest Lecturer
MSc Science Communication – Wildlife Filmmaking module
Wildlife documentaries: Telling stories of climate and ecological justice? (2024)

MSc Environmental Communication – Communications campaigns module
What do Natural History documentaries really tell us about climate and ecological justice? (2024)

Centre for Alternative Technology
Guest Lecturer
MSc Behaviour Change – Communication for transformational change module:
What do screen-natures really tell us about climate and ecological justice? (2023, 2024)

Critical Discourse Analysis: How to. Research examples breakdown. (2022)

University of Westminster
Guest Lecturer
Professional Development: Production Coordinating for Natural History. (2019)

Kew Gardens
Workshop Facilitator
Youth Explorers: Climate communication, mental health and storytelling. (2022, 2023)

Conferences

Critical Slow Television Conference 2024
Panel – Representation of Climate Change Stories
Paper: Is the Natural History documentary genre able to engage audiences with stories about climate change?
In response to the theme: Sustainable Development Goal – 17 Responsible Production and Consumption

The Flowing Image 2024: The Ocean On-Screen
Panel – Representing More-Than-Human (Relations) in Documentaries
Paper: The impact of Natural History documentary’s spectacular ‘Virtual Nature’ on audiences’ sense of responsibility and engagement with the global
crises?

ASLE-UKI 2024: Arts of Noticing: Attention and the Environment
Panel – Resisting Violence, Making Change
Paper: Virtually connected? How could watching Natural History documentaries affect audiences’ sense of nature connectedness and desire to engage with the entangled global crises?

Community, Arts & Activism

Camino to COP 26: Walking from London to Glasgow (Sep-Nov 2021)
Leek’s Big Green Weekend Festival – Organiser, Workshop Facilitator, Storytelling Event Manager
Guardian article

Coat of Hopes: London to Glasgow (2019), Glasgow to Edinburgh (2022)
Coat Guardian – Project Management Support

Of Walking on Thin Ice: Documentary Walking-Screening (2023)
Centre for Alternative Technology, Brunel Tunnel – Walking-Screening Event Organiser/Facilitator
Guardian article, Film review

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