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Quote from Tim Newman
Annual Review 2015/16 Contents Forward from Vice Principal
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The Story So Far
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CECHR Team, Director and Board
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Director’s Cut
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The James Hutton Institute
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CECHR Social Media
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CECHR Academic Associates
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Incubator Fund
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Stories of Impactful Research
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Diary of CECHR Events
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Annual Symposium
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CECHR’s Artist in Residence - Jean Duncan
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CECHR Postgraduates
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Facing the Future
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Research Grant Successes
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MSc in Sustainability
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Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice
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Acknowledgements: We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the Review, notably Jackie Malcolm for the design and Tracey Dixon for the photography.
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Forward from Vice Principal of Research University of Dundee
Transformation lies at the heart of the University’s vision and is essential to the future success of the institution. A key goal of the University is to transform lives locally and globally through the creation, sharing and application of knowledge. The focus is on three key global challenges: 1 Promoting the sustainable use of global resources 2 Shaping the future through innovative design 3 Improving social, cultural and physical wellbeing CECHR plays a key role in helping to address these challenges through facilitating research and finding achievable solutions. The University will celebrate 50 years as an independent body (Dundee was granted its Royal Charter in 1967 breaking away from the University of St Andrews) and in 2017 will host a number of celebratory events. As part of these celebrations, CECHR is hosting Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice. This conference is the 3rd in a biennial series of international interdisciplinary conferences that focuses on transformations towards sustainability, and takes place from the 30th August – 1st September 2017. (www.transformations2017.org) #TCONFDD17
Tim Newman Vice Principle Research, Knowledge Exchange and Wider Impact One of the very positive developments of recent times, in the increasingly complex and fraught UK Higher Education landscape, is the creation of the Global Challenges Research Fund, providing £1.5bn of funds to researchers across the UK to work with international partners on key development goals. Successful engagement with Global Challenges requires, above all else, innovative
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networking, goal-sharing and co-working between researchers of multiple
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disciplines. Within the University of Dundee, CECHR continues to be highly instrumental in seeding interactions and collaborations, and bringing researchers together, particularly across the social sciences / natural sciences divide. I look forward to continuing working with CECHR and its Director Ioan Fazey on synergising the University’s research community in key areas of the Global Challenges agenda, and further enhancing our partnerships, both locally and across the world.
CECHR – the story so far!
CECHR was established as a strategic partnership between the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute in 2009 by Professor John Rowan. The remit was to facilitate interdisciplinary environmental research and bring together the vast pool of expertise across both institutions. The purpose was (and still is) to establish a research hub with the aim of encouraging and supporting multidisciplinary collaborations by providing a mechanism for networking opportunities and sharing relevant opportunities and information through a variety of channels. Food, Water, Energy and Health Security are key CECHR themes and we continue to support world class research to tackle these global challenges alongside the delivery of exemplary postgraduate training. Professor Ioan Fazey took the reins from John in 2015 and is leading CECHR into the next phase.
Ioan Fazey Louise Henderson Tracey Dixon Jean Duncan Tony Hodgson Glenn Page
Director Communications Social Media Resident Artist Transformative Facilitator in Residence Developmental Evaluator in Residence
Associate Directors Roy Neilson Christopher Connolly Mark Cutler Husam Al Waer Jackie Malcolm Kate Irvine
Ecological Scientist, James Hutton Institute Reader in Neurobiology, School of Medicine Reader, Geography, School of Social Sciences Senior Lecturer, Architecture, School of Social Sciences Senior Lecturer, DJCAD Senior Researcher, James Hutton Institute
CECHR Board Ioan Fazey Tim Newman Deb Roberts Margaret Smith Nic Beech John Rowan Claire Halpin
CECHR Director Vice-Principal (Research, Knowledge Exchange and Wider Impact) Director of Science, James Hutton Institute Dean, School of Nursing and Health Sciences Vice-Principal (Academic Planning and Performance) Dean, School of Social Sciences Head of the Division of Plant Sciences, School of Life Sciences
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CECHR Team
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Director’s Cut
Ioan Fazey
This last year has seen CECHR moving forward in an era where interdisciplinary research is increasingly important. Global mega trends from climate and environmental change, technological change to shifts in global economic power are creating challenges at unprecedented scales. In a world that with ever increasing complexity and uncertainty, new approaches are needed. There have been many notable successes from the CECHR Associates, from projects on flooding, climate resilience, biomaterials, impacts of storms, critical infrastructure resilience, sensing technologies for change, impacts of nutrient biogeochemistry, remote sensing and economic development of African oil producers. Much of this work is directly related to addressing real world issues and involves many different collaborations and partnerships. The postgraduate student body has also continued to grow, with new PhD students often having supervisors across diverse disciplines and schools, from across the University and the James Hutton Institute. The notable new addition this year has been the MSc in Sustainability, with students joining us from the USA, Germany, Scotland and other parts of the UK. As this year progresses, I am looking forward to future events. Importantly, CECHR Annual Review 2015/16
will be hosting its first international conference – Transformations to Sustainability – in August and September. There are many associated events emerging around this conference, from Future Earth webinars and meetings held in other European Countries. Transformations 2017 puts Dundee at the heart of global agendas that recognise that marginal or incremental change is not enough, and that the global megatrends require a concerted effort to facilitate transformative change. The collaboration of the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute through CECHR are well placed to tackle these challenges and capitalise on the emerging opportunities provided by change
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The James Hutton Institute
The collaboration between CECHR and The James Hutton Institute compliments the strengths within both institutions. The James Hutton Institute’s expertise in plant sciences and ecosystems and the University’s broad range of environmental research, which spans geography, law, engineering, life sciences and other areas, creates valuable interdisciplinary networks and creates opportunities for capacity building.
Deb Roberts Director of Science The James Hutton Institute’s 2016 - 2021 Science Strategy defines three interlinked scientific challenges aimed at enhancing food and environmental security and, more generally, rural wellbeing. The aim is to conduct transformative science which makes a tangible contribution towards the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. In this sense the objectives of the Institute remain highly complementary to those of CECHR. Over the last year, we have benefitted enormously from the relationships we have with CECHR colleagues and the events and activities facilitated by the CECHR staff. Highlights include the annual symposium, the PhD conference, and the success of the three year EU-funded GROW project which involves both Hutton and Dundee University staff. Their success has been reflected in growth in the number of Hutton-based associates of CECHR which bodes well for the future of our shared initiative. I would like to thank the CECHR team for all their help over the last 12 months
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and very much look forward to working with them over the next year.
