Dave Miller

GIS Specialist
Information and Computational Sciences
T: +44 (0)1224 395275

Dave Miller is a GIS Specialist with 15+ years' experience in interdisciplinary research in support of a wide variety of research objectives for Scottish Government, EU, and other funding bodies (for example, SRUC, BNSC-FC). As part of the LADSS team within the Information and Computational Sciences Group, his background in advanced GIS Analysis principally applied to national spatial datasets has led him to support a large number of research projects, latterly focussing on the Scottish Government agricultural datasets (including IACS, JAC, DS) both in support of policy development and for landscape change analysis. He has participated in the teaching of a GIS and Remote Sensing module to undergraduate students from two degree courses at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).

Research

Dave’s principal role is as a GIS Specialist embedded within a multi-disciplinary team focusing on sustainable land use systems, climate change and agricultural policy issues. This has recently included spatial analysis of options for post-2015 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and assessing the impacts of moving from historic entitlements to area-based payments using data from the Scottish Government Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) database and the Macaulay System of Land Classification for Agriculture (LCA) in collaboration with colleagues in Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division (RESAS), Scottish Government.

He is currently involved in the Strategic Research Programme 2016-2021 under Theme 2.4 (Rural Industries)

 

He has also been involved in a number of projects under two centres of expertise: the ClimateXChange Centre of Expertise and the Centre of Expertise for Water (CREW).

He has also participated in the design and teaching of an undergraduate module in GIS and Remote Sensing to students in Countryside Management and Sustainable Environmental Management at Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC), Craibstone.

In past years he has also participated in contract work for the European Commission on sustainability issues which has included the EU FP7 funded SMILE project and the EU/Interreg IVB funded Aquarius project.

His past experience of DGPS survey techniques has previously led him to work on a range of other projects including soil survey, plant mapping, and tree-height survey for funding bodies including the British National Space Centre and the Forestry Commission.

He has also applied spatial modelling and geostatistical techniques to a number of diverse applications ranging from the mapping of soil properties to proxy methods for calculating solar radiation and has been involved in supporting the development of agro-meteorological indicators for the UKCIP19 climate change scenarios. An update to this work is currently underway in Work Package 2.4 of the Strategic Research Programme.

Publications

The following Publications have not yet been migrated to the James Hutton Institute's Pure service and relate to the research outputs from the two legacy organisations: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and The Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Journals

