Kirsty Blackstock

Publications

Journals

• Nicholson, H.; Blackstock, K.; Boucher, J.; Glendinning, J.; Green, A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Martinat, S.; Sanchez, G. M.; Matthews, K.; Merrell, I.; Poskitt, S.; Thomson, S. (2025) Exploring policy coherence for land use transformations: The case of Scotland, Journal of Environmental Management, 374, 123927
• Ibrahim, A.; Marshall, K.; Carmen, E.; Blackstock, K.; Waylen, K. (2025) Raising standards for stakeholder engagement in Nature-based Solutions: Navigating the why, when, who and how, Environmental Science and Policy, 163, 103971
• Carmen, E.; Ibrahim, A.; Blackstock, K.; Waylen, K. (2024) A transformations framework for mainstreaming a nature-based solutions approach, Nature-Based Solutions, 6, article 100199
• Waylen, K.A.; Wilkinson, M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Bourke, M. (2024) Nature-Based Solutions and Restoration are intertwined but not identical highlighting implications for societies and ecosystems, Nature-Based Solutions, 5, Art. 100116
• Hering, D.; Schurings, C.; Wenskus, F.; Blackstock, K.L.; Borja, A.; Birk, S.; Bullock, C.; Carvalho, L.; Dagher-Kharrat, M.B.; Lakner, S.; Lovric, N.; McGuinness, S.; Nabuurs, G.-J.; Sanchez-Arcilla, A.; Settele, J.; Pe’er, G. (2023) Securing success for the Nature Restoration Law, Science, 382(6676), 1248-1250
• Peskett, L.; Metzger, M.; Blackstock, K.L. (2023) Regional scale integrated land use planning to meet multiple objectives: Good in theory but challenging in practice, Environmental Science & Policy, 147, 292-304
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Marshall, K.; Juarez Bourke, A. (2023) Navigating or adding to complexity? Exploring the role of catchment partnerships in collaborative governance, Sustainability Science, 18, 2533-2548
• Moretti, M.; Grando, S.; Belliggiano, A.; Felici, F.; Scotti, I.; Levoli, C.; Blackstock, K.; Mar Delgado-Serrano, M.; Brunori, G. (2023) Characterizing value chains’ contribution to resilient and sustainable development in European mountain areas, Journal of Rural Studies, 100, Art. 103022
• Blackstock, K.; Waylen, K.A.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Marshall, K.B. (2023) Agency and Constraint in Environmental Policy Coherence, Journal of Political Ecology, 30(1)
• 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
• 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
• Völker, T.; Blackstock, K.L.; Kovacic, Z.; Sindt, J.; Strand, R.; Waylen, K.A. (2022) The role of metrics in the governance of the water-energy-food nexus within the European Commission, Journal of Rural Studies, 92, 473-481
• Matthews, K.B.; Renner, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D.H.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Cadillo-Benalcazar, J.; Schyns, J.F.; Giampietro, M. (2021) Old wine in new bottles: exploiting data from the EU’s Farm Accountancy Data Network for Pan-EU sustainability assessments of agricultural production systems, Sustainability, 13(18), Article No. 10080
• Fisher, D.; Blackstock, K.L.; Irvine K.N. (2021) “It’s on the ‘nice to have’ pile”: Potential principles to improve the implementation of socially inclusive Green Infrastructure, Ambio, 50, 1574-1586
• Blackstock, K.L.; Novo, P.; Byg, A.; Creaney, R.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Maxwell, J.L.; Tindale, S.J.; Waylen, K.A. (2021) Policy instruments for environmental public goods: interdependencies and hybridity, Land Use Policy, 104, Article No. 104709
• Barnaud, C.; Fischer, A.; Staddon, S.; Blackstock, K.L.; Corbera, E.; Hester, A.J.; Mathevet, R.; McKee, A.; Moreau, C.; Reyes, J.; Sirami, C.; Eastwood, A. (2021) Is forest regeneration good for biodiversity? Exploring the social dimensions of an apparently ecological debate., Environmental Science and Policy, 120, 63-72