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Social Media
We use different platforms to communicate with our community and beyond, our most successful being the CECHR twitter account (@CECHR_UoD). The account has been phenomenally well received and currently has over 121K followers. We are so lucky to have the wonderful Tracey Dixon at the helm who has nurtured this from a few followers to the go to place for environmental news in just a couple of years. Website Information relating to CECHR can be found on our website (www.dundee.ac.uk/ cechr) detailing the events we run, relevant news and information on our postgraduate community and our associates.
Blog The CECHR SPHERE blog encourages our postgraduate students to post details of their international research/fieldtrips/conferences etc. and can be found on our
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website.
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Facebook The CECHR facebook page (CECHRUOD) was launched in 2014 and currently has over 5K followers. This compliments our twitter account detailing relevant environmental news and events.
· We currently have over 121k followers · The Klout score is 74 [100 highest, 1 lowest], we are ranked as experts in the areas of Agriculture, Biodiversity, Conservation, Ecosystems, Nature, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy and Sustainability · SustMeme Climate Change & Energy Influencers – we are consistently in the top 30 out of 500 · Onalytica Renewable Energy Influencers [Brand], we are consistently ranked in the top 5 · Onalytica Climate Change & Water Security Influencers [Brand] – we are listed in the top ten non-profit influencers and the top ten water security influencers · 3.63 billion timelines since September 2014 · High profile followers include: The Green Party US Department of Interior Lonely Planet Matt McGrath (Environment Correspondent for BBC News) Nature Conservatory STV News Guardian Sustainable Business Tom Watson (Deputy Leader of the Labour Party) Scottish Government Climate Change Hub
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CECHR Twitter facts:
Truly Amazing!
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Academic Associates CECHR Associates
A progressive, supportive and exciting interdisciplinary community of practice. The CECHR Associate Programme provides staff from across the University of Dundee and the James Hutton Institute a platform to showcase their research expertise within the areas of food, energy, health and water futures and resilience. We currently have over 70 CECHR Associates from both the University (representing eight of the nine schools) and the James Hutton Institute. More information on our associates and how to become one can be found on our website www.dundee.ac.uk/cechr or by contacting Louise Henderson l.henderson@dundee.ac.uk
CECHR Associates by Affiliation CECHR ASSOCIATES BY AFFILIATION ESWCE
Engineering
Social Science
Medicine
DJCAD
Nursing
Humanities
JHI
VP's
CLS
3%
7% 1% 9%
17% 4% 3% 6% 3%
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Dr Alison Karley Dr Andrea Ross Dr Andrew Black Dr Andrew Brennan Dr Anna Moss Dr Anthony Leung Dr Ariel Bergmann Dr Beverley Searle Dr Blair McKenzie Dr Chris Connelly Dr David McGloin Dr Deepak Gopinath Dr Drew Hemment Dr Ed Hall
Institution Division JHI UoD UoD UoD UoD UoD UoD UoD JHI UoD UoD UoD UoD UoD
Ecological Sci. Law Geography Civil Engineering Geography Civil Engineering CEPMLP Geography Env. & Biochem. Sci. Neuroscience EPM TRP DJCAD Geography
Expertise Ecology Environmental Law Hydrology Foundation Engineering Climate Change Geo-energy and Geo Environment Energy Economics Housing Soil Science Neuroscience Physics Planning & Sustainability Design and Citizen Science Vulnerability
Name
Esther Carmen
UoD
Geography
Environmental Sociologist
Dr Fiona Smith
UoD
Geography
Human Geography
Dr Geoffrey Wood
UoD
CEPMLP
Low Carbon and Energy Transmissions
Dr Husam Al Waer
UoD
Architecture
Sustainability Indicators
Dr Jonathan Knappett
UoD
Civil Engineering
Offshore Engineering
Dr Jonathan Mendel
UoD
Geography
International Security
Dr Katrin Prager
JHI
Social, Economics and Geographical
Sustainable Production Systems
Dr Kerry Waylen
JHI
Social, Economic and Geographical
Political Ecologist
Dr Kit Macleod
JHI
JHI
Catchment Science
Dr Lorens Holm
UoD
Architecture
Urban Theory
Dr Mark Cutler
UoD
Geography
Earth Observation Methods
Dr Matthias Klaes
UoD
Humanities
Economic resilience
Dr Megan O’Neill
UoD
Geography
Policing & Security
Dr Mohammad Radfar
UoD
Geddes Institute of Urban Research
Urban Design and Planning
Dr Nick Taylor
UoD
DJCAD
Human-Computer Interactions
Dr Pete Ianetta
JHI
Ecological Sci.
Ecology
Dr Roy Neilson
JHI
Ecological Sci.
Soil Ecology
Dr Sarah Hendry
UoD
UNESCO
Water Law
Dr Sue Dawson
UoD
Geography
Coastal Hazards
Dr Sue Morris
JHI
CREW
CREW
Dr Thomas Dyer
UoD
Civil Engineering
Concrete Engineering
Andy Cobley
UoD
Computing, Engineering
Data Scientist
Ellie Harrison
UoD
DJCAD
Activism & Art
Gair Dunlop
UoD
DJCAD
Digital Art
Jackie Malcolm
UoD
DJCAD
Transdisciplinary Communication Design
Joshua Msika
JHI
Social, Economic and Geographical Sci.
Low-Carbon Communities
Kirsty Holstead
JHI
Social, Economic and Geographical Sci.
Social, Economic and Geographical Sci.
Trudy Cunningham
UoD
Estates and Buildings
Energy and Environment
Mr Andrew Allan
UoD
UNESCO
Water Law
Prof Adrian Newton
JHI
Cell & Molecular Sci.
