I am a principal academic in sustainability science, passionate about embedding the UN Sustainable Development Goals in my Teaching, Research and Professional Practice. With a PhD in Forest Ecology and over 15 years’ experience in conducting research in forest landscapes, I have collaborated with several academic institutions, government bodies and commercial partners in the UK, Europe, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Kyrgyzstan, and Italy. I have knowledge and experience in GIS and spatially explicit modelling tools (Landis-II), which I regularly employ in my research to explore vegetation dynamics and changes in ecosystem services and biodiversity in response to human impacts. I have also undertaken regular and extensive fieldwork campaigns, particularly in the New Forest National Park. I am currently leading one of the main packages of a €5M EU funded project on increasing resilience of forests in Europe, involving 20 partners from 12 countries (RESONATE).
I have played a key role in creating and delivering the distance-learning MSc Green Economy, including five years of programme leadership, inspiring learning in an inclusive and diverse way and building sustainability skills for our local region and beyond. I still teach Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Research

I worked under the NERC-BESS project 'Dynamics and Thresholds of Ecosystem Services in Wooded Landscapes'
https://microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/new-forest-bess/

I particularly focused on modelling how the New Forest resilience is likely to change in the future, accounting for factors such as climate change, spreads of diseases and grazing animals.

I am the WP2 leader of the H2020 project: 101000574, Title: RESONATE: Resilient forest value chains - enhancing resilience through natural and socio-economic responses. In particular I am responsible for assessing past and recent resilience of forests in different systems and regions.

Publications

Grants

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