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Dr Paula Duffy

Dr Paula Duffy
Dr Paula Duffy
Dr Paula Duffy

MA, MSc, PhD

Lecturer

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paula.duffy@abdn.ac.uk
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112 St. Mary's Building
Old Aberdeen Campus
Elphinstone Road
AB24 3UF

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School of Geosciences
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Biography

Employment

2020 to Present: Lecturer, Geography and Environment, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen.

2019 to 2020: Lecturer in Sustainable Development (education focussed), School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

2014 to 2019: PhD Sustainable Development (Science), School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

2015 to 2019: Tutor and Teaching Assistant, School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews

2015 to 2018: Teaching Assistant and Teaching Lead Volunteer: GeoBus Outreach Programme, School of Earth and Environmental Science, University of St Andrews

2016 to 2017: Marine Social Scientist, Internship at Marine Analytical Unit, Marine Scotland, Scottish Government

Qualifications

  • PhD Sustainable Development (Science) 
    2019 - University of St Andrews 

    Doctoral Thesis entitled:

    • Understanding socio-demographic change and sustainability in Scotland’s coastal communities.
  • MSc Applied Population and Welfare Geographies 
    2011 - University of Dundee 

    Thesis Entitled:

    • A Qualitative case study of backpacking in Bolivia: Understandings of motility and mobilities
  • MA (Hons) Geography 
    2009 - University of Dundee 

    Degree Classification: First Class Honours

    Dissertation entitled: 

    • Therapeutic Landscapes of Mental Health Care: A Case study of Stratheden Hospital 

External Memberships

  • Fellow of Royal Geographical Society - with the Institute of British Geographers (RGS-IBG) 
  • Member of Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS) 
  • Member of American Association of Geographers 
  • Member of the UKRI ECR Forum

Professional positions held

  • Communications Officer for Population Geography Research of RGS-IBG (PopGRG) (2021- ongoing)

 

Research

Research Areas

Geography and Environment

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Research Specialisms

  • Human Geography
  • Human Demography
  • Applied Social Science
  • Marine Sciences
  • Socio-Economics

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Current Research

Solar Power In The UK – Planning For A Sustainable Future

Funded by Economic Social Research Council (ESRC), UKRI 

Project will run from June 2023 - December 2025

Project team:

Prof David Toke, Politics and International Relations, School of Social Science, UoA (PI)

Dr Kathrin Thomas, Politics and International Relations, School of Social Science, UoA (Co-I)

Dr Jo Vergunst, Anthropology, School of Social Science, UoA (Co-I)

Dr Paula Duffy, Geography & Environment, School of Geosciences, UoA (Co-I)

Health and Place: Developing a Co-Created Research Design for Inclusive and Sustainable Blue Spaces

Funded by The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Seed Fund Grant (Scotland Hub)

Our  Project Team: Co-Is are Dr Natalie Dickinson, University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Dr Sacha Hasan,Herriot-Watt University,  Dr Paula Duffy, University of Aberdeen , Dr Kiri Rodgers (UWS) and partner Kasia Smith, North Ayrshire Council

Funded Period: April - July 2023

Navigating Digital Ethics for Rural Research

Funded by The British Academy Early Career Researcher Network Seed Fund Grant (Scotland Hub)

Project Team: Co-Is are Dr Diana Valero, The James Hutton Institute (JHI), Dr Alison Mayne, Independent Scholar, Dr Christina Noble, JHI, and Dr Paula Duffy, University of Aberdeen(UoA). Supported by Kirsten Gow as Researcher and Facilitator,UOA and JHI

Funded Period: April - July 2023

Conceptualising understandings of Citizenship for offshore energy; in the context of Scotland's and Europe’s NetZero ambitions

Funded by Saltire ECR Exchange - SAGES SERENE call, Hosted by Dr. Andreas Kannen, Human Dimensions of Coastal Areas, Hereon Research Institute of Coastal Systems - Analysis and Modeling, Germany 