Plant Pathology
Prof Chris Spray
UoD
UNESCO
Catchment science
Prof Claire Halpin
UoD
Plant Sciences
Plant Biology & Biotechnology
Prof Colin Campbell
JHI
Science Excellence
Soil science
Prof Colin Reid
UoD
Law
Environmental Law
Prof Elaine Schemilt
UoD
DJCAD
Fine Art Printmaking
Prof Frank Sargent
UoD
Molecular Microbiology
Microbiology & Biofuels
Prof Geoff Gadd
UoD
Geomicrobiology
Geomicrobiology
Prof Graeme Hutton
UoD
Architecture
Architecture
Prof Graeme Morton
UoD
History
Scottish History
Prof Ioan Fazey
UoD
Geography
Resilience & Transformation
Prof John Rowan
UoD
Dean of School (SSS)
Dean of School (SSS)
Prof Lorraine Van Blerk
UoD
Geography
Development Studies
Prof Margaret Smith
UoD
Dean of School (SNHS)
Critical Care Nursing
Prof Niamh Nic Daeid
UoD
CAHID
Forensics
Prof Nic Beech
UoD
Vice Principal
Academic Planning and Performance
Prof Robin Matthews
JHI
Information and Computational Sciences
Systems Modeller
Prof Sue Black
UoD
CAHID
Forensics
Prof Terry Dawson
UoD
Geography
Global Change
Prof Tim Newman
UoD
Vice Principal
Research, Knowledge Exchange and
Expertise
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Wider Impact
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Publications
This is a snapshot of the CECHR associates 250 plus publications from the last year. The diversity and range exemplifies the broad knowledge and expertise of the corpus. Scott, S & Geddes, A 2015, Ethics, Methods and Moving Standards in Research on Migrant Workers and Forced Labour. ETHICAL CONCERNS IN RESEARCH ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING. vol. 13, Studies of Organized Crime, pp. 117-135. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-21521-1_8 Ross, A & Jones, R 2016, ‘Connections and tensions between nationalist and sustainability discourses in the Scottish legislative process’ Journal of Law and Society, vol 43, no. 2, pp. 228-256. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6478.2016.00750.x Hendry, S, Spray, C & Allan, A 2016, The value of Scotland’s water resources – legal analysis. Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW) Facilitation Team, James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen. MacDonald, AM, Black, A, O Dochartaigh, BE, Everest, J, Darling, WG, Flett, V & Peach, DW 2016, ‘Using stable isotopes and continuous meltwater river monitoring to investigate the hydrology of a rapidly retreating Icelandic outlet glacier’. Annals of Glaciology, pp. 1-8. DOI: 10.1017/aog.2016.22 Brennan, AJ, Ghahremani, M & Brown, MJ 2017, ‘Strength Reduction for Upheaval Buckling of Buried Pipes in Blocky Clay Backfill’ Ocean Engineering, vol 130, pp. 210-217. DOI: 10.1016/j.oceaneng.2016.12.006 Bergmann, A & McQuaid, RW 2016, ‘Employment changes in the sustainable energy sector in Scotland’ World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development, vol 13, no. 1, pp. 2-17. DOI: 10.1108/ WJSTSD-07-2015-0038 Allan, A, Hissen, N, Ghosh, A, Samling, CL, Tagoe, CA, Nelson, W, Mensah, A, Salehin, M, Mondal, MS & Spray, C 2015 ‘Stakeholder Mapping for Adaptation in Deltas: DECCMA Working Paper’ DECCMA Working Papers. Samson, AJ, Robertson, G, Zagnoni, M & Connolly, CN 2016, ‘Neuronal networks provide rapid neuroprotection against spreading toxicity’ Scientific Reports, vol 6, 33746. DOI: 10.1038/srep33746 Oakey, H, Cullis, B, Thompson, R, Comradan, J, Halpin, C & Waugh, R 2016, ‘Genomic Selection in multi-environment crop trials’ G3 : Genes, Genomes, Genetics, vol 6, no. 5, pp. 1313-1326. DOI: 10.1534/g3.116.027524
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McGloin, D 2015, ‘Biophotonics: cellular lasers’ Nature Photonics, vol 9, no. 9, pp. 559-560. DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2015.158 Gopinath, D 2016, ‘Why a clearer ‘green industrial policy’ matters for India: Reconciling growth, climate change and inequality’ Local Economy, pp. 830835. DOI: 10.1177/0269094216675434 Hall, E & Wilton, R 2016, ‘Towards a relational geography of disability’ Progress in Human Geography. DOI: 10.1177/0309132516659705 Smith, FM, Blazek, M, Brown, DM & van Blerk, L 2016, ‘‘It’s good but it’s not enough’: the relational geographies of social policy and youth mentoring interventions’ Social & Cultural Geography, vol 17, no. 7, pp. 959-979. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2016.1147059.
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Sargent, F 2016, The Model [NiFe]-Hydrogenases of Escherichia coli. in Advances in Microbial Physiology. vol. 68, Elsevier, pp. 433-507. DOI: 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2016.02.008 Page, G, Wise, RM, Lindenfeld, L, Moug, P, Hodgson, A, Wyborn, C & Fazey, I 2016, ‘Co-designing transformation research: lessons learned from research on deliberate practices for transformation’ Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, vol 20, pp. 86-92. DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2016.09.001 Politi, E, MacCallum, S, Cutler, M, Merchant, C, Rowan, J & Dawson, T 2016, ‘Selection of a network of large lakes and reservoirs suitable for global environmental change analysis using Earth Observation’ International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol 37, no. 13, pp. 3042-3060. DOI:10.1080/01431161.2016.1192702 Al-Defae, AH & Knappett, JA 2015, ‘Newmark sliding block model for pile-reinforced slopes under earthquake loading’ Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol 75, pp. 265-278. DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2015.04.013 Hendrix, JS & Holm, LE (eds) 2016, Architecture and the Unconscious. Ashgate, Farnham. Hendry, S 2015, ‘Improving the physical condition of Scotland’s water environment’. Scottish Planning and Environmental Law, no. 168, pp. 30. Cascalho, J, Costa, P, Dawson, S, Milne, F & Rocha, A 2016, ‘Heavy mineral assemblages of the Storegga tsunami deposit’. Sedimentary Geology, vol 334, pp. 21-33. DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2016.01.007
McKenzie BM, Braga RA, Coelho DEC, Krol M and Horgan G 2016 Moiré as a low-cost, robust, optical-technique to quantify soil surface condition. Soil & Tillage Research 158: 147-155. Lazarova, SS, Brown, DJF, Oliveira, CMG, Fenton, B, MacKenzie, K, Wright, F, Malloch, G and Neilson, R (2016). Diversity of endosymbiont bacteria associated with a non-filarial nematode group. Nematology, 18, 615-623.
