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Esther is an interdisciplinary qualitative environmental social scientists interested in how different social actors (i.e. scientific, policy, community and business)
I am a research assistant in the Changes in People Place Relationships sub-group in SEGS. I graduated with a degree
An applied economist with interest in agriculture, food and environmental economics. Tareq has evaluated citizens’ preferences for endangered species conservation,
Jianyu Chen is a researcher in People-Environment studies and Behavioural Modelling in the Department of Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) at the James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen) since late 2022.
Katy is a Research Assistant in the Social Economic and Geographical Sciences Department (SEGS) working in Environmental Governance. Her projects
Niamh Mahon is an environmental social scientist, with an interdisciplinary background, working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) group at the James Hutton Institute. Niamh is interested in stakeholders’, and in particular farmers’ practices, and their perspectives and understandings of sustainability in farming and the wider food system.
Tim is a Social Researcher in Rural Digitalisation within James Hutton Institute, working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group (SEGS) department. SEGS represents the fields of economics, geography, politics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology.
Tim has a background in rural agriculture; sustainable livelihoods; agricultural technology; small-scale farming, and food security. He has been involved with Erasmus+ and Horizon programmes, which have provided collaborative and research experience with UK and European institutions.
Environmental social scientist employing a range of social science and environmental research methods, including questionnaire surveys, interviews, social media research and participatory
Naomi Beingessner is a social researcher in the Social Economic and Geographical Sciences Department (SEGS) and a member of the
