Alice Hague
Alice is an Environmental Social Scientist in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Department. Her research focuses broadly on climate change, sustainability transitions and the circular economy, looking at how different levels of governance interact to deliver policy. She was awarded a PCAN Fellowship (2020-2021) by the Place-based Climate Action Network (funded by the ESRC) for a study investigating climate adaptation policy and action at the local level, looking at the north-east of Scotland as a case study. Alice also serves as Group Leader for our Environmental Governance research group.
Alice has a background in environmental science, science communication, and science and climate change policy. Alice began her career in science communication and science policy, and previously worked as Head of Science and Innovation for the Nordic region as part of the UK government’s international Science and Innovation Network. She spent a year on secondment to the climate change team at the Swedish Ministry for the Environment and was a delegate to the UNFCCC climate change negotiations during this period.
She is a member of the Political Studies Association and the International Association for People-Environment Studies, and an Associate Fellow of the UK's Higher Education Academy (HEA).
Current research interests
- Community engagement with climate change mitigation and adaptation.
- Climate change governance and participation at multiple levels.
- Sustainability transitions and the transition to a circular economy
Past research
Alice joined the James Hutton Institute in 2018 after completing her PhD at the University of Edinburgh. Her earlier research investigated the engagement of faith-based actors in environmental issues, with a particular focus on the motivations for, and practices of, local-level environmental action.
Bibliography
- Eastwood, A.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Fischer, A.; Maclean, L.; Hague, A.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Herrett, S.; Byg, A.; Marshall, K.; Pakeman, R.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Hester, A. (2024) Exploring the impacts of woodland management on ecosystem services - a deliberative method, Ecosystems and People, 20(1), Art. 2322638
- van Veelen, B.; Hague, A. (2023) The Role of Translation in Enacting Multiscalar Climate Action: Insights from European Christian Faith-Based Actors, Global Environmental Politics
- Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Miller, D.G.; Hague, A.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Giampietro , M. (2023) Implementing post-normal science with or for EU policy actors: using quantitative story-telling, Sustainability Science, 18, 1235-1250
- Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Matthews, K.B.; Juarez Bourke , A.; Hague, A.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Miller, D.; Kovacic, Z.; Völker, T.; Guimarães Pereira, Â.; Giampietro, M. (2023) Post-normal science in practice: Reflections from scientific experts working on the European agri-food policy nexus; 2023, Environmental Science & Policy, 141, 158-167
- Hague, A.; Wooldridge, T. (2023) Connecting for climate action at the local level local authorities as intermediary actors, The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) & Institute of British Geographers (IBG) Annual International Conference, 29 August - 1 September 2023, London and Online
- Colley, K.; Hague, A.; Thompson, C.; Fischer, A.; Roberts, M.; Irvine, K.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Conniff, A.; Nicholson, H.; Eastwood, A.; Herrett, S.; Ferguson, J.; Murray, K.; Rae, G. (2023) Creating Natural Connections: Final Evaluation of Outcomes for People, Evaluation report of the people-focused activities of the Creating Natural Connections project, delivered by Cumbernauld Living Landscape.
- Hague, A.; Bomberg, E. (2022) Faith-based actors as climate intermediaries in Scottish climate policy, Policy Studies, Art. 2137122
- Hague, A.; Fischer, A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Byg, A.; Herrett, S. (2022) Conservation in conversation: People's perspectives on a woodland with high conservation value - A qualitative study, People and Nature, 4(5), 1190-1200
- Eastwood, A.; Fischer, A.; Hague, A.; Brown, K.M. (2022) A cup of tea? - The role of social relationships, networks and learning in land managers’ adaptations to policy change, Land Use Policy, 113, Article No. 105926
- Colley, K.; Craig, T.; Scholz, G.; Hague, A.; Wilson, R.; Polhill, G.; Salt, D.; Somervail, P.; Nazli Koseoglu, M.; Wooldridge, T. (2022) The role of individuals and households in the transition to a circular economy a social simulation approach, International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) 2022 conference, online
- Hague, A.; Stevenson, T.; Craig, T.; Colley, K.; Somervail, P. (2022) Acting locally intermediary actors and the transition to a low carbon economy, IAPS 2022 Conference, 4 - 8 July 2022, Lisbon, Portugal and Online
- Aitkenhead, M.; McKeen, M.; Sideris, K.; Rees, N.; Gurd, J.; Hague, A.; Artz, R. (2022) Accelerating Peatland Restoration in Northern Ireland, Submitted directly to Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
- Eastwood, A.; Juárez-Bourke, A.; Herrett, S.; Hague, A. (2021) Connecting young people with greenspaces: The case for participatory video, People and Nature, 5(2), 357-367
- Staddon, S.; Byg, A.; Chapman, M.; Fish, R.; Hague, A.; Horgan, K. (2021) Value of listening and listening for values in conservation, People and Nature, 5(2), 343-356
- Hague, A. (2021) Practising Climate Justice in the Local Church, The Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal, 5.3, 13-20
- Hague, A.; Stevenson, T. (2021) Place-based climate action: where urban and rural meet., Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers (RGS/IBG) Annual Conference. London and Online, 31 August -3 September 2021.
