Personal Chair, Dean for Environmental Sustainability
- About
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- Email Address
- tavis.potts@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273837
- Office Address
University of Aberdeen
Department of Geography and EnvironmentSt Marys Building
Elphinstone Road
Aberdeen AB24 3UF
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
- School/Department
- Senior Vice Principals
Biography
Professor Tavis Potts is a Personal Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Governance. Prof. Potts interests include understanding just transitions and the social dimensions of climate and energy; marine resource governance and planning; participatory and community-based approaches to managing natural capital; and the political economy of environmental policy and decision-making.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Dean for Environmental Sustainability
University Sustainability Committee
- External Memberships
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Aberdeen City Council Net Zero Delivery Unit
Aberdeenshire Council Climate Ready Aberdeenshire Board
- Research
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Research Overview
Professor Tavis Potts research includes:
- Understanding the relationships between people, place and planet.
- Understanding, evaluating and progressing social, environmental and energy justice.
- Critically evaluating 'Just Transitions' within Net Zero and deepening societal engagement around energy transition.
- Applying participatory approaches to natural capital and ecosystem services.
- Developing participatory and survey-based approaches to understanding social values on the environment;
- Critical perspectives on the emergence and effectiveness of the blue economy from international to local scales
Funding and Grants
Selected Grants
- Interreg EU. SEATRACES 2019-2021 (£250k).
- University of Aberdeen Impact Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation award (2017 10k)
- British Council Peru - Researcher Links Grants. Advancing Green Growth in Peru: A spotlight on tourism, transport and the blue economy (2016, £32k).
- Royal Geographic Society of Edinburgh and Natural Science Foundation of China. Mapping Coastal Ecosystem Services in Scotland and China. Scientific Exchange Network. (2015-17, £13k)
- NERC Knowledge Exchange: Cooperative Participatory Evaluation of Renewable Technologies on Ecosystem Services (CORPORATES) (2014-16, £110k – Co-Investigator.
- World Bank: Review of STAP Marie Litter Program (2014 , £1500)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Implementing an ecosystem service approach in the UK (2013, £40k).
- EU FP7 IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture)(Co-Investigator & Work Package leader on Social and Policy Analysis (2012-2014; £200 000)
- EU LIFE+ Celtic Sea Partnership (Policy Network Analysis and community engagement) (2013, £110k).
- MSP-LED (Local Economic Development and Marine Planning) Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) (2012-13, 50k)Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) Coasts and Catchment Integration. £22 k
- ECOBAR: Environmental and Benthic Indicators for industrial development in the Barents Sea. Norwegian Funding Council. (WP Leader) £35k 2009-10
- Knowledge Based Development of Europe’s Seas (KNOWSEAS) EU FP7 2009-2013 Co-Investigator & Work Package leader (£150k) overall project €9 million).
- Publications
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Initial report to Just Transition Commission: Just transition activities, planning, and policy landscape in Aberdeen and the North East
Commissioned by Just Transition Commission. 18 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsClimate Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy: A Global Best Practice Review
Aberdeen: University of Aberdeen. 40 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsMeasuring Just Transition: Indicators and scenarios for a Just Transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
University of Aberdeen. 104 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsJust Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Rapid Evidence Review
University of Aberdeen. 57 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsCarbon Offsetting and Communities : Can Nature-Based Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Benefit Scottish Communities?
Glasgow (UK): University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. 27 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsLeading from the front? Increasing Community Participation in a Just Transition to Net Zero in the North-East of Scotland
Commissioned by Scottish University Insight Institute. Scottish Universities Insight Institute. 25 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsClimate change: UK test for new oil and gas fields’ impact on emissions targets is not fit for purpose
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsLinking natural capital, benefits and beneficiaries: The role of participatory mapping and logic chains for community engagement.
Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 134, pp. 85-99Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2022.04.003
Social and Policy Aspects of Offshore Renewable Energy
Comprehensive Renewable Energy: (Second Edition). Letcher, T. M. (ed.). 2 edition. Elsevier, pp. 291-297, 7 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819727-1.00168-0
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Labels on seafood products in different European countries and their compliance to EU legislation
Marine Policy, vol. 134, 104810Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntegrating stakeholder knowledge through modular cooperative participatory processes for marine spatial planning outcomes (CORPORATES)
Ecosystem Services, vol. 44, 101126Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCharting the course for a blue economy in Peru: a research agenda
Environment, Development and Sustainability, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 2253-2275Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExpanding the role of participatory mapping to assess ecosystem service provision in local coastal environments
Ecosystem Services, vol. 39, 101009Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Green Economy Research Centre: positioning geographical research in Aberdeen to address the challenges of green economy transitions
Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 135, no. 3-4, pp. 356-370Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541.2019.1695907
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Navigating future uncertainty in marine protected area governance: Lessons from the Scottish MPA network
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, vol. 207, pp. 303-311Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2018.04.020
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12213/1/FINAL_Manuscript_Hopkins_Potts.pdf
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Climate change, ocean acidification and the marine environment: Challenges for the international legal regime
International Marine Environmental Law and Policy. Taylor and Francis, pp. 87-100, 14 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315624921-6
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The matrix revisited: A bird's-eye view of marine ecosystem service provision
Marine Policy, vol. 77, pp. 78-89Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe “social” aspect of social-ecological systems: A critique of analytical frameworks and findings from a multisite study of coastal sustainability
Ecology and Society, vol. 21, no. 3, 15Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-08633-210315
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Who cares? European attitudes towards marine and coastal environments
Marine Policy, vol. 72, pp. 59-66Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2016.06.012
Scotland's Marine Protected Area network: Reviewing progress towards achieving commitments for marine conservation
Marine Policy, vol. 71, pp. 44-53Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPerceptions of practitioners: Managing marine protected areas for climate change resilience
Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 128, pp. 18-28Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNavigating uncertain waters: European public perceptions of integrated multi trophic aquaculture (IMTA)
Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 61, pp. 230-237Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2016.04.020
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The Cooperative Participatory Evaluation of Renewable Technologies on Ecosystem Services (CORPORATES)
Aberdeen, UK: Marine Scotland Science. 88 pagesBooks and Reports: Other Reports- [ONLINE] http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2016/02/4961
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7489/1681-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/5570/1/CORPORATES_report.pdf
Improving sustainability of aquaculture in Europe: Stakeholder dialogues on Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)
Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 55, no. 1, pp. 96-106Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIf you don’t like looking at wind farms, why not build them at sea?
The ConversationContributions to Specialist Publications: ArticlesThe implications of aquaculture policy and regulation for the development of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in Europe
Aquaculture, vol. 443, pp. 16-23Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.03.005
Detecting critical choke points for achieving Good Environmental Status in European seas
Ecology and Society, vol. 20, no. 1, 29Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-07280-200129
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4296/1/Potts_choke_points_2015.pdf
Linking Ecosystem Services of Marine Protected Areas to Benefits in Human Wellbeing?
Coastal Zones Ecosystem Services: From Science to Values and Decision Making. Turner, R. K., Schaafsma, M. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 167-190, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Marine spatial planning and various uses and interests relating to the marine environment
Transboundary Marine Spatial Planning and International Law. Hassan, D., Kuokkanen, T., Soininen, N. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 42-60, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersEstablishing an agenda for social studies research in marine renewable energy
Energy Policy, vol. 67, pp. 694-702Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCoping with persistent environmental problems: systemic delays in reducing eutrophication of the Baltic Sea
Ecology and Society, vol. 19, no. 4, 48Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe Practicalities of the Ecosystem Approach in the Barents Sea: The ECOBAR Project
Limits of Maritime Jurisdiction. Schofield, C., Lee, S., Kwon, M. (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 589-606, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMarine litter: Progress in developing an integrated policy approach in Scotland
Marine Policy, vol. 42, pp. 49-55Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.01.024
Marine renewable energy and Scottish west coast fishers: Exploring impacts, opportunities and potential mitigation
Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 75, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.01.005
Climate Change and Evolving Regional Ocean Governance in the Arctic
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsOceans of opportunity or rough seas? What does the future hold for developments in European marine policy?
Philosophical transactions of the royal society a-Mathematical physical and engineering sciences, vol. 370, no. 1980, pp. 5682-5700Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0394
Mussels and yachts in Loch Fyne, Scotland: a case study of the science-policy interface
Ecology and Society, vol. 17, no. 3, 16Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04995-170316
Rapid Policy Network Mapping: a new method for understanding governance structures for implementation of marine environmental policy
PloS ONE, vol. 6, no. 10, e26149Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026149
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4086/1/rapid_policy.pdf
Integrated coastal and estuarine management in Arctic coastal systems
Treatise on estuarine and coastal science: Vol 11: management of estuaries and coasts. Wolanski, E., McLusky, D. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 265-288, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.01115-3
The natural advantage of regions: linking sustainability, innovation, and regional development in Australia
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 713-725Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.01.008
Quality of life through innovation indicators: the case of peripheral suburbs of Sydney
Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV. Sirgy, M. J., Phillips, R., Rahtz, D. R. (eds.). Springer, pp. 191-208, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2243-1_9
Innovation at the edges of the metropolis: An analysis of innovation drivers in Sydney's peripheral suburbs
Housing policy debate, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 553-572Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10511482.2008.9521646
A framework for the analysis of sustainability indicator systems in fisheries
Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 49, no. 5-6, pp. 259-280Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2006.03.008