Mark Reed

 Aberdeen Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Centre for Planning & Environmental Management

 School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen

 Honorary Research Fellow, Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds

 

 

Research CV

 

Summary

I am an interdisciplinary environmental researcher, working with stakeholders to better understand, monitor and adapt to environmental change in a range of developed and developing world contexts, mainly focusing on preventing and overcoming land degradation in mountain and desert regions.

I have played a leadership role in research worth £9.5M, and been a funded member in teams that have secured a further £2M since completing my PhD in 2005. I have >50 peer-reviewed ISI-listed journal articles published or in press, in addition to book chapters and other publications (my H index is 14). I am currently writing a book on land degradation and climate change (with Lindsay Stringer; Earthscan). My work has been covered by the Guardian, Radio 4, Radio Scotland and international media.

In 2008, I became the first UK researcher to be awarded a joint fellowship by the US Social Science Research Council and ESRC, and in 2009 was awarded the ESRC’s Michael Young Prize, “rewarding the very best early career social scientists whose research has the potential to make a positive and far-reaching impact beyond academia”. In 2010, I was invited as a lead author on the “Socio-Economic and Knowledge Management” Working Group to provide a synthesis of current research and make recommendations to the last Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. I am a member of the science-policy working group of DesertNet International, was a member of the Advisory Network for the Foresight Land Use Futures project (Government Office for Science) and am a member of the Programme Advisory Group for NERC’s Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Sustainability programme. I have led teams contracted to provide input to the UK Government Commission for Rural Communities’ Uplands Inquiry, the uplands review for the Government Office for Science Foresight Land Use Futures project, and the policy review for IUCN’s Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands. I was a contributing author to the upland chapter of the UK National Ecosystem Assessment, and contributed to the Scottish Government’s Rural Land Use study, which reported to their Land Use Summit in 2009.

 

Current Research Projects

Funding Body

Project

Role

Partners

Amount

Dates

RELU: Rural Economy and Land Use programme (ESRC/NERC/BBSRC with Defra and SEERAD)

Sustainable Uplands: Transforming knowledge for upland change

PI (Principal Investigator)

Universities of St Andrews and Leeds with Macaulay Institute

£200,000

Oct 2010 – Apr 2012

NERC Valuing Nature Network

Assessing and valuing peatland ecosystem services for sustainable management

PI

Universities of Aberdeen, Leeds, East Anglia, Durham, Queens University Belfast, Stirling, Greifswald, James Hutton Institute, CEH, SAC, IUCN, DEFRA and others

£50,000

Oct 2011-July 2012

RELU

Managing Environmental Change at the Fringe: Reconnecting Science and Policy with the Rural-Urban Fringe

Co-I (Co-Investigator)

Birmingham City University

£200,000

2010-2012

EU Framework 6 Integrated Project

Desertification Mitigation & Remediation of Land (DESIRE)

University of Aberdeen PI, WB leader, developed initial project concept and co-wrote proposal with Coen Ritsema and Victor Jetten

26 partners from around the world including: EU, northern Africa, Sahel, southern Africa, South America, USA, China and Australia

9M Euros (300K for WB5)

2006-2011

British Academy (Research Development Award)

Involved: what makes stakeholder participation in environmental management work?

PI

Universities of Aberdeen, Leeds and Leuphana (Germany)

£119,159

2009-2012

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

Environmental Consequences of Participatory Governance: A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Case Studies in Environmental Decision-Making (ECOPAG)

Advisor

Universities of Leuphana, Stuttgart  and Frankfurt (Germany), Aarhus (Denmark), Aberdeen, Ohio State University, California State University and University of California

500K Euros

2009-2012

NERC and EU Framework 6

ECOCYCLES - Interacting impacts of land use and climate changes on ecosystem
processes: from cyclic herbivores to predators of conservation
concern

Co-Investigator

Universities of Aberdeen, Tromsø and Valladolid, IREC Ciudad Real, Centre d’Etudes Biologiques de
Chizé,

1.5M Euros

2009-2011

 

Completed Research Projects

Funding Body

Project

Role

Partners

Amount

Dates

IUCN and RELU (Commission of Inquiry into Peatlands)

Technical Review: Policy measures for sustainable management of UK peatlands

PI

Universities of Aberdeen, Leeds, St Andrews, Birmingham City, Aberystwyth, Newcastle, UHI, Macaulay Institute, the Heather Trust, Pareto Consulting and Clunie Keenleyside Consulting

£6,000

2010

IUCN (Commission of Inquiry into Peatlands)

Technical Review: Impacts of burning management on peatlands

Co-Investigator

Universities of Durham, Aberdeen and Manchester

£5,000

2010

DEFRA

Barriers & Opportunities to the Use of Payments for Ecosystem Services

Co-I

Scott Wilson/URS, Macaulay, Pareto Consulting, Imperial College London, Kings College London, and Universities of St Andrews, Birmingham City and Newcastle

£55,000

2010-2011

University of Aberdeen Commercialisation Award

CREDIT: Carbon Reduction and Investment Techniques for peatland restoration

PI (joint with Jenny Farmer)

All funding based at University of Aberdeen, but collaborating with Universities of Durham and Leeds

£19,005

2010-2011

ESRC

Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change (follow-on funding)

PI (joint with J Holden)

Universities of Leeds, Aberdeen and Durham

£124,648

2009-2010

ESRC with BBSRC/MRC

Behaviour for Well-being, Environment and Life (Be-WEL)

Co-Investigator and WP-leader

Universities of Aberdeen, Kent and Sheffield

£199,460

2009-2010

ESRC/NERC/BBSRC Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change

Project Manager (sharing PI responsibilities equally with K Hubacek) and Co-Investigator, developed initial project concept and built consortium

Universities of Aberdeen, Leeds (Earth & Environment, Biology and Geography),  Durham, Sheffield and Manchester Metropolitan with Moors for the Future and the Heather Trust