- Arthur, J.; Ferguson, J.; Murray, K.; Rae, G.; Hague, A.; Colley, K. (2021) Community-based social research - Year 2 evaluation of Cumbernauld Living Landscape project., Internal Report to Cumbernauld Living Landscape and National Lottery Heritage Fund.
- Hague, A. (2021) Grounded in community: Christianity and environmental engagement in Scotland., In: Silvern, S.E. & Davis, E.H. (eds.). Religion, Sustainability and Place: Moral Geographies for the Anthropocene. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 12, pp 277-301
- Irvine, K.N.; Msika, J.; Dinnie, E.; Craig, T.; Fischer, A.; Hague, A.; Rajagopalan, D.; Roberts, M.; Wilson, R. (2020) Climate change engagement: assessing the impacts of the Climate Challenge Fund., ClimateXChange Report, 164pp.
- Matthews, K..B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D.H.; Rivington, M.; Hague, A.; Fisher, D.; Renner, A.; Cadillo-Benalcazar, J.; Schyns, J.; Giampietro, M. (2020) Report on EU sustainability goals: insights from quantitative story telling and WEFE nexus, MAGIC (H2020-GA 689669) Project Deliverable 5.1, 31 July 2020, 136pp.
- Van Veelen, B.; Hague, A. (2019) Producing diverse and multi-scalar climate subjects: a relational approach for understanding faith-based climate action., Conference presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C., 3-7 April 2019.
- Eastwood, A.; Fischer, A.; Hague. A. (2019) The role of social relationships in the adaptive management of the Scottish uplands., Presentation, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2019, London, UK, 27-30 August 2019.
- Kidwell, J.; Ginn, F.; Northcott, M.; Bomberg, E.; Hague, A. (2018) Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco-theo-citizenship., Geo: Geography and Environment, 5, Article No. e00059.
- Hague, A. (2018) Ecological issues and community engagement., Invited Presentation at Academic Workshop "Governance beyond the Anthropocene: Ecological Issues in Political Practice and Thought". Supported by the UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies), University of Hertfordshire, 22 June 2018.
- Eastwood, A.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Fischer, A.; Maclean, L.; Hague, A.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Herrett, S.; Byg, A.; Marshall, K.; Pakeman, R.; Donaldson-Selby, G.; Hester, A. (2024) Exploring the impacts of woodland management on ecosystem services - a deliberative method, Ecosystems and People, 20(1), Art. 2322638
- van Veelen, B.; Hague, A. (2023) The Role of Translation in Enacting Multiscalar Climate Action: Insights from European Christian Faith-Based Actors, Global Environmental Politics
- Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Miller, D.G.; Hague, A.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Giampietro , M. (2023) Implementing post-normal science with or for EU policy actors: using quantitative story-telling, Sustainability Science, 18, 1235-1250
- Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Matthews, K.B.; Juarez Bourke , A.; Hague, A.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Miller, D.; Kovacic, Z.; Völker, T.; Guimarães Pereira, Â.; Giampietro, M. (2023) Post-normal science in practice: Reflections from scientific experts working on the European agri-food policy nexus; 2023, Environmental Science & Policy, 141, 158-167
- Hague, A.; Bomberg, E. (2022) Faith-based actors as climate intermediaries in Scottish climate policy, Policy Studies, Art. 2137122
- Hague, A.; Fischer, A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Byg, A.; Herrett, S. (2022) Conservation in conversation: People's perspectives on a woodland with high conservation value - A qualitative study, People and Nature, 4(5), 1190-1200
- Eastwood, A.; Fischer, A.; Hague, A.; Brown, K.M. (2022) A cup of tea? - The role of social relationships, networks and learning in land managers’ adaptations to policy change, Land Use Policy, 113, Article No. 105926
- Eastwood, A.; Juárez-Bourke, A.; Herrett, S.; Hague, A. (2021) Connecting young people with greenspaces: The case for participatory video, People and Nature, 5(2), 357-367
- Staddon, S.; Byg, A.; Chapman, M.; Fish, R.; Hague, A.; Horgan, K. (2021) Value of listening and listening for values in conservation, People and Nature, 5(2), 343-356
- Hague, A. (2021) Practising Climate Justice in the Local Church, The Scottish Episcopal Institute Journal, 5.3, 13-20
- Kidwell, J.; Ginn, F.; Northcott, M.; Bomberg, E.; Hague, A. (2018) Christian climate care: Slow change, modesty and eco-theo-citizenship., Geo: Geography and Environment, 5, Article No. e00059.
- Bomberg, E.; Hague, A. (2018) Faith-based climate action in Christian congregations: mobilisation and spiritual resources., Local Environment, 23, 582-596.
