About
Dr Suzi Richer (MCIfA)- Owner
Suzi set-up Richer Environmental in January 2018 having previously worked in both the professional and academic sectors. She is a specialist in pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses and has worked across a range of sites and environments in the UK, northern Europe, and in mountainous environments across the world.
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Here are two videos (Part 1 and Part 2) with Suzi explaing to primary school children why she's an environmental archaeologist.
Suzi Richer - Background
Alongside palynology, Suzi also has experience in associated specialisms such as geoarchaeology, chronology construction and science communication.
Her wider research uses history and the arts to focus on the connections between people and the environment in both the past and today.
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She is also a medical herbalist with an interest in how plants have been used over the centuries for our health and wellbeing.
Associations
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Member of National Institute of Herbal Medicine
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Secretary of Herbal History Research Network (2025-Present).
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Global Challenges Research Fellow, Department of Archaeology, University of York (2020-2021)
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Association for Environmental Archaeology, Publicity Officer (2014-2018)
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York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems (KITE) at the University of York (2016-2020)
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Honorary Research Associate, Department of Archaeology, University of York (2018-2020)
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Honorary Research Fellow, School of History, Archaeology and Religion, Cardiff University (2014-18)