Dr Lowri Cunnington Wynn

BA Sociology and Social Policy: Bangor University PhD: Bangor University

Dr Lowri Cunnington Wynn

Darlithydd Cyfrwng Cymraeg Mewn Troseddeg

Department of Law & Criminology

Contact Details

Profile

Lowri graduated from Bangor University in 2007 with a first class honours degree in Sociology and Social Policy through the medium of Welsh. In the year after graduation, she worked as a research officer for the School of Psychology, studying the effects of bilingualism on cognitive behaviour. She subsequently received a postgraduate scholarship from the Welsh Language Board to complete her PhD in 2008. Her doctoral thesis explored the fact that young people who are not born in Wales leave the Welsh Heartlands at a rate four times higher than those who were born here, having an effect on the make-up of rural communities. An article based on this PhD earned her the Gwerddon Prize in 2019, presented by the Learned Society of Wales. 

For the last three years, Lowri has worked primarily within the social research sector taking up post-graduation roles at Wavehill Consultancy, Bangor University and the Welsh Language Board. She has a wealth of experience evaluating European funded projects, designing impact assessments, specific research projects and conducting community consultations. More recently, she's developed a keen interested in Green Issues and has developed a postgraduate module on International Perspectives of Green Criminology. Coupled with her academic background, Lowri is passionate about community work and has been involved in many projects within her locality.

Additional Information

Lowri is now the Welsh Medium Lecturer in Criminology for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

Teaching

Module Coordinator
Lecturer
Tutor
Coordinator
Grader

Research

Green Criminology

Environmental Harm

Language Learning and Childcare Choice in Wales: Wales Journal of Education

The Out-migration of Young People from the Welsh Heartlands

Responsibilities

Departmental Peer Guide Co-ordinator

Welsh medium provision Co-ordination and Development 

Student Recruitment

Open and Visiting Days Co-ordination

 

Office Hours (Student Contact Times)

  • Monday 10-12
  • Wednesday 10-12

Publications

Lewis, H & Cunnington Wynn, L 2024, ARFOR, allfudo a’r Gymraeg: Gwersi o ymchwil cyfoes ym maes allfudo i gefnogi gwaith rhaglen ARFOR II. Centre for Welsh Politics and Society.
Lewis, H & Cunnington Wynn, L 2024, ARFOR, out-migration and the Welsh language: Findings from recent research on out-migration to inform the work of the ARFOR II programme. Centre for Welsh Politics and Society.
Cunnington Wynn, L 2023, Minority Languages as Collateral Damage in the Climate Crisis – The incidental Result of Climate Catastrophe on Y Gymraeg/Welsh Language. in Ecoviolence Studies: Human Exploitation and Environmental Crime. Cambridge University Press.
Cunnington Wynn, L, Froud, J & Williams, K 2023, Restanza and the power of attachment in a Welsh slate valley. in Commons, Citizenship and Power: Reclaiming the Margins. Bristol University Press.
Cunnington Wynn, L 2022, ''The Fight for Fairbourne’: A Welsh study of environmental harm and its victims', Criminological Encounters, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 35-51. 10.26395/CE22050104
More publications on the Research Portal