Matt Hare
I am a Macaulay Development Trust research fellow working on the theory and practice of making economic, social and environmental sustainability in society a reality. I will be working on case studies here in Scotland and in Mexico to, among other activities, compare the practicalities of achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in these countries. One aim of the fellowship is to provide a participatory, model-based early warning system for flagging potential policy malfunctions in the complex field of sustainability politics.
I have worked here before. From 1994 – 1998, at the old Macaulay Land Use Research Institute, I did my PhD on the use of Artificial Intelligence and Agent-Based approaches in the modelling of Red Grouse populations and their management.
My post-doc was then at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (EAWAG-ETH), using participatory (agent-based) modelling techniques to support decision-makers to develop strategies for sustainably managing urban water supplies.
Following this, I moved to Germany to co-found a start-up enterprise, Seeconsult GmbH, which provided consultancy, research and training support to organizations interested in implementing participatory water resources management in different river basins across Europe, as part of Article 14 obligations of the EU Water Framework Directive.
In 2008, I took up a job as Senior Programme Officer at the capacity development wing (UNW-DPC) of the UN-Water Decade Programme based at the United Nations in Bonn, Germany. This was to support the implementation of UN capacity development activities seeking to promote, among other things, participatory adaptive water resources management in developing countries. With the hope it might contribute to the achievement of the UN Millennium Development Goals.
After this, from 2010 to 2017, I lived and worked in Mexico, providing action research and capacity development services aimed at the implementation and evaluation of Community- and Ecosystems-Based Climate Change Adaptation Planning projects. Between 2011 and 2013, I also coordinated the EU FP7 CATALYST project (grant no. 283177) entitled “Capacity Development for Hazard Risk Reduction and Adaptation”.
I am currently an advisory board member of The International Assessment Society (TIAS) and Regional Chair of its Latin American branch (TIAS-LA).
… and now I have gone a full circle and am back again with old and new colleagues in what is now the James Hutton Institute. It is indeed a pleasure!
Bibliography
- Polhill, J.G.; Ge, J.; Hare, M.; Matthews, K.B.; Gimona, A.; Salt, D.; Yeluripati, J., (In press) Crossing the Chasm: A ‘tube-map’ for agent-based social simulation of policy scenarios in spatially-distributed systems., Geoinformatica.
- van der Keur, P.; van Bers, C.; Henriksen, H.-J.; Nibanupudi, H.K.; Yadav, S.; Wijaya, R.; Subiyono, A.; Mukerjee, N.; Hausmann, H-J.; Hare, M.P.; Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C.; Pearn, G.; Jaspers, F., (2016) Identification and analysis of uncertainty in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in South and Southeast Asia., International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 16, 208-214.
- Hare, M.P.; van Bers, C.; van der Keur, P.; Henriksen, H.-J.; Luther, J.; Kuhlicke, C.; Jaspers, F.; Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C.; Mysiak, J.; Calliari, E.; Warner K.; Daniel, H.; Coppola, J.; McGrath P.F., (2014) CATALYST - a multi-regional stakeholder Think Tank for fostering capacity development in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation., Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science, 14, 2157-2163.
- Hare, M.P.; van Bers, C.; Mysiak J. (eds), (2013) A best practices notebook for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: guidance and insights for policy and practice from the CATALYST project ., The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Trieste, Italy, 72pp.
- Ospina-Noreña, J.E.; Garcia, C.G.; Peña del Valle, A.E.; Hare, M.P., (2013) Effects of climate change on hydric resources: some implications and solutions., In: Singh, B.R. (ed.) Climate Change: Realities, Impacts over Ice Cap, Sea Level and Risks. InTech, Chapter 5, (Open Access). ISBN: 978-953-51-0934-1
- Hare, M.P., (2011) Forms of participatory modelling and its potential for widespread adoption in the water sector., Environmental Policy and Governance, 21, 386-402.
- Hare, M.P., (2010) Curriculum development for water and climate change., UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development Publication Series: Knowledge # 5. UNW-DPC: Bonn.
- Daniell, K.A.; White, I.; Ferrand, N.; Ribarova, I.S.; Coad, P.; Rougier, J-E.; Hare, M.P.; Jones, N.A.; Popova, A.; Rollin, D.; Perez, P.; Burn, S., (2010) Co-engineering participatory water management processes: theory and insights from Australian and Bulgarian interventions., Ecology and Society, 15(4), Article No. 11
- Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C.; Van Bers, C.; Hare, M.P., (2010) Learning systems for adaptive water management: experiences with the development of opencourseware and training of trainers., In: Blokland, M., Alaerts, G., Kaspersma, J. & Hare, M. (eds). Capacity Development for Improved Water Management, CRC Press, Boca Raton Florida, Chapter 3, pp47-64.
- Blokland, M.; Alaerts, G.; Kaspersma, J.; Hare, M. (eds), (2010) Capacity development for improved water management., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida,, 408pp.
- Hare, M.P., (2009) Institutional capacity development: Working together to support policy and legal reforms for equitable water allocation. UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development Publication Series: Knowledge #3. UNW-DPC:Bonn., UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development Publication Series: Knowledge #3. UNW-DPC:Bonn.