- Hague, A. (2021) Grounded in community: Christianity and environmental engagement in Scotland., In: Silvern, S.E. & Davis, E.H. (eds.). Religion, Sustainability and Place: Moral Geographies for the Anthropocene. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 12, pp 277-301
- Colley, K.; Hague, A.; Thompson, C.; Fischer, A.; Roberts, M.; Irvine, K.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Conniff, A.; Nicholson, H.; Eastwood, A.; Herrett, S.; Ferguson, J.; Murray, K.; Rae, G. (2023) Creating Natural Connections: Final Evaluation of Outcomes for People, Evaluation report of the people-focused activities of the Creating Natural Connections project, delivered by Cumbernauld Living Landscape.
- Aitkenhead, M.; McKeen, M.; Sideris, K.; Rees, N.; Gurd, J.; Hague, A.; Artz, R. (2022) Accelerating Peatland Restoration in Northern Ireland, Submitted directly to Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
- Arthur, J.; Ferguson, J.; Murray, K.; Rae, G.; Hague, A.; Colley, K. (2021) Community-based social research - Year 2 evaluation of Cumbernauld Living Landscape project., Internal Report to Cumbernauld Living Landscape and National Lottery Heritage Fund.
- Irvine, K.N.; Msika, J.; Dinnie, E.; Craig, T.; Fischer, A.; Hague, A.; Rajagopalan, D.; Roberts, M.; Wilson, R. (2020) Climate change engagement: assessing the impacts of the Climate Challenge Fund., ClimateXChange Report, 164pp.
- Matthews, K..B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D.H.; Rivington, M.; Hague, A.; Fisher, D.; Renner, A.; Cadillo-Benalcazar, J.; Schyns, J.; Giampietro, M. (2020) Report on EU sustainability goals: insights from quantitative story telling and WEFE nexus, MAGIC (H2020-GA 689669) Project Deliverable 5.1, 31 July 2020, 136pp.
- Hague, A.; Wooldridge, T. (2023) Connecting for climate action at the local level local authorities as intermediary actors, The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) & Institute of British Geographers (IBG) Annual International Conference, 29 August - 1 September 2023, London and Online
- Colley, K.; Craig, T.; Scholz, G.; Hague, A.; Wilson, R.; Polhill, G.; Salt, D.; Somervail, P.; Nazli Koseoglu, M.; Wooldridge, T. (2022) The role of individuals and households in the transition to a circular economy a social simulation approach, International Association of People-Environment Studies (IAPS) 2022 conference, online
- Hague, A.; Stevenson, T.; Craig, T.; Colley, K.; Somervail, P. (2022) Acting locally intermediary actors and the transition to a low carbon economy, IAPS 2022 Conference, 4 - 8 July 2022, Lisbon, Portugal and Online
- Hague, A.; Stevenson, T. (2021) Place-based climate action: where urban and rural meet., Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers (RGS/IBG) Annual Conference. London and Online, 31 August -3 September 2021.
- Van Veelen, B.; Hague, A. (2019) Producing diverse and multi-scalar climate subjects: a relational approach for understanding faith-based climate action., Conference presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Geographers, Washington, D.C., 3-7 April 2019.
- Eastwood, A.; Fischer, A.; Hague. A. (2019) The role of social relationships in the adaptive management of the Scottish uplands., Presentation, Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Annual International Conference 2019, London, UK, 27-30 August 2019.
- Hague, A. (2018) Ecological issues and community engagement., Invited Presentation at Academic Workshop "Governance beyond the Anthropocene: Ecological Issues in Political Practice and Thought". Supported by the UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies), University of Hertfordshire, 22 June 2018.
- Chen, J.; Craig, T.; Colley, K.; Hague, A.; Heban, S.; Somervail, P.; Wooldridge, T.; Martinez Sanchez, G.; Polhill, G.; Ballesteros Figueroa, A. (2023) Poster presentation in 2023 Social Simulation Conference, Social Simulation Conference 2023, 4-8 September 2023, Glasgow
- Assefa, S.; Craig, T.; Hague, A.; Colley, K.; Chen, J.; Polhill, G. (2023) Using agent-based modelling to explore circular economy behaviours in Scotland, Social Simulation Conference 2023, University of Glasgow, UK, 4-8 September
- Hague, A.; Colley, K.; Wooldridge, T.; Somervail, P.; Chen, J.; Ballesteros Figueroa, A.; Craig, T. (2023) Transitioning to a circular economy: Everyday circular behaviours, Poster, SEFARI
- Hague, A.; Fischer, A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Byg, A.; Herrett, S. (2020) Conversations about conservation: Local perceptions of woodland management in high-value conservation sites., Joint Meeting of the British Ecological Society, People and Nature and the Valuing Naturing programme: The Multiple Values of Nature, Bristol, 2-3 March 2020. (Poster presentation)
- Juarez-Bourke, A.; Eastwood, A.; Herrett, S.; Hague, A. (2019) Participatory Video. Helping people engage with nature., Scottish Biodiversity Science Conference 2019, Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, 18 November 2019.
