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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
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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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Navigating 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: Articles