- Borowski, I.; Hare, M.P., (2007) Exploring the gap between water managers and researchers: difficulties of model-based tools to support practical water management., Water Resources Management, 21, 1049-1074.
- Pahl-Wostl. C.; Sendzimir, J.; Hare, M.P., (2007) IA special Issue EMS. (editorial)., Environmental Modelling and Software, 22, 559-560.
- Hare, M.P.; Barreteau, O.; Beck, M.B.; Letcher, R.A.; Mostert, E.; Tabara, J.D.; Ridder, D.; Cogan, V.; Pahl-Wostl, C., (2006) Methods for stakeholder participation in water management., In: Giupponi, C., Jakeman, A., Karssenberg, D. & Hare, M.P. (eds). Sustainable Management of Water Resources: An Integrated Approach. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chichester, Chapter 8, pp177-234.
- Jakeman, A.J.; Giupponi, C.; Karssenberg, D.; Hare, M.P.; Fassio, A.; Letcher, R,.A., (2006) Integrated management of water resources: concepts, approaches and challenges., In: Giupponi, C., Jakeman, A., Karssenberg, D. & Hare, M.P. (eds). Sustainable Management of Water Resources: An Integrated Approach. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chichester, Chapter 1, pp3-26.
- Giupponi, C.; Jakeman, A.; Karssenberg, D.l ; Hare, M.P. (eds), (2006) Sustainable management of water resources: an integrated approach., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chichester, 362pp.
- Pahl-Wostl. C.; Hare, M.P., (2004) Processes of social learning in integrated resources management., Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 14, 193-206.
- Hare, M.P.; Deadman, P., (2004) Further towards a taxonomy of agent-based simulation models in environmental management., Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 64, 25-40.
- Hare, M.P.; Letcher, R.A.; Jakeman, A.J., (2003) Participatory modelling in natural resource management: a comparison of four case studies., Integrated Assessment, 4, 62-72.
- Parker, P.; Letcher, R.; Jakeman, A.; Beck, M.B.; Harris, G.; Argent, R.M.; Hare, M.P.; Pahl-Wostl, C.; Voinov, A.; Janssen, M.; Sullivan, P.; Scoccimarro, M.; Friend, A.; Sonnenshein, M.; Barker, D.; Matejicek, L.; Odulaja, D.; Deadman, P.; Lim, K.; Larocque, G.; Tarikhi, P.; Fletcher, C.; Put, A.; Maxwell, T.; Charles, A.; Breeze, H.; Nakatani, N.; Mudgal, S; Naito, W.; Osidele, O.; Eriksson, I.; Kautsky, U.; Kautsky, E.; Naeslund, B.; Kumblad, L.; Park, R.; Maltagliati, S.; Giradin, P.; Rizzoli, A.; Mauriello, D.; Hoch, R.; Pelletier, D.; Reilly, J.; Olafsdottir, R.; Bin, S., (2002) Progress in integrated assessment and modelling., Environmental Modelling and Software, 17, 209-217.
- Hare, M.P.; Pahl-Wostl, C., (2002) Stakeholder categorisation in processes of participatory integrated assessment., Integrated Assessment, 3, 50-62.
- Ospina-Noreña, J.E.; Garcia, C.G.; Peña del Valle, A.E.; Hare, M.P., (2013) Effects of climate change on hydric resources: some implications and solutions., In: Singh, B.R. (ed.) Climate Change: Realities, Impacts over Ice Cap, Sea Level and Risks. InTech, Chapter 5, (Open Access). ISBN: 978-953-51-0934-1
- Terwisscha van Scheltinga, C.; Van Bers, C.; Hare, M.P., (2010) Learning systems for adaptive water management: experiences with the development of opencourseware and training of trainers., In: Blokland, M., Alaerts, G., Kaspersma, J. & Hare, M. (eds). Capacity Development for Improved Water Management, CRC Press, Boca Raton Florida, Chapter 3, pp47-64.
- Blokland, M.; Alaerts, G.; Kaspersma, J.; Hare, M. (eds), (2010) Capacity development for improved water management., CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida,, 408pp.
- Hare, M.P.; Barreteau, O.; Beck, M.B.; Letcher, R.A.; Mostert, E.; Tabara, J.D.; Ridder, D.; Cogan, V.; Pahl-Wostl, C., (2006) Methods for stakeholder participation in water management., In: Giupponi, C., Jakeman, A., Karssenberg, D. & Hare, M.P. (eds). Sustainable Management of Water Resources: An Integrated Approach. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chichester, Chapter 8, pp177-234.
- Jakeman, A.J.; Giupponi, C.; Karssenberg, D.; Hare, M.P.; Fassio, A.; Letcher, R,.A., (2006) Integrated management of water resources: concepts, approaches and challenges., In: Giupponi, C., Jakeman, A., Karssenberg, D. & Hare, M.P. (eds). Sustainable Management of Water Resources: An Integrated Approach. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chichester, Chapter 1, pp3-26.
- Giupponi, C.; Jakeman, A.; Karssenberg, D.l ; Hare, M.P. (eds), (2006) Sustainable management of water resources: an integrated approach., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., Chichester, 362pp.
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