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Msika, J, Sanna, V, Dinnie, E & Kähkönen, T 2016, An exploratory analysis of community-based sustainability initiatives in Europe, Chapter 4 in Celata et al. Case Study Integration Report, TESS Deliverable.
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Incubator Fund CECHR Incubator Fund
The CECHR Incubator fund is an annual competition awarding ‘incubator grants’ to support new cross and interdisciplinary projects aligned to the CECHR mission of promoting more sustainable and equitable futures. A key component must be that the project demonstrates the potential for generating future research funding. Over the last five years we have supported numerous projects and allocated a substantial amount of funding. These have included ‘Using Minecraft with School Pupils to Digitally Reimagine and Build Dundee’s Waterfront’; ‘The Greening of Eigg – Carbon Abatement and Fuel Poverty Reduction Through Adoption and Adaptation of Renewable Energy Resources’; ‘Connections across the Tay catchment’s creative communities (CATC3H)’ and ‘Flourishing Communities and Productive Seas’. In 2016, the successful application was led by Professor Colin Reid. The funds supported a workshop to examine the issue of Legal Adjudication and Ecosystem Services.
Legal Adjudication and Ecosystem Services Report from Colin Reid The award of a CECHR Incubator grant, and further financial support from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, enabled a workshop to be held in Dundee on 12 April 2016 to examine the issue of Legal Adjudication and Ecosystem Services. The workshop was organised by Professor Colin Reid (Law), Dr Alistair Rieu-Clarke and Professor Chris Spray (both Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science) and involved a score of invited participants, from academia, legal practice, government and regulatory bodies across the UK and Ireland, with further contributions from Florida and Chile. The inspiration for the workshop was that while there has been considerable scientific and policy work done in identifying and valuing the ecosystem services provided by the natural world, so far little has been done to explore the implications in translating these across the disciplinary boundaries into operational legal or regulatory contexts. The aim
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of the workshop was to examine ways in which this might be done and the
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opportunities and challenges involved. There was lively discussion throughout the day, with participants from very different backgrounds getting a better understanding of different perspectives. It is planned to build on the relationships created and strengthened through the workshop and to develop research projects exploring further the interplay between the law and thinking about the natural word in terms of ecosystem services.
Stories of Impactful Research Risks from Neonicotinoids to bumblebees Dr Chris Connolly (Neuroscience) In scientific research, an ugly truth can spoil a beautiful story. With this mind, we embarked on gathering the evidence from neonicotinoids to bumblebees. Three neonicotinoids are currently under an EU-wide moratorium on their use, clothianidin being the most potent, imidacloprid of lower potency and thiamethoxam, thought to be inactive until metabolised to clothianidin. We had previously demonstrated that dietary imidacloprid (at levels found in pollen and nectar) could reach the bumblebee brain at neuroactive levels, cause neuronal dysfunction, impairment in learning and detrimental effects on bumblebee colonies and clothianidin was found to be more potent on neurons. However, we had not demonstrated its (presumably) greater effects on whole colonies. Therefore, we set out to confirm that thiamethoxam and clothianidin are also detrimental to bumblebee colonies. As expected, thiamethoxam is also detrimental to bumblebee colonies yet clothianidin-treated colonies were unaffected. Clearly we were missing something. More importantly, each neonicotinoid needed to be considered independently. To investigate the conundrum, we returned to the laboratory. A failure to reach the bee brain was excluded, leaving the possibility of differential activation of receptors and we discovered that clothianidin activated a distinct neuronal population. In terms of policy, EFSA is currently considering the fate of these three neonicotinoids. Imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, but not clothianidin, are clearly a risk to bumblebees at the current levels encountered and this evidence supports a complete ban of these compounds for normal use. In contrast, our data suggests caution with respect to clothianidin and supports a continuation of the moratorium on clothianidin until further evidence clarifies the situation. Importantly, the differences highlighted here are likely to be relevant for other beneficial insects and also other pesticide groups. To engage our research with policymakers, I presented the results of our research Over 100 MPs participated and offered their support, with about 20 MPs signing a letter to the Chief Scientific Adviser to DEFRA demanding that all basic laboratory evidence is considered when assessing the safety of neonicotinoids. Given the subsequent exit of the UK from the EU, delivering impact within the UK has become more important. On 13th May, DEFRA refused an application by the NFU for a derogation on the use of neonicotinoids in the UK.
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to MPs at a 38 Degrees hosted (8th May 2016) event at the House of Commons.
