Research Programme

Environmental Change

People

Dr Gavin Abernethy

Dr Gavin Abernethy

Lecturer in Mathematics, Computing Science

Professor Katharine Abernethy

Professor Katharine Abernethy

Professor, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Mr Alexander Adams

Mr Alexander Adams

TUTOR, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Miss Ximena Aguilar Vega

Miss Ximena Aguilar Vega

PhD Researcher, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Vahid Akbari

Dr Vahid Akbari

Lect in Artificial Intelligence/Data Sci, Computing Science and Mathematics - Division

Ms Olivia Azevedo

Ms Olivia Azevedo

PhD Researcher, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Peter Baker

Dr Peter Baker

Senior Lecturer, Spanish

Dr David Bassett

Dr David Bassett

Senior Animal Technician

Dr Clare Bird

Dr Clare Bird

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Mrs Hazel Blake

Mrs Hazel Blake

PhD Researcher, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Mr Ponsarut Boonchuay

Mr Ponsarut Boonchuay

PhD Researcher, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Tom Bradwell

Dr Tom Bradwell

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Mr David Bryan

Mr David Bryan

Tutor, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Professor Paul Cairney

Professor Paul Cairney

Professor, Politics

Professor Danny Campbell

Professor Danny Campbell

Professor, Economics

Ms Kerry Campbell

Ms Kerry Campbell

PhD Researcher, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Stefano Carboni

Dr Stefano Carboni

Aquatic Invertebrate Zoologist, Institute of Aquaculture

Professor Alison Cathcart

Professor Alison Cathcart

Professor, History

Dr Daniel Chapman

Dr Daniel Chapman

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Umair Choksy

Dr Umair Choksy

Senior Lecturer in Management, Management, Work and Organisation

Outputs

Book Chapter

McKeown C (2025) The Pain of Thinking at Light Speed: Posthuman Play as Response to “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". In: Incomputable Earth Technology and the Anthropocene Hypothesis Incomputable Earth. Theory in the New Humanities. London: Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/incomputable-earth-9781350264977/?fbclid=IwAR3ZgAMg-dSHwWHw3d6PocnrgY-FDOcTJO3P1hvEJ7yWuZkk1rcH9c0i86w_aem_AYjLWS0moR_CAj3kISkqPsCxhizEQR_nQw8MMFcChjQME1xVsSdZMqJdijev2BHYGm12B6Qweu1WdcROgNtDCvsY


Article

Fawdon P, Orgel C, Adeli S, Balme M, Calef FJ, Davis JM, Frigeri A, Grindrod P, Hauber E, Le Deit L, Loizeau D, Nass A, Quantin-Nataf C, Sefton-Nash E & Schröder C (2024) The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. Journal of Maps, 20 (1), Art. No.: 2302361. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2302361


Book Chapter

Sop T, Cheyne SM, Kuhl HS, Maisels F, Wich S & Williamson E (2024) Ape Population Abundance Estimates [Abundance Annex: Ape Population Abundance Estimates]. In: State of the Apes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press / Arcus foundation. https://www.stateoftheapes.com/volume-5-disease-health-and-ape-conservation/


Book Chapter

Esteves V (2024) Countercultural Denial in the UK: “New” Social Movements?. In: Marschner N, Richter C, Patz J & Salheiser A (eds.) Contested Climate Justice – Challenged Democracy International Perspectives. Frankfurt: Campus Verlag GmbH, pp. 207-220. https://www.campus.de/e-books/wissenschaft/soziologie/contested_climate_justice_challenged_democracy-18364.html