£750,000

2006-October 2009

Commission for Rural Communities

Methodological guidance and preliminary evidence appraisal for CRC Uplands Inquiry

PI

Universities of Aberdeen and Leeds with Macaulay Institute

£1K

March-August 2009

Scottish Government

Realising the Potential Contributions of Scotland’s Rural Land to Delivering Sustainable Economic Growth

Co-Investigator

University of Aberdeen with Macaulay Institute

£55K

Feb-July 2009

Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills

Uplands review for Foresight Land Use Futures project

PI

Universities of Aberdeen and Leeds with Macaulay Institute

£1K

March-July 2008

Yorkshire Water

Developing an agricultural land management strategy for Yorkshire Water's catchments

Co-Investigator

Universities of Leeds and York

£99,867

2007-2009

Department for International Development (DfID)

Transforming Ghana’s Land Policy for Sustainable Development

Co-Investigator

University of Leeds with University of Cape Coast, Ghana

£50,000

2006-2007

ESRC and SSRC (US Social Science Research Council) Fellowship

Comparative insights on research investigating dynamics of coupled natural and human systems

Fellow

University of Leeds

£4530

2008

ESRC

Festival of Social Science 2008 “Science Meets the Eye Podcasts” project

Co-PI (with Dan Boys)

Moors for the Future and University of Leeds

£2,000

Completed: 2008

ESRC/NERC/BBSRC Rural Economy and Land Use Programme

Sustainable Upland Management for Multiple Benefits (Scoping Study)

Co-Investigator, developed initial project concept and built consortium, Part-Time Research Assistant on project, shared PI responsibilities

Universities of Leeds (Earth & Environment and Geography),  Durham and Sheffield,  with the Moors for the Future Partnership

£48,961 plus £68,000 in-kind contributions

Completed (2004-2005)

Royal Society, EU Grant for Young Researchers, Explorers Club and Royal Scottish Geographical Society

Participatory Sustainability Assessment in the Kalahari, Botswana (PhD research)

Principal Investigator in each

None

£2,400

Completed (2000-2005)

Royal Geographical Society, British Ecological Society, British Society of Soil Science,  British Council and others

Project Elgon: Human-Environmental Interactions on Mount Elgon, Uganda

Joint Principal Investigator in each

Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee and Makerere (Uganda)

£14,173

Completed (1996-7)

 

Publications

INTERNATIONAL PEER-REVIEWED ISI-LISTED JOURNALS

 

Reed MS, Hubacek K, Bonn A, Burt TP, Holden J, Stringer LC, Beharry-Borg N, Buckmaster S, Chapman D, Chapman P, Clay GD, Cornell S, Dougill AJ, Evely A, Fraser EDG, Jin N, Irvine B, Kirkby M, Kunin W, Prell C, Quinn CH, Slee W, Stagl S, Termansen M, Thorp S, Worrall F (in press) Managing conflicts and complementarities: securing ecosystem services from uplands into the future. Ecology & Society

 

Whitfield S, Reed MS (in press) Participatory Environmental Assessment in Drylands: Introducing a New Approach. Journal of Arid Environments

 

Whitfield S, Reed MS, Thomson K, Christie ME, Stringer LC, Quinn CH, Anderson R, Moxey A, Hubacek K (in press) Managing Peatland Ecosystem Services: Current UK policy and future challenges in a changing world. Scottish Geographical Journal

 

Nainggolan, D, Termansen, M, Hubacek, K, Reed, MS, Cebollero, ED (in press). Typology of farmers, land use trajectories, and the implications on ecosystem services in a semi-arid Mediterranean agro-ecosystem of south-eastern Spain. Regional Environmental Change

 

Nainggolan D, Hubacek K, Reed M (in press) Visualising discourse - unfolding complexity: An analysis of different perceptions on land management in UK mountain areas. Ecology & Society

 

Prager K, Reed MS, Scott A (in press) Encouraging collaboration for the provision of ecosystem services across multiple scales: rethinking agri-environmental payments. Land Use Policy

 

Fleskens L, Nainggolan D, Termansen M, Hubacek K, Reed MS (under review) Regional effects of local responses to uncertainty of agricultural water supply in Murcia, Spain. Regional Environmental Change

 

Perkins JS, Reed MS, Akanyang L, Atlhopheng JR, Chanda R, Magole L, Mphinyane W, Mulale K, Sebego RJ, Fleskens L, Irvine B (in press) Making land management more sustainable: experience implementing a new methodological framework in Botswana. Land Degradation & Development

 

Reed MS, Fazey I, Stringer LC, Raymond CM, Akhtar-Schuster M, Begni G, Bigas H, Brehm S, Briggs J, Bryce R, Buckmaster S, Chanda R, Davies J, Diez E, Essahli W, Evely A, Geeson N, Hartmann I, Holden J, Hubacek K, Ioris I, Kruger B, Laureano P, Phillipson J, Prell C, Quinn CH, Reeves AD, Seely M, Thomas R, van der Werff Ten Bosch MJ, Vergunst P, Wagner L (2011) Knowledge management for land degradation monitoring and assessment: an analysis of contemporary thinking. Land Degradation & Development

 

de Vente J, Solé-Benet J, López-Carratala J, Schwilch G, Bachmann F, Liniger HP, Boix-Fayos C, Reed MS (in press) A participatory approach for selecting sustainable land and water management options in Drylands: A case study from SE-Spain. Journal of Environmental Management

 

Ravera F, Hubacek K, Reed MS, Tarrason D (in press) Learning from Experiences in Adaptive Action Research: a Critical Comparison of two Case Studies Applying Participatory Scenario Development and Modelling Approaches. Environmental Policy & Governance

 

Reed MS, Podesta G, Fazey I, Beharry NC, Coen R, Geeson N, Hessel R, Hubacek K, Letson D, Nainggolan D, Prell C, Psarra D, Rickenbach MG, Schwilch G, Stringer LC, Thomas AD (in press) Combining theoretical frameworks to assess livelihood vulnerability to climate change: a literature review. Ecological Economics

