Dr Clare Wilson

Senior Lecturer

Biological and Environmental Sciences University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Clare Wilson

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About me

I have been a lecturer in soil science at Stirling University since 2008 and senior lecturer since 2016. I teach a range of subjects linked to soil management and as an Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching I oversee the quality assurance of our teaching provision and provide strategic leadership on enhancing the student experience and developing student outcomes.

My research focuses on soil resilience and soils’ response to disturbance across seasonal to millennial timescales. My work explores the microscales relevant to soil processes and seeks to link these to soil function across landscapes. This enables me to understand past land management practices and explore the legacy of past human activity as it influences soil function today.

My research focuses on soil resilience and soils’ response to disturbance across timescales that span from seasonal to millennial. I work from the microscale at which soil processes operate and seek to link these to changes in soil function at landscape scales. This enables me to understand past land management practices and explore the legacy of past human activity as it influences soil function today.

My research aims to:

  • understand how soils respond to anthropogenic and natural disturbance.
  • reconstruct and understand the impacts of past land management and human activity from the physical and chemical retained in cultural soils today,
  • recognise the implications of past soil management as it affects human health and environmental sustainability today.

External Examiners and Validations

External Examiner Ulster University

External examiner for BSc Environmental Science, Ulster University

External Examiner SRUC
Scotland's Rural College (SRUC)
External examiner for MSc programmes at SRUC: MSc Environmental Management and Protection MSc Soils and Sustainability

TQEF Reviewer
https://www.sfc.ac.uk/…ement-framework/
Accepted as a TQEF reviewer by the QAA

Other Academic Activities

SAGES executive committee member

EU COST Action (SAGA)

https://www.saga-cost.eu/
Member of Core Management group for the EU COST Action (SAGA CA17131)

CEDHE Committee member
https://ches.info/
Committee member of the Community for Environmental Disciplines in Higher Education (CEDHE), the educational wing of the Institute for Environmental Sciences (IES).

Other Project

EU COST Action Working Group Leader

https://www.saga-cost.eu/
EU COST Action (CA17131) The Soil science and Archaeo-Geophysics Alliance (SAGA). Working Group leader, WG1 Knowledge creation, exchange & development.

Professional membership

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Research programmes

Research centres/groups