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Stories of Impactful Research Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities Project
Action Research Funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation The SBCRC was a collaboration between the University of Dundee, the Scottish Borders Council, Tweed Forum, Southern Uplands Partnership, International Futures Forum and the Scottish Association of Marine Sciences. Resilience building is predominantly a social process, involving relationship building, collaboration, trust and working across different sectors to seek solutions to complex and integrated issues. The project worked with three communities with a history of flooding in the Scottish Borders and other organisations at the local, regional and national level. The project officer was embedded in the Scottish Borders Council. The project used an action research methodology, which © SEARRP
involved primarily focusing on action around which important opportunities were seized for the elicitation and capture of knowledge and data. Three workshops were conducted in each of three communities. A tenth workshop then drew on the outcomes of the work in communities to examine issues relating to national level policy (Fig. 1). A key insight from the project was that more holistic and systems approaches are needed to enhance resilience to climate change. See more at: https://www.dundee.ac.uk/cechr/projects/sbcrc/ or contact Esther Carmen ezcarmen@dundee.ac.uk
Resilience of tropical forests to disturbance
Funded as part of the NERC/DfID programme ‘Understanding the Impacts of the Current El Niño Event’ Dr Mark Cutler (Geography/CECHR Associate) is leading Figure 1: An overview of the project process
research into the impacts of the recent El Nino event on logged tropical forests in SE Asia. In collaboration with researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Aberdeen, the project is using a mixture of satellite and drone-based remote sensing to monitor the impacts of El Nino drought conditions which affected the forest during 2015-16. Backed-up by an extensive field campaign of recording tree size and leaf trait information (see photo), this work fits into a larger research programme examining the resilience of logged forests in SE Asia and how this can be monitored using remote sensing and in situ methods. With little undisturbed
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forest left now in many tropical regions, the importance of forests that have
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previously been logged, but have now regrown, is increasing, especially with respect to preserving biodiversity and maintaining carbon stocks. This research is vital to begin answering questions surrounding the long-term recovery and resilience of tropical forests to logging and climatic disturbance. You can find out more about the project via our CECHR blog at: © SEARRP
https://blog.dundee.ac.uk/cechrsphere/category/steed/
Grow A citizens’ observatory for family farmers, gardeners and growers. GROW is a massive, European-wide project aiming to involve tens of thousands of ‘citizen scientists’ to make a vital contribution to global environmental monitoring and to empower family farmers, gardeners and growers with knowledge on sustainable practices. Together they will solve key challenges for environmental monitoring – the ability to measure soil moisture at high spatial resolution over large geographical areas – whilst sharing knowledge on growing in different regions. The aim will be to increase small-scale food production and preserve the soil quality for future generations, whilst improving forecasting of extreme climate events, such as heat waves and floods. Led by the University of Dundee, including partners across Europe, including The MET Office, The GROW Observatory has received funding of €5million over the next three years through the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. The project started on 1st November 2016, and is led by Dr Drew Hemment (DJCAD).
Making Sense Collective awareness through open hardware and open design. Making Sense a social innovation project enabling citizens to become active in capturing, sharing and making sense of data on the local environment, through the use of low-cost sensors and an open platform. The aim is to enable people to develop a more active relationship with each other and the world around them through open hardware and open design. It is a collective awareness platform and community that engages people not only in local issues and their immediate surroundings but also wider and systemic issues that connects people across Europe. Open source hardware, open source software and open design involve the development of technologies and systems (for social change, innovation or another purpose) through the use of publicly shared design and technical information. products designed by a private company or government agency. As such, it is about adopting an active, social and responsible mode of sensing, being and acting in the world. Making Sense is a European Union Horizon 2020 project by University of Dundee (UK) with Waag Society (Netherlands, Lead), Peer Educators Network and Science for Change (Kosovo), Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (Spain) and
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Central to this is co-creation and design by users, rather than final services and
the EU Joint Research Centre (Belgium). The Making Sense project investigators at University of Dundee are Mel Woods and Drew Hemment in DJCAD, and Ioan Fazey in CECHR.
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CECHR Events
CECHR runs an annual series of events consisting of lectures, seminars and workshops and this past year has seen a wide range of local, national and international speakers join us to share their work. These events are open to anyone who has an interest in and a passion for the environment and throughout the year, once again, they have been well attended and received. We are always delighted to welcome guests who share our ambitions so any suggestions are gratefully received.
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November 2015 Lecture
UKELA Garner Lecture. Given by James Thornton, CEO Client Earth, ‘Can we Catch-Up? How the UK is falling behind on Environmental Law’.
November 2015
Symposium
Dr Husam Al Waer. ‘Measuring Wellbeing for Effective Placemaking’.
November 2015
Workshop
Professor Deborah Peel. ‘Marine Spatial Planning and Blue Growth’.
December 2015 Workshop
Professor Deborah Peel. ‘Flourishing Communities and Productive Seas’.
February 2016 Lecture
Shammy Puri (Secretary General, International Association of Hydrogeologists). ‘The Scientific Basis of the UN ILC Draft Articles on Transboundary Aquifers’.
February 2016 Symposium
CECHR Annual Symposium. ‘Advances in research, methodologies, collaboration and impact’.
February 2016 Seminar
Professor Ian Wight (University of Manitoba). ‘Coming Home Professionally: Place and Placemaking - Transformative Perspectives on Planning and Design’.
March 2016 Lecture
Professor Ian Gilzean (Chief Architect, Scottish Government). ‘Melbourne, a City Transformed’.
March 2016 Seminar
Stephen B Olsen (Emeritus Director of the Coastal Resource Centre, University of Rhode Island). ‘Forty Five Years of Integrated Coastal Management: Impacts and Learnings in Rhode Island, USA’.
March 2016 Seminar
Professor Alfonso Montuori (Professor in Transformative Studies, California Institute of Integral Studies). ‘Transdisciplinarity, the Future Doesn’t Fit in to a Single Discipline’.
March 2016
Conference
World Water Day ‘Water and Sustainability: A Hydro Nation Approach’.
April 2016
Workshop
European Industrial Doctorates (EIDs)
May 2016 Workshop
Mark Reid (SAGES). Social Media Workshop ‘Social Media for Research Impact’.
May 2016 Lecture
Reed Huppman (Vice President, Sustainability and Health and Safety, Guyana Goldfields Inc). ‘Sustainable mining: managing and mitigating environmental and biodiversity impacts of the Guyana Goldfields’.
May 2016 Conference
Facing the Future 2016: Realising Resilience (A conference for Master, PhD students and early career researchers).
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June 2016 Workshop
Innovative Training Networks (ITN)/European Industrial Doctorates (EID) Workshop.
June 2016 Webinar
The Social Challenge of 1.5°C (Future Earth’s Transformations Knowledge-Action Network).
September 2016 Lecture
Professor Terry Chapin (University of Alaska Fairbanks). ‘Moving from Assessment to Action: Linking Top-Down with Bottom-Up Adaptation Planning for Global Change’.
September 2016 Workshop
Kirsty Lewin (Scottish Government). ‘Climate Friendly, Climate Ready, Climate Just: how the Scottish Government is tackling climate change’.
October 2016 Seminar
Husam Al Waer and Kevin Murray. ‘Researching the Scottish Government Planning and Review Evidence: Challenges, findings and lessons’.