 

Reed MS, Bonn A, Broad K, Burgess P, Fazey IR, Fraser EDG, Hubacek K, Nainggolan D, Roberts P, Quinn CH, Stringer LC, Thorpe S, Walton DD, Ravera F, Redpath S (in press) Participatory scenario development for environmental management: a methodological framework. Journal of Environmental Management

 

Evely AC, Pinard M, Lambin X, Reed MS, Fazey I (in press) High levels of participation in conservation projects enhance learning. Conservation Letters

 

Reed MS, Buenemann, M, Atlhopheng J, Akhtar-Schuster M, Bachmann F, Bastin G, Bigas H, Chanda R, Dougill AJ, Essahli W, Evely AC, Fleskens L, Geeson N, Glass JH, Hessel R, Holden J, Ioris A, Kruger B, Liniger HP, Mphinyane W, Nainggolan D, Perkins J, Raymond CM, Ritsema CJ, Schwilch G, Sebego R, Seely M, Stringer LC, Thomas R, Twomlow S, Verzandvoort S (2011) Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: a methodological framework for knowledge management. Land Degradation & Development 22: 261-271

 

Buenemann M, Martius C, Jones JW, Herrmann SM, Klein D, Mulligan M, Reed MS, Winslow M, Washington-Allen RA, Lal R, Ojima D (2011) Integrative geospatial approaches for monitoring and assessing the sustainability of land management: rationale, potentials, and characteristics. Land Degradation & Development 22: 226-239

 

Nkonya E, Reed MS, Mortimore M, Winslow M, Olukoye G, Mirzabaev A (2011) Monitoring and assessing the influence of social, economic and policy factors on sustainable land management in drylands. Land Degradation & Development 22: 240-247

 

Prell P, Reed MS, Racin L, Hubacek K (2010) Competing structures, competing views: the role of formal and informal social structures in shaping stakeholder perceptions. Ecology & Society 15(4): 34. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/art34/

Fazey I, Perez-Garcia Gamarra J, Fischer J, Christie M, Reed MS, Stringer LC (2010) Reducing Vulnerability to Future Environmental Change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 8: 414-422

Fazey I, Evely AC, Latham I, Kesby M, Wagatora D, Hagasua JE, Christie M, Reed MS (2010) Reducing vulnerability: a three-tiered learning approach for collaborative research in the Solomon Islands. Global Environmental Change 20: 713–728

 

Reed MS, Evely AC­­, Cundill G, Fazey I, Glass J, Laing A, Newig J, Parrish B, Prell C, Raymond C, Stringer LC (2010) What is social learning? Ecology & Society 15 (4): r1. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol15/iss4/resp1/

 

Dougill AJ, Fraser EDG, Reed MS (2010) Anticipating vulnerability in food systems to climate variability and change: challenges of using dynamic systems approaches and the case of pastoral systems in Botswana. Ecology & Society 15(2): 17

 

Raymond CM, Fazey I, Reed MS, Stringer LC, Robinson GM, Evely AC (2010) Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management: From products to processes. Journal of Environmental Management 91: 1766-1777

Quinn CH, Fraser EDG, Hubacek K, Reed MS (2010) Property rights in UK uplands and the implications for policy and management. Ecological Economics 69: 1355-1363 [pre-publication version]

Reed MS, Dougill AJ (2010) Linking Degradation Assessment to Sustainable Land Management: a decision support system for Kalahari pastoralists. Journal of Arid Environments 74: 149–155

 

Reed MS, Bonn A, Slee W, Beharry-Borg N, Birch J, Brown I, Burt TP, Chapman D, Chapman PJ, Clay G, Cornell SJ, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Hodgson JA, Hubacek K, Irvine B, Jin N, Kirkby MJ, Kunin WE, Moore O, Moseley D, Prell C, Quinn C, Redpath S, Reid C, Stagl S, Stringer LC, Termansen M, Thorp S, Towers W, Worrall F (2009) The future of the uplands. Land Use Policy 26S: S204–S216

Worrall F, Evans MG, Bonn A, Reed MS, Chapman D, Holden J (2009) Can carbon offsetting pay for upland ecological restoration? Science of the Total Environment 408: 26-36

Stringer LC, Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Twyman C (2009) Local adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: insights to enhance policy in southern Africa. Environmental Science & Policy 12: 748-765

 

Reed MS, Arblaster K, Bullock C, Burton R, Fraser EDG, Hubacek K, May R, Mitchley J, Morris J, Potter C, Reid C, Swales V, Thorpe S (2009) Using scenarios to explore UK upland futures. Futures 41: 619-630

 

Prell C, Hubacek K, Reed MS (2009) Social network analysis and stakeholder analysis for natural resource management. Society & Natural Resources 22: 501–518 [This is a pre-publication working paper version]

 

Chapman DS, Termansen M, Jin N, Quinn CH, Cornell SJ, Fraser EDG, Hubacek K, Kunin WE, Reed MS (2009) Modelling the coupled dynamics of moorland management and vegetation in the UK uplands. Journal of Applied Ecology 46: 278–288

 

Reed MS, Graves A, Dandy N, Posthumus H, Hubacek K, Morris J, Prell C, Quinn CH, Stringer LC (2009) Who’s in and why? Stakeholder analysis as a prerequisite for sustainable natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Management 90: 1933–1949

 

Stringer LC, Scrieciu SS, Reed MS (2009) Biodiversity, Land Degradation and Climate Change: Participatory Planning in Romania. Applied Geography 29: 77–90

 

Foxton T, Reed MS, Stringer LC (2009) Governing long-term socio-ecological change: What can resilience and transitions approaches learn from each other? Environmental Policy and Governance 19: 3–20

 

