Current Projects
Resilient dairy: socio-technical innovation for dairy resilience and sustainability
Funding: £1.5M from the Global Food Security Programme with support from BBSRC, ESRC, NERC and Scottish Government (2017-2022)
Role: PI
Tropical peatland climate resilience: transforming governance of climate risks for poverty reduction in Indonesia, Peru and the Congo Basin
Funding: £200K from the British Academy (2021-2023)
Role: co-PI with Dianna Kopansky (UNEP)
Greenhouse Gas removal by augmented peat formation
Funding: £4.5M from UKRI Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrators programme
Role: Leading a £200K WP for SRUC
Feasibility study for a UK Farm Soil Carbon Code
Funding: £100,000 from Environment Agency Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund
Role: Co-I
Feasibility study for a UK Saltmarsh Code: Evidence, Intervention and Investment
Funding: £100,000 from Environment Agency Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund
Role: Co-I
Extending the Peatland Code to lowland peats: Chat Moss feasibility study
Funding: £100,000 from Environment Agency Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund
Role: Co-I
Yorkshire Integrated Catchment Solutions Programme
Funding: £5M from NERC (2017-2022)
Role: Impact Evaluation Group Chair
Aligning the Peatland Code with the UK Greenhouse Gas Inventory
Funding: £60,000 from Defra (2021)
Role: Co-investigator
Strategic Advisory Group on land acquisition for carbon
Funding: £21,000 from Scottish Environment, Food and Agriculture Research Institutes (SEFARI) and University Innovation Fund (2021-2022)
Role: PI and Chair
Regional Land Use Partnerships and the natural capital approach
Funding: £47K from Scottish Government via ClimateXChange (2021-2022)
Role: PI
The potential for carbon sequestration through nature-based solutions in Scotland
Funding: £20K from Scottish Government via ClimateXChange (2021-2022)
Role: Co-I
WET HORIZONS: Upgrading knowledge and solutions to fast-track wetland restoration across Europe
Funding: £250K Work Package in a 700K euro EU Horizon project (2022-2027)
Role: WP leader
Galvanising Change via Natural Capital
Funding: £600K from Scottish Government's Strategic Research Programme (2022-2027)
Role: WP leader