Technical / contract reports

  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K. (2011) Future CAP payments: estimating the area potentially eligible for single farm payment., Report for Scottish Government, 18pp, 20 December 2011.
  • Towers, W.; Sing, L.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Ray, D. (2011) Woodland expansion GIS project – further analysis (52pp)., Woodland Expansion Advisory Group.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2011) SMILE: D30 – Policy implications of growth, trade-offs and synergies., Project Deliverable, D30, Synergies in Multi-Scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-Social Systems, EC Project FP7-SSH-2007-1.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Viglia, S. (2011) SMILE: D29 – Trade-offs and synergies., Project Deliverable, D29, Synergies in Multi-Scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-Social Systems, EC Project FP7-SSH-2007-1.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2011) SMILE: D28 – The role of growth in sustainability., Project Deliverable, D28, Synergies in Multi-Scale Inter-Linkages of Eco-Social Systems, EC Project FP7-SSH-2007-1.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Rivington, M. (2010) Workshop to discuss SMILE analysis of CNP., FP7 SSH, Collaborative Project SMILE, Workshop with CNPA, Grantown-on-Spey, 6th December 2010.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Rivington, M. (2010) D23: Utility of Tools to Stakeholders., Report for FP7 SSH, Collaborative Project SMILE, 83pp.
  • Smith, J.U.; Fitton, N.; Smith, P.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Coull, M.; Lilly, A.; Matthews, K.B.; Chapman, S.J.; Baggaley, N.; Milne, R.; Thomson, A.M. (2010) Pilot project to determine the suitability of integrated administration and control system (IACS) data to provide land use change data for annual greenhouse gases emission estimates., Final Report for Scottish Government (CR/2009/17), pp76.
  • Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Towers, W. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – final report., Submitted to Scottish Government 27 August 2010 and published online 3 November 2010.
  • Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – report on the generation of payments per business baseline and the implications for mapping., Submitted to Scottish Government, 10 June 2010.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – report on the generation of payments per LCA class baseline., Submitted to Scottish Government, 2 June 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – provisional results of scenario analysis., Submitted to Scottish Government, 10 May 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – report on the calculation of stocking rates., Submitted to Scottish Government, 9 April 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – report on the use of seasonal ‘land let out to others’ data., Submitted to Scottish Government, 7 April 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – report on LCA breakdown of land use in Scotland., Submitted to Pack Inquiry Working Group, 7 April 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B. (2010) Modelling scenarios for CAP Pillar 1 Area Payments using Macaulay Land Capability for Agriculture (& Less Favoured Area Designations) – dataset and report on LCA breakdown of land use in Scotland., Submitted to Scottish Government, 30 March 2010.
  • Buchan, K.; Rivington, M.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B. (2010) Agro-meteorologocal indicators of climate change – Tarland case study – Technical Report., Aquarius Workshop: Farmer and Factor, Commercial Hotel, Tarland, Aberdeenshire, 11 March 2010.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.; Rivington, M.; Gilbert, A.; Ibiyemi, A. (2010) D16: Scottish case study report., Report for FP7, SSH, Collaborative Project SMILE, 62pp.
  • Buchan, K.; Rivington, M.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B. (2009) Agro-meteorological indicators of climate change – Tarland case study – Technical Report., Aquarius Workshop: Advisers and Authorities, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, 27 October 2009.
  • Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B. (2009) Further analysis of options for SFP flattening – an alternative payment scenario (revision 2.0)., Technical Report presented at a workshop with Pack Enquiry Team on options for Single Farm Payment, 7 August 2009, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Slee, B.; Xu, Y. (2009) Further analysis of options for SFP flattening – an alternative payment scenario (revision 2.0)., Technical report presented at a workshop with Pack Enquiry Team on options for Singles Farm Payment, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, 7 August 2009.
  • Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Matthews, K.B. (2009) SFP, LFASS and SRDP payments per business in Scotland 2007: Maps booklet., Technical report presented at a workshop with Pack Enquiry Team on options for Singles Farm Payment, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, 7 August 2009.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Slee, B.; Xu, Y. (2009) Consequences for Scottish farmers of Single Farm Payment flattening scenarios: a spatial analysis of the redistribution of payments: briefing for Pack Enquiry Team on the methods and revised results., Technical report presented at a workshop with Pack Enquiry Team on options for Single Farm Payment, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, 7 August 2009,
  • Slee, B.; Matthews, K.B.; Xu, Y.; Miller, D.G. (2009) Issues relating to full decoupling of the Single Payment Scheme in Scotland (revision 2.0)., Position paper presented at a workshop with Pack Enquiry Team on Options for Single Farm Payment, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen, 7 August 2009.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Slee, B.; Xu, Y. (2009) Further analysis of options for SFP flattening – an alternative payment scenario: maps booklet., Technical Report for Scottish Government, 1 May 2009.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Slee, B.; Xu, Y. (2009) Further analysis of options for SFP flattening – an alternative payment scenario., Macaulay Technical report for Scottish Government, 1st May 2009.
  • Slee, B.; Matthews, K.B.; Xu, Y.; Miller, D.G. (2009) Issues relating to full decoupling of the Single Payment Scheme in Scotland., Workshop with Scottish Government on the Single Farm Payment Flattening Project, Pentland House, Edinburgh, 22 April 2009. Position paper.
  • Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K. (2009) Consequences for Scottish farmers of single farm payment flattening scenarios: a spatial analysis of the redistribution of payments: Maps booklet., Workshop with Scottish Government on the Single Farm Payment Flattening Project, Pentland House, Edinburgh, 22 April 2009. Technical report.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Slee, B.; Xu, Y. (2009) Consequences for Scottish farmers of single farm payment flattening scenarios: a spatial analysis of the redistribution of payments: Briefing for Scottish Government on the methods and first results., Workshop with Scottish Government on the Single Farm Payment Flattening Project, Pentland House, Edinburgh, 22 April 2009. Technical report.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Rivington, M.; Miller, D.G.; Schwarz, G. (2009) Bridging the outcome gap – can we learn anything from failing to influence policy and practice?, Proceedings of the Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand (Modsim09), 18th World IMACS / MODSIM Congress, Cairns, Australia 13-17 July 2009.