Prell C, Hubacek K, Quinn, C, Reed MS (2008) ‘Who’s in the network?’ When stakeholders influence data analysis. Systemic Practice and Action Research 21: 443-458 [This is a pre-publication working paper version]

 

Reed MS (2008) Stakeholder participation for environmental management: a literature review. Biological Conservation 141: 2417–2431

 

Reed MS, Dougill AJ & Baker T (2008) Participatory indicator development: what can ecologists and local communities learn from each other? Ecological Applications 18: 1253–1269

 

Worrall F, Burt TB, Adamson J, Reed MS, Warburton J, Armstrong A, Evans M (2007) Predicting the future carbon budget of an upland peat catchment. Climatic Change 85: 139-158

 

Stringer LC, Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Rokitzki M & Seely M (2007) Implementing the UNCCD: Participatory challenges. Natural Resources Forum 31: 198-211

 

Reed MS (2007) Participatory Technology Development for Agroforestry Extension: An Innovation-Decision Approach. African Journal of Agricultural Research 2: 334-341

 

Prell C, Hubacek K, Reed MS, Burt, TP, Holden J, Jin N, Quinn C, Sendzimir J, Termansen M (2007) If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail: ‘traditional’ versus participatory model building. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 32: 1-20

 

Reed MS, Dougill AJ & Taylor MJ (2007) Integrating local and scientific knowledge for adaptation to land degradation: Kalahari rangeland management options. Land Degradation & Development 18: 249-268

 

Holden, J. Shotbolt, L., Bonn, A., Burt, T.P., Chapman, P.J., Dougill, A.D., Fraser, E.D.G., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B. Kirkby, M.J., Reed, M., Prell, C., Stagl, S., Stringer, L.C., Turner, A., Worrall, F. (2007) Environmental change in moorland landscapes. Earth Science Reviews 82: 75-100

 

Nakafeero AL, Reed MS & Moleele NM (2007) Allelopathic potential of five Agroforestry trees, Botswana. African Journal of Ecology 45: 590–593

 

Stringer LC, Reed MS (2007) Land degradation assessment in southern Africa: integrating local and scientific knowledge bases. Land Degradation & Development 18: 99-116

 

Reed MS, Fraser EDG & Dougill AJ (2006) An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities, Ecological Economics 59: 406-418

 

Fraser EDG, Dougill AJ, Mabee W, Reed MS & McAlpine P (2006) Bottom Up and Top Down: Analysis of Participatory Processes for Sustainability Indicator Identification as a Pathway to Community Empowerment and Sustainable Environmental Management, Journal of Environmental Management 78: 114–127

 

Dougill AJ, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Hubacek K, Prell C, Reed MS, Stagl ST, Stringer LC (2006) Learning from doing participatory rural research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park, Journal of Agricultural Economics 57: 259-275

 

Stringer LC, Prell C, Reed MS, Hubacek K, Fraser EDG & Dougill AJ (2006) Unpacking ‘participation’ in the adaptive management of socio-ecological systems: a critical review. Ecology & Society 11: 39 [online]

 

Prell C, Hubacek K, Reed MS, Bonn A, Boys D & Dean C (2006) Using stakeholder and social network analysis to support participatory processes. International Journal of Biodiversity Science and Management 3: 249-252

 

Reed MS, Fraser EDG, Morse S & Dougill AJ (2005) Integrating methods for developing sustainability indicators that can facilitate learning and action, Ecology & Society 10 (1): r3 [online]

 

Moleele NM, Reed MS, Motoma L & Seabe O (2005) Seed weight patterns of Acacia tortilis from seven seed provenances across Botswana, African Journal of Ecology 43: 146-149

 

Worrall F, Reed MS, Warburton J & Burt T (2003) Carbon budget for a British upland peat catchment, Science of the Total Environment 312 (1-3): 133-146

 

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2002) Participatory selection process for indicators of rangeland condition in the Kalahari, The Geographical Journal 168: 224-234

 

Reed MS & Clokie MRJ (2000) Effects of Grazing and Cultivation on Forest Plant Communities in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda, African Journal of Ecology 38 (2): 154-162

 

  

UNDER REVIEW

 

Nainggolan D,de Vente J, Boix-Fayos C, Termansen M, Hubacek K, Reed MS Greening-up, land abandonment and agricultural intensification: Competing pathways in semi-arid Mediterranean agro-ecosystems. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Envirornment

 

Schwilch G, Bachmann, F., Santos, P., Valente, S., Coelho, C., Laouina, A., Chaker, M., Aderghal, M., Reed, M.S. (under review) A structured multi-stakeholder learning process for sustainable land management. Journal of Environmental Management

 

Clay GD, Fraser EDG, Reed MS, Worrall F (under review) Public perceptions of managed burning in the England’s uplands. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management

 

Evely A, Fazey I, Reed MS, Stringer LC (under review) Designing knowledge exchange for resilience: how people view and construct knowledge matters. Ecology & Society

 

 

BOOKS

 

Stringer LC, Reed MS (2011) Climate Change and Desertification: Human adaptation to future change in drylands. Earthscan

 

Redpath S, Evely A, Reed MS (eds.) (2011) Conflicts in conservation: strategies for coping with a changing world. Cambridge University Press

 

 

BOOK CHAPTERS

 

Crona B, Ernstson H, Prell C, Reed MS, Hubacek K (2011) Combining social network approaches with social theories to improve understanding of natural resource governance. In Prell C, Bodin O (eds.) Social networks and natural resource management, Cambridge University Press.

 

Prell C, Reed MS, Hubacek K (2011) Social network analysis for stakeholder selection and the links to social learning and adaptive co-management. In Prell C, Bodin O (eds.) Social networks and natural resource management, Cambridge University Press.

