Cat Acheson

I am an interdisciplinary environmental social scientist, specialising in environmental justice, plastics, and waste. I currently work as a Research Associate on the project 'After the Single Use: Rethinking Plastics in Healthcare', funded by the Wellcome Trust. I am based at the University of Edinburgh in Social Anthropology, in the School of Social and Political Science.

I completed my PhD on grassroots waste innovations and social justice at the University of East Anglia in 2024, where I was based within the Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) research group in the School of Environmental Sciences.

I hold a Master's Degree in Environment, Culture, and Communication from the University of Glasgow, and a MA Hons. degree in English Literature from the University of Glasgow. I have previously held professional roles at Zero Waste Scotland and the sustainability department at the University of London.