Rounaq’s expertise lies in in human factors research and its application to sustainability and Net Zero challenges within the agri-food sector. Their research focusses on human geography, with a particular interest in integrating social sustainability focussed interventions within the Net Zero and food insecurity realm, using mostly user-centred and citizen science methods. Dr Nayak has… Read more »
Environment
Professor Rick Stafford
Professor of Marine Biology and Conservation
Areas of expertise
Rick is a marine biologist and academic based at Bournemouth University. His research is currently focused on understanding and protecting the marine environment in a holistic manner. This involves understanding the role of multiple stresses which act on marine organisms, and the interactions between the organisms (which can form part of the stress). Currently, Rick’s… Read more »
Professor John Stewart
Professor in Evolutionary Palaeoecology
Areas of expertise
John is an environmental paleoecologist and studies environmental change and the effects of climate and ecological change on the evolution of organisms, including humans. He has broad research interests in understanding the nature, timing and location of ice age species’ distributions and works with ancient DNA scientists looking at how organisms respond to past climate… Read more »
Professor Amanda H. Korstjens
Professor of Behavioural Ecology
Areas of expertise
Amanda investigates the relationship between the environment, climate, human land use, and the behaviour and survival of primates and Sumatran elephants. She leads LEAP: Landscape Ecology and Primatology at BU, which investigates forest ecosystems and compares data to see how different circumstances are affecting primate densities and behaviours. Amanda has experience with both national and… Read more »
Dr Luciana Esteves
Associate Professor in Physical Geography
Areas of expertise
Luciana’s research interests are related to environmental change in coastal areas driven by natural and human-induced process and the implications for coastal management. In particular, she is interested in how climate change will affect the frequency and intensity of extreme events and the implications to coastal flooding and erosion hazards, risks and vulnerability. Luciana works… Read more »