 

Holden, J; Reed, M; Hubacek, K; Worrall, F; Beharry-Borg, N; Burt, T; Chapman, P; Dougill, A; Fraser, E; Irvine, B; Jin, N; Kirkby, M; Prell, C; Quinn, C; Termansen, M; Buckmaster, S (2010) Sustainable uplands for sustainable lowlands. In: Atherden, M; Bloomer, A; Wallace, V (Ed) Yorkshire’s green and healthy land? Connecting urban and rural greenspace., PLACE, pp.22-30.

 

Hubacek K, Reed MS (2010) Lessons learned from participatory planning and management in the Peak District National Park, England. In: Allen, Catherine and George Stankey (eds.). Adapative Environmental Management: A practical guide. Springer.

 

Hubacek, Klaus, Nesha Beharry, Aletta Bonn, Tim Burt, Joseph Holden, Federica Ravera, Mark Reed, Lindsay Stringer, David Tarrasón (2010) Ecosystem services in dynamic and contested landscapes: the case of UK uplands. In: Winter, Michael and Matt Lobley (eds). Land Use and Management: The New Debate Earthscan. London.

 

Arblaster K, Reed MS, Fraser EDG, Hubacek K, Potter C (2009) Using scenarios to explore upland futures. In: Bonn A, K Hubacek, J Stewart & T Allott (eds) Drivers of Change in Uplands, Routledge

 

Reed MS (2009) Participatory Technology Development for Agroforestry Extension: An Innovation-Decision Approach. In: Ghosh S (ed.) Participatory Rural Development, Academic Journals

 

Reed MS (2009) Participatory Technology Development for Agroforestry Extension: An Innovation-Decision Approach. In: Pokiya T (ed.) Agroforestry for Improved Livelihood and Food Security, Icfai University Press, Ahmedabad, India

 

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2008) Participatory land degradation assessment. In: T Schaaf  & C Lee (eds.) The Future of Drylands, UNESCO, Springer, Dordrecht pp. 719-729

 

Parish F, Silvius M, Reed MS, Stringer LC, Joosten H, Suryadiputra N, Lin CK (2007) Management of peatlands for biodiversity and climate change. In: Parish F, Sirin A, Charman D, Joosten H, Minaeva T and Silvius M (eds.) Assessment on peatlands, biodiversity and climate change. Global Environment Centre, Kuala Lumpur and Wetlands International, Wageningen.

 

Dougill AJ & Reed MS (2006) Framework for community-based rangeland sustainability assessment in the Kalahari, Botswana. In: Hill J, Woodland W, Hill A (eds.) Sustainable Development: National Aspirations, Local Implementation Ashgate Publishing, pp. 31-49

 

Dougill AJ and Reed MS (2005) Integrating Community and Scientific Sustainability Indicators to Facilitate Participatory Desertification Monitoring and Sustainable Rangeland Management in Botswana. In: Holland, J. & Campbell, J. (eds.) Methods, Knowledge and Power: Combining qualitative and quantitative development research, ITDG Publications.

 

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

Rowcroft P, Smith S, Clarke L, Thomson K, Reed MS (2011) Barriers and Opportunities to the Use of Payments for Ecosystem Services, DEFRA commissioned report, available online at: http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=PESFinalReport28September2011(FINAL).pdf

 

Winslow M, Sommer S, Bigas H, Martius C, Vogt J, Akhtar-Schuster M, Thomas R (2011) Knowledge management for monitoring and assessment of desertification, land degradation, drought and sustainable land management. In: Understanding Desertification and Land Degradation Trends, Proceedings of the UNCCD First Scientific Conference, 22–24 September 2009, during the UNCCD Ninth Conference of Parties, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union pp. 49-51.

 

Reed MS, Hubacek K (2011) Working with stakeholders to make better land management decisions: experience from the Peak District National Park, UK. RICS Land June-July, pp. 16-19

 

Bain, C., Bonn, A., Stoneman, R., Bruneau, P., Chapman, S., Coupar, A., Evans, M., Geary, B., Howat, M., Joosten, H., Keenleyside, C., Lindsay, R., Labadz, J., Littlewood, N., Lunt, P., Miller, C., Moxey, A., Orr, H., Reed, M.S, Shepherd, M., Smith, P., Swales, V., Thompson, D.B.A., Van de Noort, R., Wilson, J.D. , Worrall, F. (2011) Commission of Inquiry on UK Peatlands. IUCN UK Peatland Programme, Edinburgh.

 

van der Wal, R., A. Bonn, D. Monteith, M.S. Reed, K. Blackstock, N. Hanley, D. Thompson, M. Evans, I. Alonso, with T. Allot, H. Armitage, N. Beharry-Borg, J. Glass, J. McMorrow, L. Ross, R. Pakeman, S. Perry, D. Tinch. In press. Mountains, Moorlands and Heathlands. In UK National Ecosystem Assessment, UNEP, WCMC and DEFRA

 

Worrall, F., Clay, G.D., Marrs, R., Reed, M.S. (2011) Impacts of Burning Management on Peatlands, IUCN Technical Review 5, IUCN UK Peatland Programme, Edinburgh

 

Reed MS, Buckmaster S, Moxey AP, Keenleyside C, Fazey I, Scott I, Thomson K, Thorp S, Anderson R, Bateman I, Bryce R, Christie M, Glass J, Hubacek K, Quinn C, Maffey G, Midgely A, Robinson G, Stringer LC, Lowe P, Slee R (2011) Policy Options for Sustainable Management of UK Peatlands, IUCN Technical Review 12, IUCN UK Peatland Programme, Edinburgh

 

Reed MS (2009) Best practice stakeholder participation for conservation. Current Conservation

 

Slee B, Bergmann H, Brown I, Huband S, McCracken D, Reed MS, Renwick A, Sutherland L-A, Thomson S (2009) Realising the contribution of rural land use to Sustainable Economic Growth, A report to the Scottish Government.

 

Reed MS, Bartels G, Croal P, Dougill AJ, Esler KJ, Kellner K, Milton SJ, Taylor MJ, Waters-Bayer A, Zimmerman I & Bayer W (2008) Veld Health Check: a manual for Southwest Kgalagadi farmers. UNDP/UNEP and University of Leeds, University of Leeds Press.