• Fazey, I.; Schapke, N.; Caniglia, G.; Hodgson, A.; Kendrick, I.; Lyon, C.; Page, G .; Patterson, J.; Riedy, C.; Strasser, T.; Verveen, S.; Adams, D.; Goldstein, B.; Klaes, M.; Leicester, G.; Linyard, A.; McCurdy, A.; Ryan, P.; Sharpe, B.; Silvestri, G.; Abdurrahim, A.Y.; Abson, D.; Adetunji, O.S.; Aldunce, P.; Alvarez-Pereira, C.; Amparo, J.M.; Amundsen, H.; Anderson, L.; Andersson, L.; Asquith, M.; Augenstein, K.; Barrie, J.; Bent, D.; Bentz, J.; Bergsten, A.; Berzonsky, C.; Bina, O.; Blackstock, K.; Boehnert, J.; Bradbury, H.; Brand, C.; Bohme, J.; Bojer, M.M.; Carmen, E.; Charli-Joseph, L.; Choudhury, S.; Chunhachoti-ananta, S.; Cockburn, J.; Colvin, J.; Connon, I.L.C.; Cornforth, R.; Cox, R.S.; Cradock-Henry, N.; Cramer, L.; Cremaschi, A.; Dannevig, H.; Day, C.T.; Hutchison, C.D.; de Vrieze, A.; Desai, V.; Dolley, J.; Duckett, D.; Durrant, R.A.; Egermann, M.; Emily, A.; Fremantle, C.; Fullwood-Thomas, J.; Galafassi, D.; Gobby, J.; Golland, A.; Gonzalez-Padron, S.K.; Gram-Hanssen, I.; Grandin, J.; Grenni, S.; Gunnell, J.L.; Gusmao, F.; Hamann, M.; Harding, B.; Harper, G.; Hesselgren, M.; Hestad, D.; Heykoop, C.A.; Holmen, J.; Holstead, K.; Hoolohan, C.; Horcea-Milcu, A.I.; Horlings, L.G.; Howden, S.M.; Howell, R.A.; Huque, S.I.; Canedo, M.L.I.; Iro, C.Y.; Ives, C.D.; John, B.; Joshi, R.; Juarez-Bourke, S.; Juma, D.W.; Karlsen, B.C.; Kliem, L.; Klay, A.; Kuenkel, P.; Kunze, I.; Lam, D.P.M.; Lang, D.J.; Larkin, A.; Light, A.; Luederitz, C.; Luthe, T.; Maguire, C.; Mahecha-Groot, A.M.; Malcolm, J.; Marshall, F.; Maru, Y.; McLachlan, C.; Mmbando, P.; Mohapatra, S.; Moore, M.L.; Moriggi, A.; Morley-Fletcher, M.; Moser, S.; Mueller, K.M.; Mukute, M.; Muhlemeier, S.; Naess, L.O.; Nieto-Romero, M.; Novo, P.; O’Brien, K .; O’Connell, D.A.; O’Donnell, K.; Olsson, P.; Pearson, K.R.; Pereira, L.; Petridis, P.; Peukert, D.; Phear, N.; Pisters, S.R.; Polsky, M.; Pound, D.; Preiser, R.; Rahman, M.S.; Reed, M.S.; Revell, P.; Rodriguez, I.; Rogers, B.C.; Rohr, J.; Rosenberg, M.N.; Ross, H.; Russell, S.; Ryan, M.; Saha, P.; Schleicher, K.; Schneider, F.; Scoville-Simonds, M.; Searle, B.; Sebhatu, S.P.; Sesana, E.; Silverman, H.; Singh, C.; Sterling, E.; Stewart, SJ.; Tabara, J.D.; Taylor, D.; Thornton, P.; Tribaldos, T.M.; Tschakert, P.; Uribe-Calvo, N.; Waddell, S.; Waddock, S.; van der Merwe, L.; van Mierlo, B.; van Zwanenberg, P.; Velarde, S.J.; Washbourne, C.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Weiser, A.; Wight, I.; Williams, S.; Woods, M.; Wolstenholme, R.; Wright, N.; Wunder, S.; Wyllie, A .; Young, H.R. (2020) Transforming knowledge systems for life on earth: visions of future systems and how to get there, Energy Research and Social Science, 70, Art. 101724.
• Baggaley, N.; Lilly, A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Dobbie, K.; Carsons, A.; Leith, F. (2020) Soil risk maps – Interpreting soils data for policy makers, agencies and industry., Soil Use and Management, 36, 19-26.
• Metzger, M.J.; Dick, J.; Gardner, A.; Bellamy, C.; Blackstock, K.L.; Brown, C.; Chisholm, R.; Cochrane, P.; Drewitt, J.; Gimona, A.; Hester, A.J.; Mathieson, S.; Nijnik, M.; McVittie, A.; Petr, M.; Smith, R.; Smith, M. (2019) Knowledge sharing, problem solving and professional development in a Scottish ecosystem services community of practice., Regional Environmental Change, 19, 2275-2286.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L; van Hulst, F.; Damian, C.; Horváth, F.; Johnson, R.K.; Kanka, R.; Külvik, M.; Macleod, C.J.A.; Meissner, K.; Oprina-Pavelescu, M.M.; Pino, J.; Primmer, E.; Rîsnoveanu, G.; Satalová, B.; Silander, J.; Spulerová, J.; Suskevics, M.; van Uytvanck, J. (2019) Policy-driven monitoring and evaluation: does it support adaptive management of socio-ecological systems?, Science of the Total Environment, 662, pp. 373-384.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; van Hulst, F.J.; Damian, C.; Horvath, F.; Johnson, R.K.; Kanka, R.; Kulvik, M.; Macleod, C.J.A.; Meissner, K.; Oprina-Pavelescu, M.M.; Pino, J.; Primmer, E.; Risnoveanu, G.; Satalova, B.; Silander, J.; Spulerova, J.; Suskevics, M.; Van Uytvanck, J. (2019) Data summarizing monitoring and evaluation for three European environmental policies in 9 cases across Europe, Data in Brief, 23, art.103785
• Carvalho, L.; Mackay, E.B.; Cardoso, A.C.; Baattrup-Pedersen, A.; Birk, S.; Blackstock, K.L.; Borics, G.; Borja, A.; Feld, C.K.; Ferreira, M.T.; Globevnik, L.; Grizzetti, B.; Hendry, S.; Hering, D.; Kelly, M.; Langaas, S.; Meissner, K.; Panagopoulos, Y.; Penning, E.; Rouillard, J.; Sabater, S.; Schmedtje, U.; Spears, B.M.; Venohr, M.; van de Bund, W.; Solheim, A.L. (2019) Protecting and restoring Europe’s waters: an analysis of the future development needs of the Water Framework Directive, Science of Total Environment, 658, 1228-1238
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Tindale, S.J.; Juarez Bourke, A. (2019) Governing integration: insights from integrating implementation of European water policies., Water, 11, Art. 598.