November 2016
Professor Keith Skene. ‘Is Nature an Appropriate Mentor?’
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January 2017 Lecture
Professor Dave Goulson from the University of Sussex. Biochemical society sponsored event. ‘Decline of the Bees’.
February 2017 Lecture
Alasdair Harris from Blue Ventures. ‘Village by village, Rebuilding Tropical Fisheries with Coastal Communities’.
February 2017
CECHR Annual Symposium: ‘Sustainable Futures: What Works?’
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March 2017 Lecture
Professor Steve Hubbard. ‘Rainforest Birds as Indicators of Patterns in the Survival & Diversity of Endangered Ecological Communities’.
March 2017 Lecture
Professor Geoff Codd, Emeritus Professor at Dundee and with honorary Professorships at Stirling University and at Flinders University in Adelaide, in Australia. ‘Cyanobacteria, Their Toxins and Associations with Dinosaur Deaths and Human Disease’.
April 2017 Lecture
Professor Andrew Dugmore from Edinburgh University. ‘Lessons in Adapting to Climate Change: Why did Norse Communities Disappear after 400 Years in Greenland’.
May 2017 Lecture
Nell Grieve and Roz Artis. ‘Lime Mortars in Traditional Buildings: Sustainability Lessons for New Build Projects’.
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Annual Symposium
We held our seventh Annual Symposium at the West Park Conference Centre on Wednesday, 24th February 2016. The theme was ‘Advances in research, methodologies, collaboration and impact’, and we were joined by 60 colleagues from the University and the James Hutton Institute throughout the day. The keynotes were delivered by Elaine Schemilt from CRE (Advances in Design), Frank Sargent from CLS (Advances in Environmental Science) and Tony Hodgson from CECHR (Transformative Science). These were followed by 3 parallel sessions of speed talks, where researchers and collaborators from the University and James Hutton Institute shared their work, the ideas behind it and the results and impact they are achieving. The afternoon session explored ‘Research Directions and Opportunities’ with Tim Newman (Vice Principal Research, Knowledge Exchange and Wider Impact) outlining the ‘University Research Strategy: Culture and Sustainability’ and Deborah Roberts (Director of Science, James Hutton Institute) sharing ‘James Hutton’s Future Science Strategy: Drivers, Issues and Opportunities’. The feedback received after the event was extremely positive with those attending commenting on how ‘useful and important it is for both institutions to network, take part in discussions and share ideas in an informal setting.’ Professor Ioan Fazey, CECHR director noted ‘This interdisciplinary approach is a key component of CECHR’s work as it shows how researchers, teachers and practitioners from seemingly disparate subjects can make a difference to the sustainability agenda.’ The 2017 Symposium will take place on Wednesday 22nd February 2017 at the West Park Conference Centre, Dundee. The theme will be ‘Sustainable Futures:
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CECHR Artist in Residence – Jean Duncan
This year’s projects for the cechr artist in residence continued on the theme of Tsunamis and water flow inspired by video clips of Tsunami waves flowing and the power of flood waters. The work, a series of etchings and collograph prints, was shown at The Tay Estuary Forum, the Scottish Society of Artists Annual Exhibition, the Edinburgh Drawing School and in the DCA print gallery. Jean has been encouraged by scientists from the JHI since early in her time with cechr and these links continue, with a new collaboration with a team of researchers engaged in RSEAS-funded work; Philip White, Paula Pongrac and Lionel Dupuy. Their aim is to create art works highlighting the beauty and importance of plant roots in a project titled, ’The Beauty of Rooting’. Paula has been growing plants using a hydroponic system which Jean then presses into hand-made paper, Jean also prints directly from the plants. Jean and Paula have also been experimenting with casting the plant roots in plaster and latex. The first prints of Brassica Root sections were exhibited in the DCA Print Gallery in December. The main focus of this project for Jean is in developing hand-made papers that can be used for printing and casting, the papers are made from plant materials collected from the Living Field Garden at JHI and processed using facilities at DJCAD. She has received funding from FCAC visual arts grants to develop her papermaking skills. The plan is that the hand-made plant paper will be used for printing microscopic images of root sections, developed from photographs taken by Paula and Lionel. Work will be displayed and workshops to demonstrate both
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scientific and artistic processes will be set up early in 2017.
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CECHR Postgraduates We have a vibrant community of Master and PhD students from the University of
Dundee and the James Hutton Institute who contribute to the centre. They are the next generation of scientists and policy makers and define the spirit of the CECHR initiative. They are working on a variety of interdisciplinary research projects such as resilience learning; peat and soil erosion; improving water quality; social power and community resilience; conservation of the freshwater pearl and sustainability indicators. More information can be found on our website on the Postgraduate pages. The following postgraduate students are closely linked to CECHR and at different stages of their journey. Jennifer is hoping to complete her PhD this year and Jade is in her first year.
Jennifer Williams
I am a final year Human Geography PhD student at the Centre of Environmental Change and Human Resilience, and have a strong interest in community engagement and issues of social justice. My research is funded by the ESRC and the Scottish Government Resilience Division and broadly aims to understand learning within disaster contexts. I am particularly interested in exploring the tools and processes by which different stakeholder groups develop and share their learning, and understand how these learning processes can lead to different kinds of change / co benefits (i.e. increasing resilience). This involves data collected during my time as an evaluator for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation project, Scottish Borders Climate Resilient Communities. My PhD experience so far has provided an in-depth level of understanding of the different actors and processes involved in the disaster management context in Scotland. As part of my final year I was awarded the Australian Bicentennial Scholarship to visit the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. This Scholarship will allow me to complete a comparative piece based on my thesis by exploring learning in the context of bushfires. During my time at CECHR I have had many opportunities to engage with a host of events which has increased my professional network such as Future Earth, the Annual Review 2015/16
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the opportunity to co-organise an international conference (Facing the Future15) and engage on an exciting climate resilient project with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. All of these experiences have enabled me to develop and exercise my skills as a researcher. CECHR provides such a valuable mechanism for collaborating with others and fundamentally, a valuable space for development.