 

Reed MS, Bartels G, Croal P, Dougill AJ, Esler KJ, Kellner K, Milton SJ, Taylor MJ, Waters-Bayer A, Zimmerman I & Bayer W (2008) Veld Health Check: a manual for Southeast Kgalagadi farmers. UNDP/UNEP and University of Leeds, University of Leeds Press.

 

Reed MS, Bartels G, Croal P, Dougill AJ, Esler KJ, Kellner K, Milton SJ, Taylor MJ, Waters-Bayer A, Zimmerman I & Bayer W (2008) Veld Health Check: a manual for Boteti farmers. UNDP/UNEP and University of Leeds, University of Leeds Press.

 

Stringer LC, Reed MS, Holden J (2008) Response to DEFRA’s Consultation on the Draft Soil Strategy for England, Sustainable Uplands project

 

Reed MS, Suckall N (2008) Participatory Methods Training Workshop Manual, University of Leeds Press.

 

Liddon A, Reed MS, Hubacek K (2007) Uplands under pressure, RICS Land Journal, Nov/Dec: 19

 

Baartman JEM, van Lynden GWJ, Reed MS, Ritsema CJ, Hessel R (2007) Desertification and land degradation: origins, processes and solutions. DESIRE Report No. 4, ISRIC, Netherlands

 

Reed MS (2005) Participatory Rangeland Monitoring and Management in the Kalahari, Botswana. PhD Thesis, School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds.

 

Reed, MS, Hubacek K & Prell C (2005) Sustainable Upland Management for Multiple Benefits: a multi-stakeholder response to the Heather & Grass Burning Code Consultation. Project report submitted to DEFRA’s consultation on the review of the Heather and Grass Etc. (Burning) Regulations 1986 and the Heather and Grass Burning Code 1994.

 

Reed MS (2004) Participatory Rangeland Monitoring and Management Indigenous Vegetation Project Publication 003/005, United Nations Development Programme, Gaborone: Government Press

 

Reed MS (2003) Call of the Kalahari: Finding a future for a fragile landscape, Explorers Journal Fall 2003: 30-33

 

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003) Participatory Indicator Development: Workshop Manual Indigenous Vegetation Project Publication 003/015, United Nations Development Programme, Gaborone: Government Press 

 

 

Research Experience

 

MEMBERSHIPS

Member of the science-policy working group of European Desertnet

Member for water@leeds

 

PhD STUDENTS

1. Gina Maffey: the use of digital technologies in rural landscapes (University of Aberdeen)

2. Jasper Kenter: Implementing the ecosystem approach through deliberative valuation and participatory systems modeling (University of Aberdeen)

3. Diana Macnamara: Matters in Mind - Exploring Environmental Attitudes and Behaviours (University of Aberdeen)

4. Doan Nainggolan: Integrated models for evaluating spatial and temporal land use complexity in degradation-prone agroecosystem in southeastern Spain (University of Leeds)

 

REFEREEING

Grant reviewer for NERC, ESRC, Swiss Science Foundation, Germany’s Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research’s “Biodiversity Works” programme, and the Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation programme (funded by NERC, ESRC and DfID)

Editorial Board member for African Journal of Agricultural Research (ISI-listed)

Reviewer for: Ecological Applications, Biological Conservation, Ecology & Society, Global Environmental Change, Journal of Environmental Management, Human Ecology, European Environment, Geoforum, The Geographical Journal, Scottish Geographical Journal, Land Degradation & Development, Land Use Policy, Journal of Arid Environments, Scottish Geographical Journal, African Journal of Ecology, Building Research & Information, Biomass & Bioenergy, African Journal of Range and Forage Science and Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. Reviewed book proposals for Oxford University Press and Edinburgh University Press.

Reviewed books for Journal of Rural Studies and Land Degradation & Development

CONSULTANCY

July-August 2003: Trained UNDP/UNEP (Indigenous Vegetation Project) staff in participatory research methods

 

MEDIA COVERAGE

UK upland research has been covered by:

Kalahari research has been covered by:

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

Invited conference presentations:

Reed MS, Prell C & Hubacek K (2004) Managing Uncertainty in Dynamic Socio-Environmental Systems: an application to upland management, Moors for the Future National Conference, Castleton, October

Hubacek K, Dougill AJ, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Prell C, Reed MS, Stagl ST, Stringer LC (2005) Doing Adaptive Learning Rural Research: Lessons from the Peak District National Park, Bioscience 2005 - "Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in the Mountain Areas of Europe: the challenge of interdisciplinary research", Greece, September

Dougill AJ, Reed MS, Hubacek K, Burt T, Chapman PJ, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Kirkby MK, Prell C, Sendzimir J, Shotbolt L, Stagl ST, Stringer LC, Turner A & Worrall F (2005) Managing Uncertainty in Dynamic Socio-Environmental Systems: An Application to UK Uplands, ESRC/NERC/BBSRC Rural Economy and Land Use Programme: "Scoping the Research Agenda", Kings Rooms, York, May

Hubacek K, Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Burt T, Chapman PJ, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Kirkby MK, Prell C, Sendzimir J, Shotbolt L, Stagl ST, Stringer LC, Turner A & Worrall F (2005) Sustainable Upland Management for Multiple Benefits, ESRC/NERC/BBSRC Rural Economy and Land Use Programme: The Challenge for Research, 19-21 January

Reed MS & Hubacek K (2005) Sustainable Upland Management for Multiple Benefits, UKPopNet Large-scale Upland Manipulation Feasibility Workshop, Stockolm Environment Centre, University of York, March

Reed MS, Stringer LC & Hubacek K (2005) Adapting to future change in the Peak District, Moors for the Future National Conference, Castleton, September