Article

Luize BG, Tuomisto H, Ekelschot R, Dexter KG, Amaral ILd, Coelho LdS, Matos FDdA, Lima Filho DdA, Salomão RP, Wittmann F, Castilho CV, Carim MdJV, Guevara JE, Phillips OL, Magnusson WE, Sabatier D, Cardenas Revilla JD, Molino J, Irume MV, Martins MP, Guimarães JRdS, Ramos JF, Bánki OS, Piedade MTF, Cárdenas López D, Pitman NCA, Demarchi LO, Schöngart J, de Leão Novo EMM, Núñez Vargas P, Silva TSF, Venticinque EM, Manzatto AG, Reis NFC, Terborgh J, Casula KR, Honorio Coronado EN, Mendoza AM, Montero JC, Costa FRC, Feldpausch TR, Quaresma AC, Castaño Arboleda N, Zartman CE, Killeen TJ, Marimon BS, Marimon BH, Vasquez R, Mostacedo B, Assis RL, Baraloto C, do Amaral DD, Engel J, Petronelli P, Castellanos H, de Medeiros MB, Simon MF, Andrade A, Camargo JL, Laurance WF, Laurance SGW, Rincón LM, Schietti J, Sousa TR, Mori GB, Farias EdS, Lopes MA, Magalhães JLL, Nascimento HEM, de Queiroz HL, Vasconcelos CC, Aymard C GA, Brienen R, Stevenson PR, Araujo-Murakami A, Cintra BBL, Baker TR, Feitosa YO, Mogollón HF, Duivenvoorden JF, Peres CA, Silman MR, Ferreira LV, Lozada JR, Comiskey JA, de Toledo JJ, Damasco G, Dávila N, Draper FC, García-Villacorta R, Lopes A, Vicentini A, Valverde FC, Alonso A, Arroyo L, Dallmeier F, Gomes VHF, Jimenez EM, Neill D, Peñuela Mora MC, Noronha JC, de Aguiar DPP, Barbosa FR, Bredin YK, Carpanedo RdS, Carvalho FA, Souza FCd, Feeley KJ, Gribel R, Haugaasen T, Hawes JE, Pansonato MP, Pipoly JJ, Paredes MR, Rodrigues DdJ, Barlow J, Berenguer E, da Silva IB, Ferreira MJ, Ferreira J, Fine PVA, Guedes MC, Levis C, Licona JC, Villa Zegarra BE, Vos VA, Cerón C, Durgante FM, Fonty É, Henkel TW, Householder JE, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco I, Silveira M, Stropp J, Thomas R, Daly D, Milliken W, Molina GP, Pennington T, Vieira ICG, Albuquerque BW, Campelo W, Fuentes A, Klitgaard B, Pena JLM, Tello JS, Vriesendorp C, Chave J, Di Fiore A, Hilário RR, Pereira LdO, Phillips JF, Rivas-Torres G, van Andel TR, von Hildebrand P, Balee W, Barbosa EM, Bonates LCdM, Dávila Doza HP, Zárate Gómez R, Gonzales T, Gallardo Gonzales GP, Hoffman B, Junqueira AB, Malhi Y, Miranda IPdA, Pinto LFM, Prieto A, Rudas A, Ruschel AR, Silva N, Vela CIA, Zent S, Zent EL, Endara MJ, Cano A, Carrero Márquez YA, Correa DF, Costa JBP, Monteiro Flores B, Galbraith D, Holmgren M, Kalamandeen M, Lobo G, Torres Montenegro L, Nascimento MT, Oliveira AA, Pombo MM, Ramirez-Angulo H, Rocha M, Scudeller VV, Umaña MN, van der Heijden G, Vilanova Torre E, Vargas TM, Ahuite Reategui MA, Baider C, Balslev H, Cárdenas S, Casas LF, Farfan-Rios W, Ferreira C, Linares-Palomino R, Mendoza C, Mesones I, Parada GA, Torres-Lezama A, Urrego Giraldo LE, Villarroel D, Zagt R, Alexiades MN, de Oliveira EA, Fortier RP, Garcia-Cabrera K, Hernandez L, Palacios Cuenca W, Pansini S, Pauletto D, Ramirez Arevalo F, Sampaio AF, Valderrama Sandoval EH, Valenzuela Gamarra L, Hirota M, Palma-Silva C & ter Steege H (2024) The biogeography of the Amazonian tree flora. Communications Biology, 7 (1), Art. No.: 1240. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06937-5


Policy Document

Agrawal S, Angus K, Arnott D, Ashcroft R, Aveyard P, Barry R, Bauld L, Beard E, Benowitz N, Bogdanovica I, Braznell S, Brennan A, Britton J, Brown J & Ford A (2024) E-cigarettes and harm reduction: An evidence review. Royal College of Physicians (RCP). London. https://www.rcp.ac.uk/media/n5skyz1t/e-cigarettes-and-harm-reduction_full-report_updated_0.pdf


Article

Penman M, Kennedy C, Watkinson D, Emmerson N, Thickett D, Bosché F, Forster AM, Grau-Bové 6 J & Cassar M (2024) Beyond Heritage Science: A Review [Beyond Heritage Science: A Review]. Heritage, 7 (3), pp. 1510-1538. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/heritage; https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage7030073