• McKee, A.J.; Blackstock, K.L.; Azcón, J.M.B.; Ciucci, P.; Hosek, M.; Huber, M.; Neubert, M.; Ritchie, C.; Sovinc, A.; Trench, H.; Végvári, Z.; Velander, K. (2018) Developing learning landscape partnerships: Why and how to work with protected area managers., Parks, 24, 63-78.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2017) Monitoring for adaptive management or modernity: Lessons from recent initiatives for holistic environmental management., Environmental Policy and Governance, 27, 311-324.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Dinnie, E.; Dilley, R. (2017) Governing the Cairngorms National Park – revisiting the neglected concept of authority., Journal of Rural Studies, 52,12-20.
• Brown, I.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2016) Participatory scenario planning for developing innovation in community adaptation responses: three contrasting examples from Latin America., Regional Environmental Change, 16, 1685-1700.
• Jager, N.W.; Challies, E.; Kochskämper, E.; Newig, J.; Benson, D.; Blackstock, K.L.; Collins, K.; Ernst, A.; Evers, M.; Feichtinger, J.; Fritsch, O.; Gooch, G.; Grund, W.; Hedelin, B.; Hernández-Mora, N.; Hüesker, F.; Huitema, D.; Irvine, K.; Klinke, A.; Lange, L.; Loupsans, D.; Lubell, M.; Matczak, P.; Maganda, C.; Páres, M.; Saarikosi, H.; Slavíková, L.; van der Arend, S.; von Korff, Y. (2016) Transforming European water governance? EU water framework directive implementation in 13 member states., Water, 8, Article No. 156.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Dinnie, L.; Dilley, R.; Marshall, K.; Dunglinson, J.; Trench, H.; Harper, K.; Finan, K.; MacPherson, J.; Johnston, E.; Griffin, A. (2015) Participatory research to influence participatory governance: managing relationships with planners., Area, 47, 254-260.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Marshall, K.; Dunglinson, J. (2015) Participation-prescription tension in natural resource management: the case of diffuse pollution in Scottish water management., Environmental Policy and Governance, 25, 111-124.

Prior to appointment

• Sherlock, K.L. (2002) Community matters: Reflections from the field., Sociological Research Online, 7(2).
• Sherlock, K.L. (2001) Revisiting the concept of hosts and guests., Tourist Studies, 1, 271- 295

Books / chapters

• Li, R.; Napier, T.; Samir, A.; Swaify, E.; Sabir, M.; Rienzi, E. (2022) Integrating soil, water and biodiversity policies: a case study from Scotland. In: Napier. (ed.). Global Degradation of Soil and Water Resources: Regional Strategies for Assessing and Addressing a Lingering Global Issue., Springer Nature Singapore and Science Press Beijing.
• Juárez-Bourke, A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2021) Participatory approaches: principles and practices for river restoration projects., In: Morandi, B., Cottet, M. & Piégay, H. (eds). River Resoration: Political, Social and Economic Perspectives. London: John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Chapter 14, pp 294-307
• Blackstock, K.L. (2017) Participation in the context of ecological economics., In: Spash, C.L. (ed.). Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics: Nature and Society. Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon, Chapter 33, pp341-350.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A. (2016) Delivering ecosystem services at a national scale: institutions and governance., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp18-19.
• Eastwood, A.; Irvine, J.; Blackstock, K.; Byg, A.; Fischer, A. (2016) Approaches for more integrated and participatory decision making., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp14-15.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2016) Concepts: ‘Eco’ terminology., In: Brooker, R., Hester, A. & Pakeman, R. (eds.). Ecosystem Services. The James Hutton Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, pp4-5.
• Waylen, K.A.; Gearey, B.R.; Blackstock, K.L. (2016) Peatlands and cultural ecosystem services., In: Bonn, A., Allott, T., Evans, M., Joosten, H. & Stoneman, R. (eds.). Peatland Restoration for Ecosystem Services. Ecological Reviews Series, British Ecological Society, Cambridge University Press, Chapter 7, pp114-128.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Spray C.J. (2015) Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive: What does taking an ecosystem services-based approach add?, In: Martin-Ortega, J., Ferrier, R.C., Gordon, I.J. & Khan, S. (eds.). Water Ecosystem Services: A Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp57-64.