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2006) Integrating and sharing local and scientific knowledge bases to assess land degradation. Future of Drylands Conference, International Scientific Conference on Desertification and Drylands Research Commemorating 50 Years of Drylands Research, Tunis, Tunisia 19-21 June

Quinn CH, Hubacek K, Reed MS (2007) Stakeholder Participation in the Strategic Management of Upland Landscapes. Annual RELU conference, Edinburgh, 14-16 May

 

Reed MS, Mitchley J, Hubacek K, Quinn CH (2008) Using scenarios to explore upland futures. Shaping a Vision for the Uplands, Association of Applied Biology Conference, Sheffield 2-4 June

 

Holden, J., Reed, M., Hubacek, K.,Fraser, E., Prell, C., Bonn, A., Burt, T.P., Chapman, D., Chapman, P.J., Cornell, S., Dougill, A.J., Jin, N., Irvine, B., Kirkby, M.J., Kunin, W., Quinn, C., Termansen, M., Worrall, F., Beharry, N. (2008) Sustainable uplands for sustainable lowlands. Connecting urban and rural greenspace, Joint RGS-PLACE conference, Leeds, April 2008.

 

Reed MS (2009) Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change. Northern Rural Network and RELU, Rural Land Use in the North: Future Challenges, March 12th, Park Inn Hotel, York

 

Termansen, M., Kirkby, M.J., Bonn, A., Burt, T.P., Chapman, D., Chapman, P.J., Cornell, S., Dougill, A.J., Fraser, E., Jin, N., Holden, J., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B., Kunin, W., Quinn, C., Prell, C., Reed, M., Worrall, F., Beharry, N. (2009) Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change. Moors for the Future Annual Conference, Castleton

 

Reed MS, Kirkby MJ, Quinn CH (2009) Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change. Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) Programme Annual Conference, London, June

 

Loder J, Reed MS (2009) Interacting with rural change: rural planning research at University of Aberdeen, RICS mid-term conference, Battleby, April

 

Reed MS (2010) Sustainable Uplands: learning to manage future change. RICS ROOTS conference, April

 

Reed MS (2010) Preparing for the future: anticipating and adapting to future change. Michael Young Prize presentation, ESRC Festival of Methods, Oxford, June

 

Reed MS (2010) Policy options for sustainable peatland management, IUCN Commission of Inquiry on Peatlands Conference, Durham, October

 

Reed MS (2010) Interdisciplinary practice. Joint conference between RELU programme and EPSRC’s SUE programme, London, October

 

Reed MS (2010) Building sustainable places through interdisciplinary practice. Building Interdisciplinary Agendas Series, University of Newcastle

Reed MS (2011) Payments for Peatland Ecosystem Services, IUCN “Investing in Peatlands” conference, Stirling University, 22-24 June

 

Reed MS (2011) Delivering sustainable wetland management through effective participation, Wetland Futures Conference 2011, Lancaster, 29 June

 

Reed MS (2011) Payments for Ecosystem Services in Upland National Parks. UK ANPA annual members’ workshop 2011, “The value of National Parks”, Royal York Hotel, York, 24-25 May

 

 

Invited Seminars:

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003) Using Participatory Methods to Develop Environmental Indicators in the Kalahari, School of the Environment, University of York, October

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003/4) Using Participatory Methods to Develop Environmental Indicators in the Kalahari, School of Geography, Manchester Metropolitan University, November

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003) Farmer-led land degradation assessment, Department of Environmental Science, University of Botswana, March

Reed MS & Worrall F (2002) Carbon credits for gully blocking under the Kyoto Protocol, Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Merlewood, February

Reed MS, Prell C & Hubacek K (2006) Communication and Representation in Water Resource Management: Using Social Network Analysis and Stakeholder Analysis to Support Social Learning, ESRC/NERC Transdisciplinary Seminar, Water Environment and Society Series, University of Sheffield, 11th July

Hubacek K, Reed MS (2009) Participatory approaches for developing upland communities, Commission for Rural Communities Uplands Enquiry Seminar, Penrith, May

Reed MS (2009) Rural Planning and Policy: research at University of Aberdeen. RTPI SPEF workshop, Linking Research and Practice, April

Reed MS (2011) Potential for Payments for Upland Ecosystem Services, DEFRA workshop on “Barriers and Opportunities to the Use of Payments for Ecosystem Services”, Zoological Society of London, 8th April

Reed MS (2011) Social media for research impact, ESRC Interface Seminar, University of Aberdeen, 25 June

 

Non-invited conference presentations:

 

Reed, MS & Clokie MRJ (2001) Effects of Grazing and Cultivation on Forest Plant Communities in Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda. In: SA Levin, MC Press & NJ Huntly (Eds.) Ecology: Achievement and Challenge: The 41st Symposium of the British Ecological Society Jointly Sponsored by the Ecological Society of America Held at Orlando, Florida, USA 10-13 April, Blackwell Publishers, p406

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2001) Farmer-led land degradation assessment in the Kalahari, Botswana. Dryland Change 2001, 30 August - 2 September, Upington, South Africa

Reed MS & Mitchell CP (2001) Integrating Data from Two Experimental Approaches to Refine Estimates of Peatland Carbon Balance, Detecting Environmental Change: Science and Society, 16-20 July, London

Dougill AJ & Reed MS (2002) Integrating Community and Scientific Sustainability Indicators to Facilitate Participatory Desertification Monitoring and Sustainable Rangeland Management in Botswana, Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Development Research, 1-2 July, Swansea

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003) Facilitating Grass-Roots Sustainable Development through Sustainability Indicators: a Kalahari Case Study, Frontiers 2: European Applications in Ecological Economics, 12-15 February, Tenerife, Spain

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003) Facilitating Grass-Roots Sustainable Development through Sustainability Indicators: a Kalahari Case Study, Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainability Indicators, 6-8 November, Malta

 

Reed MS & Dougill AJ (2003) Integrating Community and Scientific Sustainability Indicators to Facilitate Participatory Desertification Monitoring and Sustainable Rangeland Management in Botswana. In Allsopp, N et al. (eds.) Rangelands in the New Millennium: Proceedings of the VII International Rangelands Conference. Document Transformation Technologies, Durban. pp. 1868-1871.

