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In the Shadow of the Industrial Revolution

Professor Carolyn Roberts

Professor Carolyn Roberts

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The legacy of the industrial revolution can be felt everywhere in the modern world, but what of its shadow?

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Professor Carolyn Roberts

Professor Carolyn Roberts

Frank Jackson Professor of the Environment

Professor Carolyn Roberts is an independent water and environment consultant, formerly an academic and currently the Proposed Class Representative for a legal action against six English water companies for sewage pollution. She has also worked on numerous murder inquiries for the police, where bodies are lost or found in rivers and canals. Professor Roberts was the first Frank Jackson Professor of the Environment at Gresham College from 2014-2018.

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