• Church, A.; Burgess, J.; Ravenscroft, N.; Bird, W.; Blackstock, K.L.; Brady, E.; Crang, M.; Fish, R.; Gruffud, P.; Mourato, S.; Pretty, J.; Tolia-Kerry, D.; Turner, K.; Winter, M. (2011) Cultural services., In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. Understanding Nature’s Value to Society. Technical Report. Cambridge, UNEP-WCMC, Chapter 16, pp631-691.
• van der Wal, R.; Bonn, A.; Monteith, D.; Reed, M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Hanley, N.; Thompson, D.; Evans, M.; Alonso, I.; Allott, T.; Armitage, H.; Beharry, N.; Glass, J.; Johnson, S.; McMorrow, J.; Ross, L.; Pakeman, R.J.; Perry, S.; Tinch, D. (2011) Mountains, moorlands and heaths., In: UK National Ecosystem Assessment. Understanding Nature’s Value to Society. Technical Report. Cambridge, UNEP-WCMC, Chapter 5, pp106-159.
• Ferrier, R.C.; Jenkins, A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2010) The future for catchment management., In: Ferrier, R.C. & Jenkins, A. (eds.). Handbook of Catchment Management. Blackwell Publications, Oxford, pp501-515.
• Aslin, H.; Blackstock, K.L. (2010) Now I’m not an in expert in anything: challenges in undertaking transdisciplinary inquiries across the social and biophysical sciences., In: Brown, V.A., Harris, J.A. & Russell, J.Y. (eds.). Tackling Wicked Problems: Through the Transdisciplinary Imagination. Earthscan, London, Chapter 7a, pp117-129. ISBN 9781844079254
• Blackstock, K.L.; Cooksley, S.L.; Langan, S.J.; Marshall, K.B.; Coull, M.C. (2009) CATCH: Integrated catchment planning: a handbook for project officers., Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, Aberdeen, 97p.
• Blackstock K.L.; Richards C. (2008) Active involvement in river basin planning: lessons learnt from the River Spey, Scotland., In: Sustainability in River Basins: A Question of Governance (eds. A. Dehnhardt and U. Petschow). Oekom, Munich, pp269-292. ISBN: 978-3-865810342
• Blackstock, K.L.; Brown, K.M.; Davies, B.B.; Shannon, P. (2006) Individualism, cooperation and conservation in Scottish farming communities., Rural Governance: International Perspectives (eds. L. Cheshire, V. Higgins and G. Lawrence). Routledge Studies in Human Geography, Routledge, UK. ISBN: 978-0-415-39959-3
• Innes, A.; Sherlock, K.L. (2004) Rural communities., In: Dementia and Social Inclusion: Marginalised Groups and Marginalised Areas of Dementia Research, Care and Practice, (eds. A. Innes, C. Archibald and C. Murphy). Jessica Kingsley Publishers, London. ISBN: 1843101742

Technical / contract reports

• Matthews, K.; Miller, D.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Blackstock, K.; Hopkins, J. (2025) Landscapes of Consumption Land Use Transformations Project (JHIC31) Milestone 34, Internal Report. pp5
• Blackstock, K.; Nicholson, H.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Sanchez, G.M.; Poskitt, S.; Matthews, K.; Boucher, J.; Glendinning, J.; Green, A.; Martinat, S.; Merrell, I.; Thomson, S. (2024) Technical Report on Land Use Policy Coherence for the Land Use Transformations Project (JHI-C3-1), Project Deliverable D5.3,, Technical Report on Land Use Policy Coherence for the Land Use Transformations Project
• Schulz, L.; Gray, R.; Blackstock, K.; Ibrahim, A.; Carmen, E.; Bérczi-Siket, A.; Hernández Herrero, E.; Nyírő, F.; Gruber, T.; Gelencsér, G.; Birk, S.; Hering, D.; Vion Loisel, A.; Buijse, T.; Boulard, M. (2024) Deliverable D42 Just transformations sectoral stakeholder engagement, processes and perceptions of mainstreaming Naturebased Solutions, HORIZON2020 Merlin deliverable
• Glendell, M.; Blackstock, K.; Adams, K.; Brickell, J.; Comte, J.; Gagkas, Z.; Geris, J.; Haro, D.; Jabloun, M.; Karley, A.; MacLeod, K.; Naha, S.; Paterson, E.; Rivington, M.; Thompson, C.; Upton, K.; Wilkinson, M.; Williams, K. (2024) Future predictions of water scarcity in Scotland impact on distilleries and agricultural abstractors CRW2023_05, Centre of Expertise for Waters (CREW)
• Matthews, K.; Blackstock, K.L.; Wardell-Johnson, D.H.; Miller, D.G.; Tavana, M.; Thomson, S.; Moxey, A.; Neilson, R.; Baggaley, N.; Giles, M.; Karley, A.; Loades, K.; Paterson, E.; Pakeman, R.; Hawes, C.; Stockan, J.; Stutter, M.; Addy, S.; Wilkinson, M.E.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Waylen, K.A.; Rivington, M.; Aitkenhead, M.J.; Coull, M.C. (2023) Synthesis Report: Screening Enhanced Conditionality Measures, An output of RESAS commissioned project Supporting
  Scotland’s Land Use Transformations (JHI-C3-1),59pp, Published online
• Nicholson, H.; Blackstock, K. (2023) Land Use Transformations Project (JHIC31) Milestone 26 – Phase 1 QST ME data collated for analysis, Project Milestone (M26), p4. Unpublished.