Jade Lauren Cawthray-Syms
Jade is a PhD student working across Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design (DJCAD) and the Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR). Originally training as an Ecologist at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, and following this with a masters in Science Communication at Imperial College London, Jade has developed 10 years of experience in public engagement around environmental sustainability. Before joining us here in Dundee Jade spent two years delivering national citizen science projects at the Natural History Museum, London. Citizen Science is a burgeoning practice that invites the public to participate in real scientific research. The extent to which the public are involved in the research varies, but the predominant practice is for the public to be solely involved in data collection activity, known as ‘contributory’ citizen science. Jade’s research interest, however, lies in the area of citizen science known as ‘co-created’ where the public are involved in most, if not all, stages of the scientific process. Jade’s PhD will explore the potential this method has to empower communities to tackle issues locally, as defined by them. She is particularly interested in how we can build capacity within communities to take part in a process of this nature, and how we can facilitate a relationship between scientists and the public, that is mutually beneficial.
Completed CECHR Postgraduate Students Congratulations to the following CECHR PhD students who completed
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Sophie Sheriff School of Social Science Sediment flux and provenance in agricultural catchments Postgraduate Research Associate, University of Dundee. UPSCAPE (Upscaling Catchment Processes for Sustainable Water Management in Peninsular India)
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David Sanchez Ruano Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (DJCAD) Design Education for Sustaining Life: Biophilia, Biomimicry and Resilient Scenarios as Foundations for a Symbiotic Design Practice Research Lecturer at Universidad Autonoma de Aguascalientes (Mexico)
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Martin Muir School of Social Science Developing adaptation strategies to minimise the impact of climate change on the conservation interest of Scotland’s standing fresh waters Digital Manager for Blue Ventures Conservation
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Facing the Future 2016 31st of May and 1st of June, University of Aberdeen
Summary taken from the Facing the Future 2016 Report Facing the Future (FtF) is an annual conference for early-career researchers, held by the University of Dundee’s Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience (CECHR), The James Hutton Institute and the University of Aberdeen. FtF explores transdisciplinary ways of addressing complex human-environmental problems. FtF 2016 focused on the theme ‘Realising Resilience’ and involved taking a synergic approach to understanding resilience in diverse fields. FtF 2016 involved participants engaged in an Octasynthesis exercise, facilitated by Tony Hodgson and David Beatty from the International Futures Forum and H3 University, respectively. The Octasynthesis used an octahedron as a geometric metaphor to help participants identify and explore synergies across six UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Octasynthesis enabled participants to develop eight recommendations for reformulated SDGs that reflect a more synergic perspective. These were: • Design cities that enable people to take responsibility for consumption and
energy use.
• Cultivate nature-based well-being at the local level through the creation of
community-led ‘healthscapes’ that place prevention at the forefront of
economic, ecological, and climate action.
• Reduce demand for healthcare services and reduce consumption through
equitable and responsible access to improved social services and
infrastructure. • Develop infrastructure that enables community-led, bottom-up actions,
supported by top-down mechanisms to integrate energy and life in order to
address climate impact.
• Promote responsible consumption for healthy people and a healthy planet. • Design for proactive community ownership of energy, ensuring equitable
distribution and support of multiple benefits to thrive not just survive.
• Reinvent how we use our land, recognising our spatial limits: consume less
energy and foster more life.
• Design cities that support responsible households to reduce their ecological footprint; and foster healthy eating and mobility in cities.
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Overall, the recommendations highlight the inadequacy of approaching the SDGs from a ‘siloed’ perspective, and point towards a need for a multi-perspective approach with a focus on collaborative action. The SDGs should be reformulated as mindful design principles that balance nature with the benign, aesthetic and creative aspects of society and culture, including careful consideration of intergenerational and spatial variations. They should emphasise the importance of smart, sustainable design for enhancing resilience, and should be underpinned by an ecological ethic to human-environmental interactions. Approaches to meeting the SDGs should be collaborative, creative and carebased. Policy is therefore needed that acts as an enabler of collaborative action, rather than a controlling mechanism. In summary the conference was well received with the feedback received extremely positive. FtF was attended by students from all over the UK and further afield. It provides the opportunity for likeminded students from different disciplines to engage in a relaxed environment and a blog has been developed by the alumni.
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The next Facing the Future Conference will take place on the 28th and 29th of August 2017. Please contact cechr@dundee.ac.uk for more details.
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Research Grant Success
Outlined below are a selection of the larger externally funded research grants CECHR Associates are currently collaborating on. These funds come from a variety of funders including the EPSRC, BBSRC, ESRC, EU Horizon 2020, Leverhulme Trust and NERC, and including the smaller grants, total in excess £16M generating a substantial income for the University.