Article

McCulloch RD, Mansilla CA, Roberts SJ & Tisdall EW (2023) Late Quaternary climatic inferences from southern Patagonia (∼53°S): A holistic palaeoecological approach to tracking the behaviour of the southern westerly winds. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 631, Art. No.: 111822. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111822


Edited Book

Crawford NJW, Michael K & Mikulewicz M (eds.) (2023) Climate Justice in the Majority World: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Diverse Knowledges. Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Climate-Justice-in-the-Majority-World-Vulnerability-Resistance-and-Diverse/Crawford-Michael-Mikulewicz/p/book/9781032101712


Book Chapter

Crawford NJW, Rahman S, Nazia T, Mattar SD & Kalu UU (2023) ‘I was poor before, but Cyclone Amphan left me destitute': Disaster Displacement and Support in Bangladesh. In: Crawford NJW, Michael K & Mikulewicz M (eds.) Climate Justice in the Majority World: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Diverse Knowledges. 1 ed. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003214021-5/poor-cyclone-amphan-left-destitute-neil-crawford-siddiqur-rahman-tanzina-nazia-sennan-david-mattar-ukegbu-uwa-kalu?context=ubx&refId=02331472-4c26-4904-ab6b-a2282e43c4bc


Book Chapter

Crawford NJW, Mikulewicz M & Michael K (2023) Conclusion: Towards Justice in Climate Justice Research – Feedback from Chapter Contributors. In: Crawford NJW, Michael K & Mikulewicz M (eds.) Climate Justice in the Majority World: Vulnerability, Resistance, and Diverse Knowledges. Routledge Advances in Climate Change Research. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003214021-14/conclusion-michael-mikulewicz-kavya-michael-neil-crawford?context=ubx&refId=327dcbdc-6231-4d79-a44e-1d3c9b2cb011


Projects

Waste/Land/Futures: intergenerational relations in places of abandonment and renewal across Europe.
PI: Dr Melanie Lovatt
Funded by: Volkswagen Stiftung

SenseH2O: a scalable, integrated systems-based approach to monitoring water quality from headwaters to river outlets
PI: Professor Peter Hunter
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Achieving Ecological Resilient Dynamism for the European food system through consumer-driven policies, socio-ecological challenges, biodiversity, data-driven policy, sustainable futures
PI: Professor Nils Bunnefeld
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon Europe)

New SEWeb for a Digital Future
PI: Professor Peter Hunter
Funded by: Scottish Environment Protection Agency

Developing The UNICEF Child Climate Risk Index (CCRI)
PI: Professor Lena Dominelli
Funded by: UNICEF

Maximising synergies of Ecological Restoration in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation
PI: Professor Peter Hunter
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Inventive forecasting tools for adapting water quality management to a new climate
PI: Dr Ian Jones
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

The Beacon Project: Using Biodiversity and Energy justice to resolve Conflicts between Sustainable Development Goals
PI: Dr Isabel Jones
Funded by: Medical Research Council

Restoring Resilient Ecosystems
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Emerging mycoforestry technology for carbon-negative food production
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Innovate UK

NSF-GEO-NERC: How important are sea-level feedbacks in stabilizing marine-based ice streams?
PI: Dr Tom Bradwell
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Developing a skill-based pedagogical framework for sustainability
PI: Mr Neil McDonald
Funded by: The British Ecological Society

Teaching, Learning and Play in the Outdoors 2020 (TLPO) - A Scottish Cross-sectional Sequential Survey
PI: Professor Gregory Mannion
Funded by: NatureScot (Formerly Scottish Natural Heritage)

Disentangling the palaeoproxy challenge for the Humboldt Current System and beyond
PI: Dr Clare Bird
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Learning to adapt to an uncertain future: linking genes, trees, people and processes for more resilient treescapes
PI: Dr Daniel Chapman
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Land sharing vs. land sparing: new insights from ecological-economic modelling
PI: Professor Kirsty Park
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust

From bats to bees: effects of artificial electromagnetic fields on biodiversity
PI: Dr Jeremy Froidevaux
Funded by: The Leverhulme Trust

Multimodal data analysis for monitoring invasive aquatic weeds in India
PI: Dr Savi Maharaj
Funded by: Royal Academy of Engineering

Copernicus Evolution – Research for Transitional-water Observations
PI: Professor Andrew Tyler
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

FRONTLINERS: Climate change and human rights: closing the accountability gap
PI: Professor Annalisa Savaresi
Funded by: The British Academy