• Blackstock, K.; Nicholson, H.; Matthews, K. (2023) Land Use Transformations Project (JHIC31) Milestone 27 – QST 2 Baseline Established, Project Milestone (M27), p6.
• Blackstock, K.; Nicholson, H.; Juarez Bourke, A.; Poskitt, S.; Matthews, K. (2023) Initial Findings on Scottish Land Use Policy Coherence for Transformations, Land Use Transformations Project (JHI-C3-1), Project Milestone (M24), 25 pages. Unpublished.
• Thompson, C.A.; Blackstock, K.; Creaney, R.; Miller, D. (2023) Vulnerability and Resilience of the Speyside Whisky, food and drink tourism value chain assemblage, Report to stakeholders, The James Hutton Institute.
• Bérczi-Siket, A.; Ibrahim, A.; Blackstock, K.; Bérczi-Siket, A.; Carmen, E. (2022) Mainstreaming aquatic restoration using Naturebased Solutions Briefing on national EU sector perceptions, workshops, and tailored briefings per sector, Deliverable 4.1 for H2020 MERLIN project
• Matthews, K.; Waylen, K.; Blackstock, K.; Aitkenhead, M.; Castellazzi, M.; Miller, D. (2022) Briefing on Quantitative Story Telling for the Land Use Transformations Project (JHI-C3-1), Project Deliverable (D2), 11pp, Online.
• Matthews, K.; Blackstock, K.; Miller, D.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Gandossi, G.; Sutherland, L.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Creaney, R.; Martinat, S.; Nicholson, H.; Gimona, A.; Castellazzi, M.; Wilkins, B.; Aitkenhead, M.; Coull, M.; Parker, T.; Rivington, M.; Udugbezi, E. (2022) State-of-Play Reference Document for Land Use Transformations Project (JHIC31), Project Milestone Report Milestone 10, Online, 21pp.
• Blackstock, K.; Flanigan, S.; Creaney, R.; Matthews, K.; Hopkins, J.; Miller, D.; Chabdu, A.; Bacigalupo, A.; Thompson, C. (2022) D43 Participatory value chain analysis: Report on the structure and valorisation of 23 mountain value chains across Europe, including evaluation of telecoupling, assemblage, and enabling institutions and infrastructure, MOVING external website and on Hutton MOVING webpage.
• Ibrahim, A.; Lorenzo-Arribas, A.; Martínez Sánchez, G.; Blackstock, K. (2022) Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwaterrelated ecosystems in a Landscape context INnovation, upscaling and transformation (MERLIN) Work Package 4 economic sector questionnaire report, The MERLIN Project, The James Hutton Institute.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Ibrahim, A.; Carmen, E.; Marshall, K. (2022) Restoration or Nature-based Solutions: What’s the difference and why does it matter?, A research briefing by the James Hutton Institute, Aberdeen.
• Waylen, K.A.; Marshall, K.; Juarez Bourke , A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Macleod, R. (2022) Going with the Flow Key issues for catchment and landscape partnership working in the UK, A briefing by the James Hutton Institute.
• Matthews, K.; Creaney, R.; Miller, D.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Gandossi, G.; Hopkins, J.; Chabdu, A.; Rees, N.; Blackstock, K. (2022) Vulnerability Analysis Water quantity in connection with Speyside Malt Whisky production, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
• Creaney, R.; Matthews, K.; Miller, D.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Gandossi, G.; Hopkins, J.; Chabdu, A.; Rees, N.; Blackstock, K. (2022) Report on MOVING Task 33 activities Vulnerability of the Speyside whisky industry to environmental change, MOVING.
• Creaney, R.; Blackstock, K.; Hopkins, J.; Flanigan, S. (2022) First Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting Report,
• Blackstock, K.; Creaney, R.; Hopkins, J.; Matthews, K.B. (2022) UK – Scotland Speyside Malt Whisky, Policy Brief, MOVING.
• Ibrahim, A.; Blackstock, K. (2021) GUIDELINES FOR STAKEHOLDER MAPPING AND ESTABLISHING STAKEHOLDER BOARD IN MAINSTREAMING RESTORATION IN MERLIN , The MERLIN project, The James Hutton Institute.
• Sutherland, L-A.; Macleod, K.; Koronka, J.; Kuhfuss, L.; Blackstock, K. (2021) Attitudes and drivers of behaviours of landownersland managers towards Land use change associated with Climate Change Plan targets, PAWSA Report Commissioned by RESAS, The James Hutton Institute, 75pp.