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2016-19 NERC £200K Prof. John Rowan 2016 Tweed Forum £41K Prof Chris Spray 2014-23 EPSRC £411K Dr David McGloin 2015-18 ESRC £253K Dr Ariel Bergmann 2016-19 EC Horizon £220K Mel Woods 2020 Societies 2016-21 Biotechnology £1.2M Prof. Claire Halpin and Biological Sciences Research Council 2016-19 EPSRC £327K DR Andrew Brennan 2016-26 Leverhulme £9.9M Prof. Sue Black Trust 2016-18 EPSRC £111K Dr Jonathan Knappett 2016-18 ESRC £60K Prof. Ioan Fazey 2015-17 NERC £92K Prof. Chris Spray 2016-17 Scottish £111K Professor John Rowan Government 2016-18 EPSRC £111K Dr Jonathan Knappett 2016 BBSRC £37K Prof Frank Sargent 2016 NERC £30K Dr Sue Dawson 2015-16 University of £35K Dr Sarah Hendry St Andrews 2016-17 Mozilla £88K Dr Nick Taylor Foundation 2016-19 EPSRC £501K Dr David McGloin 2016-19 ESRC £52K Dr Megan O’Neill 2016-17 University of £47K Dr Andrew Black St Andrews 2016-17 NERC/DfID £295k Dr Mark Cutler Programme Understanding the impacts of the current El Nino
Project Quantifying and Mitigating the Impacts of Nutrient Biogeochemistry and Pollutant Fluxes in Southern India Eddleston Water Project Phase III Centre for Doctoral Training in Applied Photonics (joint with Herriot Watt University and Universities of Glasgow, St Andrews and Strathclyde) Chinese National Oil Companies and Economic Development of African Oil Producers (joint with Open University) Making Sense (joint with WAAG, IAAC and Joint Research Centre) MaxBio – Maximising Conversion Yields in Biorefining (Joint with Universities of York and Nottingham) LOCORPS- Lowering the Costs of Railways using Performed Systems (Joint with Herriot-Watt University) Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science (FORESEE) Shaking Tunnel Vision (Joint with University of Leeds and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso Chile) Social Capital and Resilience (Studentship) High Level NERC/Welsh Government Fellowship Centre of Excellence – Climate Control – Adaptations Indicators Shaking Tunnel Vision (Joint with University of Leeds and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso Chile) A Synthetic Approach to Bioconversion of Carbon Dioxide to Formic Acid (Joint with University of Nottingham) Assessing the Risk to Coastal and Rural Road Network in Scotland Due to the Effects of Storms and Extreme Rainfall Events (Joint with Transport Research Laboratory) Review of EU Management of Small Rural Water Supplies Research Collaboration with Mozilla Foundation Influence of Surface Properties of New Biomaterials for Catheters on Bacterial Adhesion Urine Stop and Search in Scotland: An Analysis of Police Practice and Culture in a Time of Change (SGSSS) Assessing the Effectiveness of Scotland’s Public Flood Warning Service Spatio-temporal dynamics of forest response to ENSO drought (STEED) In collaboration with Universities of Aberdeen and Nottingham
MSc in Sustainability The first cohort of students for the MSc Sustainability arrived in Dundee this
year. Students came from Germany, USA, Scotland and England and joined the extensive induction programme with another 200 Masters students from across the University. The new modules ‘Principles for Sustainability’ took them to the Scottish Borders, where students engaged in developing future visions to address multiple social and environmental challenges. In combination with research training to prepare them for their dissertations, the students are also engaging in the new module on ‘Transformations in practice’ which is teaching them practical change making skills for the 21st Century, including facilitation, participation, theories of change, indicators, design and futures thinking. This involves students developing and learning from their own change making projects. Courtney Ehrlich ‘MSc Sustainability is made up of five and a half students. The half being a part-timer. It’s a small size, but I can, in fact, tell you it is a big reason why I love this unique programme. Almost all our courses are taken together and, perhaps because of that, we have developed lasting friendships. There are plenty of benefits to our small class sizes. It breathes ease into the classroom; we all feel comfortable speaking in front of one another, holding conversations, and asking questions. Our friendship follows us outside the classroom as well. We often enjoy potluck dinners and even ventured to a lovely Peatbog Faeries concert together. The five and a half of us make a great team but we couldn’t do it without the support, wisdom, and kindness of our instructors and mentors. With that said, I am wholeheartedly looking forward to conquering challenges and appreciating success alongside these folks in these two final semesters.’
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‘A good spread of courses and lots of interesting material. Enthusiastic, approachable staff.’
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Transformations Keynote Speakers
Transformations 2017: Transformations in Practice
Transformations 2017 is being organised by CECHR and is taking place in Dundee between the 30th of August and the 1st of September 2017. The Facing the Future 2017 conference will take place during the two days prior, on the 28th and 29th of August, and Transformation Labs will run on the 29th of August.
Terry A’Hearn
Susi Moser
Transformations 2017 is the third in a biennial series of international interdisciplinary conferences that focuses on transformations towards sustainability: addressing contemporary challenges and creating conditions for enhancing people’s wellbeing, today and in the future, while strengthening the Earth’s support system. The aim of Transformations 2017 is to develop a better understanding of the practices that facilitate social and environmental transformations at local and
Karen O’Brien
Hilary Bradbury
at large scales in both developed and developing country contexts. Transformations 2017 will bridge academic and practical knowledge to develop deeper insights into processes that enhance deliberate transformations. This will include gathering together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines around the world to share cutting-edge research and practices on transformations for sustainability.
Ninian Stuart
Mel Woods Themes: The overarching theme of this conference is ‘sustainability transformations in practice’. Within that, there are six sub themes: o Conceptualising Sustainability Transformations o Designing Transformation and Transformative Forms of Design o Conditions and Practices for Transformation
Kumi Naidoo
Lindsay Levin
o Research for Transformation o Creativity and Innovation for Enhancing Thinking and Practice of Transformation
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You can find out more information and register for the conference by going to the website www.transformations2017.org
TRANSFORMATIONS 2017 Transformations in Practice
Wednesday 30th August to Friday 1st September 2017 University of Dundee, Scotland The aim of Transformations 2017 is to develop a better understanding of the practices that facilitate social and environmental transformations at local and at large scales in both developed and developing country contexts. Register now at: www.transformations2017.org
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Centre for Environmental Change and Human Resilience
TERRY CHAPIN Moving from assessment to action Wednesday 14th September
KIRSTY LEWIN Climate Friendly, Climate Ready, Climate Just: How the Scottish Government is tackling Tuesday 27th September
HUSAM AL WAER AND KEVIN MURRY Researching the Scottish Government Planning Review Evidence: Challenges, findings and lessons Friday 28th October
KEITH SKENE Is Nature an Appropriate Mentor Wednesday 23rd November
DAVE GOULSON Decline of the Bees Tuesday 31st January, 4-5pm, LT1, Dalhousie Building
ALASDAIR HARRIS Village by village, Rebuilding Tropical Fisheries With Coastal Communities Thursday 9th February, 4-5pm, LT4, Dalhousie Building
STEVE HUBBARD Rainforest Birds as Indicators of Patterns in the Survival & Diversity of Endangered Ecological Communities Tuesday 7th March, 4-5pm, LT1, Dalhousie Building
ANDREW DUGMORE Lessons for adapting to climate change: Why did Norse communities disappear after 400 years in Greenland Thursday 27th April, 4-5pm, LT2, Dalhousie Building
NEIL GRIEVE AND ROZ ARTIS Lime mortars in traditional buildings: Sustainability lessons for new build projects Tuesday 9th May, 4-5pm, LT1, Dalhousie Building
Full event details available at www.dundee.ac.uk/cechr
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