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
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
Development of an Agroforestry Carbon Code
Funding: £100,000 from Environment Agency Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund
Role: Co-I
Mobilsing private investment in natural capital: action research to build the investment case for a Scotland Carbon Fund and Price Floor Mechanism
Funding: £112K from Scottish Government
Role: Co-I