• Creaney, R.; Blackstock, K.; Hopkins, J.; Flanigan, S. (2021) First Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting Report, MOVING, The James Hutton Institute, 12pp.
• Blackstock, K.; Flanigan, S.; (2021) List of selected value chains and relationship building., H2020 MOVING (D4.2)
• Waylen, K.A.; Marshall, K.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2021) Exploring the delivery of multiple benefits by catchment partnerships, Report by the James Hutton Institute.
• Old, G.; Hutchins, M.; Miller, J.; Acreman, M.; Bowes, M.; Redhead, J.; Trill, E.; Blackstock, K.L.; Kuhfuss, L. (2020) Evaluation of knowledge gained from the National Demonstration Test Catchment., Final Report for Defra, WT151115, 188 pages.
• 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.
• Waylen, K.A.; Marshall, K.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2020) Exploring the delivery of multiple benefits by catchment partnerships in the UK: Interim results, Report by the James Hutton Institute corresponding to Deliverable 3 within the project formed by Research Deliverable 1.2.4 Objective 1.2 and Deliverable 6 within Research Deliverable 1.4.2bi.
• Waylen, K.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2020) Magic Nexus. Report for Milestone 16. Second Round of Meetings of Policy Teams., Report for Project Website.
• Macleod, C.J.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Begg, G.; Eastwood, A.; Fischer, A.; Lackova, P.; Kuhfuss. L.; Shortall, O.; Vinten, A.J.A.. (2020) Landscape level management case studies for ecological, economic and social outcomes: lessons learned., Research Briefing, James Hutton Institute

Conference papers

• Matthews, K.; Blackstock, K.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Miller, D.; Tavana, M.; Thomson, S.; Moxey, A.; Nielson, R.; Baggaley, N.; Loades, K.; Paterson, E.; Pakeman, R.; Hawes, C.; Stockan, J.; Stutter, M.; Addy, S.; Wilkinson, M. (2023) Cross-scale analysis of social-ecological systems: Policy options appraisal for delivering NetZero and other environmental objectives in Scotland, In: Vaze, J., Chilcott, C., Hutley, L. and Cuddy, S.M. (eds.) MODSIM2023, 25th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 9-14 July 2023, Darwin, NT, Australia, 7pp
• Creaney, R.; Blackstock, K.; Flanigan, S.; Miller, D.; Matthews, K. (2022) Engaging young people in mountain areas and value chains, ODT Forum 2022, 19-21 October 2022, Jura, Switzerland.
• Creaney, R.; Blackstock, K.; Flanigan, S.; Hopkins, J.; Miller, D.; Matthews, K. (2022) Idealising the Rural: The Role of Scottish Mountains in Promoting the Scottish Whisky Brand, Rural Imaginations Conference, 24-26 August 2022, Amsterdam.
• Flanigan, S.; Blackstock, K.; Creaney, R.; Hopkins, J.; Matthews, K.; Miller, D. (2022) Assembling whisky production and consumption for rural resilinece A value chains case study in Speyside, Scotland, ODT Forum, 19-21 October 2022, Jura, Switzerland
• Flanigan, S.; Blackstock, K.; Creaney, R.; Hopkins, J.; Matthews, K.; Miller, D. (2022) Assembling whisky production and consumption for rural resilience A value chains case study in Speyside, Scotland, ESRS Scottish Satellite Event, 20-23 June 2022, Birnam
• Hester, A.J.; Artz, R.; Blackstock, K.; Gimona, A.; Matthews, K.; Waylen, K. (2021) Delivering multiple benefits: informing land use decision-making, Keynote Presentation: Challenging our Upland Futures Symposium, 7-8 October 2021, Perth, UK.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Marshall, K.M. (2021) Agency and constraint: the role of individuals in policy coherence for joined-up water governance, Presentation delivered as part of panel on Integrative Water Governance across Scales, Levels and Sectors, ICPP5, 5th International Conference on Public Policy, 5-9 July 2021.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Juárez-Bourke, A.; Marshall, K. (2020) Striving to integrate delivery of water policies: the challenges of governing differently, Presentation given at the 2020 General Conference of the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR) Governance, in the Session “Water Governance and The European Union Water Framework Directive”, 24-28 August 2020. (Online).
• Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K A.; Matthews, K.B.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Miller, D.R. (2020) Questioning the role of scientific experts in science-policy interfaces: Reflecting on our engagement on ‘nexus’ and ‘sustainable agriculture’, Presentation given at the International Seminar on Environment and Society –
  Current Challenges and Pathways to Change, Lisbon, Portugal, 2-3 March 2020.
• Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Juarez-Bourke, A.; Rivington, M.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Cabello Villarejo, V.; Kovacic, Z.; Renner, A.; Ripa, M.; Giampietro, M. (2019) Using deliberative societal metabolism analysis to analyse CAP’s delivery of EU sustainability and climate change objectives., 172nd EAAE Seminar, Agricultural Policy for the Environment or Environmental Policy for Agriculture? Brussels, 28-29 May 2019. (Paper)
• Voelker, T.; Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Kocavic, Z.; Sindt, J.; Strand, R. (2018) The role of quantifying material flows in the governance of the water-energy-food Nexus, Presentation given at RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Cardiff, 28-31 August 2018.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Irvine, K.N. (2017) Transforming the culture of environmental decision-making: Creating space for a transdisciplinary dialogue amongst those working on understanding and promoting transformative changes in environmental decision-making., Transformation Labs (T-Labs) Workshop Report, CECHR, Dundee, 29 August 2017, preceding Transformation 2017, Transformations in Practice, Dundee, 30 August – 1 September 2017. Final Report posted to Webpage.
• Matthews, K.B.; Blackstock, K.L.; Rivington, M.; Waylen, K.A.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D.; Kovacic, Z.; Renner, A.; Ripa, M.; Giampietro, M. (2017) Delivering more than the “Sum of the Parts”: using Quantitative Storytelling to address the challenges of conducting science for policy in the EU land, water and energy nexus., 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2017), Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 3-8 December 2017, Keynote Presentation for Stream – Participatory Decision Making and Modelling Social Systems, Session K7 Evaluating the incorporation of science and other forms of knowledge in decision making and practice, pp15-21.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Völker, T.; Strand, R.; Kovacic, Z.; Matthews, K.B. (2017) How do European policies shape nature-society interactions: introducing the MAGIC approach., Presentation delivered at ALTER-Net Conference, Ghent, Belgium, 3 May 2017. Day 2, Session 6.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Giampietro, M. (2016) Quantitative story telling at the European Commission: new method, same challenges for Nexus policy studies., Presented at Session on “Be Constructive! Situating Sustainability Research at the Nexus of Positivism and Reflective Positionality”, RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London, 30 August – 2 September 2016.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Giampietro M. (2016) Tackling Nexus using a post-normal science approach to social metabolism modelling., Presented at Session on ‘Water-Energy-Food Nexus (3)’, RGS-IBG Conference on ‘Nexus Thinking’, London, 30 August – 2 September 2016.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Matthews, K.B.; Giampietro M. (2016) Who feels the magic? Relational spaces within Nexus policy studies., Presented at Session on ‘Relational Geographies of Participation’, RGS-IBG Conference on ‘Nexus Thinking’, London, 30 August – 2 September 2016.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Holstead, K. (2016) What does studying the ‘Ecosystem Approach’ tell us about attempts to be transformative?, Presentation at the Interpretive Policy Analysis 11th International Conference, Hull, 5-7 July 2016.
• Blackstock, K.L. (2016) Integrated and sustainable management of natural assets (2016-2021): main areas of impact., Invited Plenary Presentation at ESCom Conference 2016 Programme, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, 20 April 2016.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Byg, A. (2015) Understanding ecosystems: Going beyond maps and models?, XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, ‘Places of possibility? Rural Societies in a Neoliberal World’, Aberdeen, 18-21 August 2015.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Martin-Ortega J.; Spray, C. (2015) Implementation of the European Water Framework Directive: What does taking an ecosystems services-based approach add?, World Water Congress XV, Edinburgh, 25-29 May 2015. Special session convened by Julia Martin-Ortega, Robert C. Ferrier & Iain J. Gordon.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Martin-Ortega, J. (2014) Using ecosystem services valuation to inform disproportionality analysis in the Water Framework Directive., Presentation at ESCOM Workshop, Edinburgh, 1 May 2014.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Hastings, E.; Morris, S. (2014) Trying to measure an octopus: formative evaluation of science-policy-practice interfaces., Presentation at session on Hydro-Social Landscapes at RGS-IBG Conference, London, 27-29 August 2014.
• Blackstock K.L.; Byg, A. (2014) Valuing what we measure or measuring what we value: Local and scientific understandings of ecosystem services in two Scottish catchments., Presentation at session on Hydro-Social Landscapes, RGS-IBG Conference, London, 27-29 August 2014.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2014) What insights are offered by experiences of the “Ecosystem Approach”? Highlighting the effects of institutional inertia and evolution., Presentation at the Resilience Alliance Conference 2014: Resilience and Development, Mobilising for Transformation, Montpellier, 4-8 May 2014.
• Waylen, K.A.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Brown, I.; Blackstock, K.L. (2014) Scenario planning and futures thinking: a useful tool for community-based management of trade-offs?, Resilience Alliance Conference 2014: Resilience and Development, Mobilising for Transformation, Montpellier, 4-8 May 2014.
• Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L. (2014) Jargon-busting: Understanding Ecosystem Approaches, Ecosystem Service Assessments and their mutual interdependence., Presentation at the Ecosystem Services Community (ESCom) Scotland Launch Event, Edinburgh, 29 April – 1 May 2014.
• Flanigan, S.; Blackstock, K.L.; Hunter, C. (2011) Exploring private and public benefits associated with different types of agritourism., The XXIV European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, “Inequality and Diversity in European Rural Areas”, Chania, Greece, 22-25 August 2011.
