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Richard Hewitt is an applied researcher in land use science and environmental sustainability. He has a strong interest in participatory
I am an Environmental Economist, with a PhD in Economics from the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). Former Macaulay Development Trust (MDT) Fellow in Natural Capital Accounting (2018-2021), and part of the Social, Economic and Geographic Sciences Group (SEGS). Paola has now left the James Hutton Institute as a staff member, but still collaborates with us and remains affiliated as a Honorary Associate.
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Carla Barlagne is a researcher in agricultural and rural economics working in the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) research group at the James Hutton Institute.
She has a background in agronomy, agricultural economics and behavioural economics. Prior to joining The James Hutton Institute she has received her PhD from The University of the French West Indies and the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) and carried a one-year postdoc at INRA (Guadeloupe, French West Indies/Paris, France).
Pauline joined the James Hutton Institute in early 2015 as a Research Fellow in Remote Sensing and is now an Honorary Associate of the Institute. She is a geomatics research scientist with more than ten years experience across a range of techniques and application domains. She specialises in the development of geospatial methodologies and solutions for challenges in the earth and environmental sciences.
Patricia Melo is an Honorary Associate of the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences (SEGS) department at the James Hutton Institute. Patricia
Tony Fraser is an Honorary Associate of the Institute, previously an infrared spectroscopist working in the infrared (IR) Section of
Andrew Copus is an Honorary Associate of the Institute. He joined the Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Group in March 2013. Between 2005 and 2018 he occupied a part-time secondment as a Senior Research Fellow at Nordregio (Nordic Centre for Spatial Development, Stockholm). From 2005 to 2013 he was based in the Centre for Remote and Rural Studies, University of the Highlands and Islands. Previously Andrew was leader of the Rural Economy Team at the Scottish Agricultural College, Aberdeen (now Scotlands Rural College, SRUC).
I am an Honorary Associate of the Institute. As a staff member I supported scientists providing technical input to a variety of research projects. I also managed the Plant Growth facilities at the Craigiebuckler site for the past 20 years and have extensive knowledge of the capabilities, set up and the maintenance of the equipment.
Dominic is a Honorary Associate researcher of our Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences Department (SEGS), working with social theories of risk. He