Conference papers

  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Rivington, M. (2011) “Walking in other’s shoes” – experiences of using the DECOIN tools to characterise sustainability trade-offs in Scotland and the Cairngorms National Park., SMILE Final Conference, Trends and Future of Sustainable Development, Tampere, Finland, 9-10 June 2011.
  • Blackstock, K.L.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.; Dinnie, E.; Rivington, M. (2011) Supporting sustainable development: Using the SMILE toolkit with stakeholders in Scotland., Paper presented to Future Trends for Sustainable Development Conference, Tampere, Finland, 9-10 June 2011.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Langan, S.J.; Rivington, M.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K. (2010) Farmers as water managers in a changing climate – can we turn sustainability research into outcomes?, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society (iEMSs), 2010 International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Modelling for Environment’s Sake, Fifth Biennial Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, (eds. D.A. Swayne, W. Yang, A. A. Voinov, A. Rizzoli, and T. Filatova)
  • Blackstock, K.L.; Matthews, K.M.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Aspinall, R.J.; Rivington, M. (2009) Necessary but not sufficient: Tools for analysing multi-scale integrated eco-social systems., World IMACS / MODSIM Congress, 18th, Cairns, Australia, 13-17 July 2009.
  • Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2009) The need for better science-stakeholder relations in policy and practice: agro-meteorological metrics as tools for communication and strategic planning., International Association of Research Universities Climate Change Congress: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions, Copenhagen 10-12 March 2009. Session 37, P37.32.
  • Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Russell, G. (2009) Investigating climate change impacts and adaptation options using integrated assessment methods., Integrated Agricultural Systems: Methodologies, Modelling and Measuring. AAB/AES/BSAS Conference, SAC Edinburgh, 2-4 June 2009.
  • Rivington, M.; Bellocchi, G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2008) Using agro-meteorological metrics to communicate climate change impacts to land managers., Congress of the European Society of Agronomy, 10th, Bologna, Italy, 15-19 September 2008.
  • Bellocchi, G.; Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2007) Characterizing climate change scenarios with agri-meteorological indicators for farm adaptation planning: case-study in Central Italy., Farm Systems Design 2007, an International Symposium on Methodologies for Integrated Analysis of Farm Production Systems, Catania, Sicily, Italy, 10-12 September 2007.
  • Rivington, M.; Bellocchi, G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2007) Agro-meteorological metrics to communicate climate change impacts to land managers., Farm Systems Design 2007, an international Symposium on Methodologies for Integrated Analysis of Farm Production Systems, Catania, Sicily, Italy, 10-12 September 2007.
  • Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2006) An integrated assessment approach to investigate options for mitigation and adaptation to climate change at the farm-scale., Proceedings of NJF Seminar 380: Adaptation of crops and cropping systems to climate change. Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists., Odeense, Denmark, 7-8 November 2005.
  • Lumsdon, P.; Cloude, S.; Miller, D.G.; Matthews, K.B. (2005) The 3D visualisation of land-cover in Glen Affric, Scotland, using polarimetric interferometric applications., CEOS SAR Workshop, The University of Adelaide, Australia, 27-30 September 2005.

Conference posters / abstracts

  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K. (2008) Changes in land use in Scotland:an analysis using SIACS (2000-2004)., New Rotations Design (NeRD) Workshop, SAC, Edinburgh, 29 September 2008. (Poster)
  • Rivington, M.; Bellocchi, G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2008) Agro-meteorological metrics to communicate climate change impacts to land managers., Association of Applied Biologists: Effects of Climate Change on Plants: Implications for Agriculture. Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, 12 November 2008.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Rivington, M.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G.; Bellocchi, G. (2008) Communicating the agro-meteorological implications of climate change scenarios to land management stakeholders., IWAM Workshop – Agriculture, Water Management and Climate Change, MacDonald Bath Spa Hotel, Bath, UK, 4-6 March 2008.
  • Rivington, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.G.; Buchan, K.; Bellocchi, G. (2008) Climate model downscaling and uncertainty implications for modelling., Climate Change: Scenarios, Impacts and Adaptation? British Hydrological Society, Centre for Life, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 20 February 2008.
  • Rivington, M.; Bellocchi, G.; Matthews, K.B.; Buchan, K.; Miller, D.G. (2008) Using agro-meteorological metrics to communicate climate change impacts to land managers., Climate Change: Scenarios, Impacts and Adaptation? British Hydrological Society, Centre for Life, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 20 February 2008.
  • Matthews, K.B.; Miller, D.R.; Gelan, A.; Messager, P.; Schwarz, G.; Rivington, M.; Buchan, K.; Miller D.G. (2006) Integrated approaches to analysing policy and environmental change., OECD Conference, Edinburgh, 19-20 October 2006. (Poster)

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