 

Dougill AJ & Reed MS (2003) Framework for Community-based Rangeland Degradation Assessment for the Kalahari, Botswana. RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2003 - DARG Session on Sustainable Resource Use: Critical Issues in Developing areas

 

Nakafeero AL, Moleele NM & Reed MS (2004) Allelopathic potential of five agroforestry trees, Botswana, Botswana Environmental and Natural Resources Observation Network Conference Proceedings, Gaborone July 12-14.

 

Moleele NM, Motoma L, Seabe O & Reed MS (2004) The ecological and physical determinants of Acacia tortilis seed weight patterns, Botswana. Botswana Environmental and Natural Resources Observation Network Conference Proceedings, Gaborone July 12-14.

 

Hubacek K, Dougill AJ, Burt T, Chapman P, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Kirkby MT, Prell C, Reed MS, Sendzimir J, Shotbolt L, Stagl ST, Stringer LC, Turner A, Worrall F (2005) Managing uncertainty in complex socio-environmental systems: A mediated modeling approach. Complexity, Science & Society Conference, 11-14 September, Liverpool

 

Reed MS, Dougill AJ, Fraser EDG, Burt T, Chapman PJ, Cornell S, Holden J, Hubacek K, Irvine B, Jin N, Kirkby M, Kunin B, Prell C, Quinn CH, Ritsema C, Jetten V, Sendzimir J, Stagl ST, Stringer LC, Taylor M, Termansen M, Turner A, Worrall F (2006) An adaptive learning process for developing and applying sustainability indicators with local communities. Participatory Approaches in Science & Technology (PATH) Conference, 4th-7th June 2006, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

Hubacek, K, Christina P, Reed MS (2006) Stakeholder identities and stakeholder mappings in futures research. Rural Citizen conference, Plymouth, April 2006

Hubacek K, Prell C, Reed M, Quinn CH (2006) Using Stakeholder and Social Network Analysis to support participatory processes. Sustainable Uplands: Future Scenarios for People, Environment, and Landscape: A Future Vision Conference and workshop for the Uplands, 30 May - 1 June, Kendall, Cumbria

 

Holden J, Burt T, Chapman PJ, Dougill AJ, Hubacek K, Irvine B, Jin N, Kirkby M, Reed MS, Turner A, Worrall F (2006) Managing soils in sustainable uplands. British Soil Science Society Annual Conference, 13-15 September, Leeds

 

Quinn, C.H., Hubacek, K., Prell, C. & Reed, M.S. (2006) Stakeholder selection as precondition for successful participatory processes. Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Resource Policies: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity, 17-18 November, Berlin, Germany.
 

Hubacek K, Prell C, Reed MS, Burt T, Chapman P, Cornell S, Dougill AJ, Fraser EDG, Holden J, Irvine B, Jin N, Kirkby M, Kunin W, Quinn CH, Ritsema C, Jetten V, Sendzimir J, Stagl ST, Stringer LC, Taylor MJ, Termansen M, Turner A, Worrall F (2006) Combining formalised and non-formalised methods to stimulate social learning in resource management. Formalised and Non-Formalised Methods in Resource Management: Knowledge and Learning in Participatory Processes, Workshop, 21-22 September, Osnabrück

 

Hubacek K, Prell C, Quinn CH, Reed MS (2006) Stakeholder selection as precondition for successful participatory processes, Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: “Resource Policies: Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Equity”, Berlin 17-18 November
 

Quinn C, Hubacek K, Reed M (2007) “Stakeholder Participation in the Strategic Management of Upland Landscapes”. RELU/LARCI/Northern Rural Network Conference on "Research on Rural Resource Management and the Rural Economy: Addressing the Local Dimension", 16th May

 

Hubacek K., Prell, C, Reed, M., Quinn, C., Jin, N., Holden,  J., Burt, T.P.,  Kirkby, M., Sendzimir,  J.  (2007). If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail: ‘traditional’ versus participator. CAIWA 2007 International Conference on Adaptive, Integrated Water Management, Basel, Switzerland, 12 - 15 November 2007

 

Quinn, C.H., Hubacek, K., Prell, C., Reed, M.S., Dougill, A.J., Fraser, E.D.G., Holden, J., Stagl, S. & Stringer, L. (2007) Stakeholder selection as a precondition for successful participatory processes. 7th International conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics: integrating natural and social sciences for sustainability, 5-8 June, Centre for Environmental Research –UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.

 

Quinn, C.H., Fraser, E.D.G., Reed, M. & Hubecek, K. (2008) Property rights in UK uplands and the implications for policy and management. IASC conference, Governing shared resources: connecting local experience to global challenges, 14-18 July, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucester.

 

Prell, C.; Hubacek, K.; Reed, M.; Birch, J.; Quinn, C. (2009). Social networks and natural resource management: looking at the relationship between stakeholder ties and land management views. Presented at the 7th international science conference on the human dimensions of global environmental change, 26-20 April, World Conference Centre, Bonn, Germany.

 

Reed MS et al. (2010) The Future of the Uplands. RICS Rural Conference ROOTS, Plumpton College, 14-15 April

 

Reed MS, Buckmaster S, Burt TP, Holden J, Clay G, Worrall F et al. (2010) Sustainable Uplands: Learning to manage future change. Carbon in the Uplands Conference: Threats and Opportunities, Moffat House Hotel, Moffat, 20-21 April.

 

Reed MS (2010) Carbon in the uplands: balancing ecosystem services, SAGES Annual Conference, Dunkeld, October

 

Reed (2011) Social media for research impact. ESRC Interface Network Event, University of Aberdeen, 23rd June   

 

 

 

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