• Macleod, C.J.A.; Black, H.I.J.; Brown, K.; Blackstock, K.L.; Dawson, J.J.C.; Holmes, B.; Langan, S.J.; Marshall, K.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Munoz-Rojas, J.; Morris, S.; Prager, K.; Rivington, M.; Waylen, K.; Vinten, A.J.A.; Gordon, I.J. (2011) What is required for greater levels of interdisciplinary science in a research institute?, 6th International Conference on Environmental Future: Interdisciplinary Progress in Environmental Science and Management, Newcastle, UK, 18-22 July 2011.
• Blackstock, K.L. (2011) What makes for successful stakeholder involvement? Lessons learnt in Scotland., Catchment Change Network Conference on Guidelines for Good Practice as a Way of Encouraging Stakeholder Involvement across Catchment Management, Solihull, 5July 2011.

Conference posters / abstracts

• Juarez-Bourke, A.; Waylen, K.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Tindale, S.J. (2021) Integrating policy goals for water management, UN World Water Day, 22 March 2021. (Poster).
• Matthews, K.B.; Rivington, M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Waylen, K.A.; Miller, D.G.; Wardell-Johnson, D. (2016) MAGIC – Moving towards adaptive governance in complexity: Informing Nexus security., 39th Macaulay Lecture, Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, 13 October 2016.
• Blackstock, K.L. (2016) Integrated and sustainable management of natural assets (2016-2021): main areas of impact., Poster and flier displayed at ESCom Conference 2016 Programme, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, 20 April 2016.
• Blackstock, K.L. (2016) Integrated and sustainable management of natural assets (2016-2021): main areas of impact., Poster and flier displayed at ESCom Conference 2016 Programme, Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, 20 April 2016.
• Hester, A.J.; Brooker, R.; Martin-Ortega, J.; Waylen, K.A.; McVittie, A.; Irvine, R.J.; Blackstock, K.L.; Gimona, A. (2013) Natural capital, ecosystem services and land use decision-making Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme, World Forum on Natural Capital, Edinburgh, 21-22 November 2013
• Viglia, S.; Zucaro, A.; Franzese, P.P.; Blackstock, K.L.; Matthews, K.B.; Ulgiati, S. (2010) Exploring resource use and biophysical constraints of Scottish agriculture at regional and national scales., Biennial Energy Evaluation and Research Conference, 6th, Gainesville, Florida, 13-16 January 2010. (Poster)
• Vinten, A.J.A.; Blackstock, K.L.; Stutter, M.I.; Watson, A.; Coull, M.C. (2009) Lunan monitored priority catchment., Knowledge Scotland KTE Event, SEPA, Stirling, 29 May 2009.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Coull, M.C.; Dunglinson, J.; Fischer, A.; Futter, M.; Glenk, K.; Marshall, K.; Smith, H. (2009) Stakeholder engagement in river basin management planning., Knowledge Scotland KTE Event, SEPA, Stirling, 29 May 2009.
• McCrum, G.S.; Blackstock, K.L.; Matthews, K.B. (2009) Visualising understanding: the elicitation, analysis and role of participatory diagramming in visual methods., International Visual Methods Conference, Participatory Methods, 1st, University of Leeds, 15-17 September 2009.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Dilley, R. (2008) Towards Transformative Knowledges/Practices for Sustainable Rural Futures Session., RGS-IBG Conference, London, 27-29 August 2008. Abstract.
• Futter, M.N.; Ferrier, R.C.; Dunn, S.M.; Blackstock, K.L.; Vinten, A.J.A. (2008) SAC/SEPA Conference., Edinburgh.
• Blackstock, K.L. (2008) IWAM Workshop on Agriculture, Water Management and Climate Change., Bath, 4-5 March 2008.
• Vinten, A.J.A.; McLeod, M.; Moran, D.; Urama, K.; Blackstock, K.L.; Langan, S.J. (2007) What’s the cost of fixing pollution? We want your views!, Making Scotland’s Rural Environment More Sustainable, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 25 June 2007.
• Blackstock, K.L.; Langan, S.J. (2007) What’s integrated about integrated catchment management?, Making Scotland’s Rural Environment More Sustainable, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 25 June 2007.
• McCrum, G.S.; Blackstock, K.L.; Hunter, C.J. (2006) The use of a new conceptual framework in evaluating sustainable tourism indicator studies., PhD Research Students’ Colliquium, The Scottish Hotel School, University of Strathclyde, May 2006.
• Blackstock, K.L. (2006) Story and simulation approaches for policy appraisal challenges of interdisciplinary research., HarmoniCA Workshop, Osnabrueck, Germany, 6-8 April, 2006.
• Davies, B.B., Brown, K.M., Blackstock, K.L. and Shannon, P. (2005) Developing collective management of agri-environmental resources under private property regimes: the next challenge for EU farm policy?, European Society for Ecological Economics Biennial Conference, Lisbon, 15-17June 2005.
• Davies, B.B., Brown, K.M., Blackstock, K.L. and Shannon, P. (2005) Cooperative management of environmental resources in UK agriculture: the next challenge for agri-environmental policy?, Agricultural Economics Society Annual Conference, 79th, University of Nottingham, 4-6 April 2005.