Socio-demographic determinants in perceived risk of climate change by coastal communities and stakeholders in Taiwan and Scotland: A planning perspective

Funded by Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) as a RSE-MoST Bilateral Project, in collaboration with Dr Peiwen Lu, National Chenghua University of Education

Past Research

Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership: Ecovillage Transition in Action

The population sustainability of Coastal Fife. Part of the Fife Coastal Zone project funded by St Andrews Restarting Research Funding Scheme (SARRF) and Scottish Funding Council (SFC)

Understanding socio-demographic change and sustainability in Scotland’s coastal communities. ESRC +3 CASE funded PhD Studentship in partnership with Marine Scotland, The Scottish Government. PhD awarded by the University of St Andrews

International Student Migration and Constitutional Change in Scotland, Funded by ESRC Centre for Population Change(CPC), and the University of St Andrews Research Impact Fund

Supervision

‘Growing Scotland’s Islands: can the National Islands Plan stimulate a population turnaround?’

  • Lead Supervisor: Lorna Philip (University of Aberdeen)
  • Co-Supervisors: Margaret Currie (James Hutton Institute) Paula Duffy (University of Aberdeen) Ruth Wilson (James Hutton Institute)

The aim of this research is to better understand intersections between island community resilience, migration and economic activity and to identify pathways through which an economically active population may be retained and increased across the Scottish islands.

Building on the findings of previous research, for example, studies of rural return migration, in-migration to rural areas at different life course stages, and ongoing research led by the James Hutton Institute (collaborative partner for this work) namely the Islands Revival project (Islands Revival, 2019) and the National Islands Plan Survey,  this research will undertake an in-depth study of working age, in-migrant islanders (whether new or returning). Islanders' motivations for moving to an island community, lived experiences of island life and future plans, including residential and employment aspirations, will be explored through these two PhDs.

Funding: 

This work is being generously funded through two PhD studentships:

  • ESRC 3+1 SGSSS Supervisor led collaborative Studentship  awarded to Marcus Craigie
  • McCaulay Development Trust PhD Studentship  awarded to Kirsten Gow

 

 

Teaching

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Publications

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  • Gow’s Typology of Scotland’s Islands: Technical notes

    Gow, K., Currie, M., Duffy, P., Wilson, R., Philip, L. J.
    University of Aberdeen. 17 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Navigating Digital Ethics for Rural Research: Guidelines and recommendations for researchers and administrators of social media groups

    Mayne, A., Noble, C., Duffy, P., Gow, K., Glasgow, A., Melrose, R., O’Neill, K., Reid, J., Valero, D.
    19 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports

  • Ecovillage transition in action: communication, cooperation and collaboration beyond community

    White, R., Schwab, A., Hausmann, R., Duffy, P., Mattos, T.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • The Good, The Bad & The Women: An analysis of the changing European labour migration into Scotland’s Fish-processing sector

    Duffy, P.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • Rurality, islandness and public policy: do definitions matter?

    Duffy, P., Wilson, R., Philip, L.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • The Good, The Bad The Women: A gendered analysis of European labour migration regimes in the Fish processing sector, Scotland

    Duffy, P.
    Contributions to Conferences: Oral Presentations

  • The Good, The Bad The Women: A gendered analysis of European labour migration regimes in the Fish processing sector, Scotland

    Duffy, P.
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • Where is the coast? Creating boundaries in transitional spaces - towards a working definition for socio-demographic analysis in Scotland

    Duffy, P.
    RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2021
    Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts

  • A place-based approach to population sustainability: Demographic and economic change at the local level in Fife, Scotland

    McCollum, D., Nicholson, H., Duffy, P.
    Local Economy, vol. 36, no. 6, pp. 505-523
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • (un)Sustainability in Scotland’s coastal population space: a Socio-demographic perspective

    Duffy, P. M.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
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