Professor Tavis Potts
Personal Chair, Dean for Environmental Sustainability
- About
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- Email Address
- tavis.potts@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273837
- Office Address
University of Aberdeen
Department of Geography and EnvironmentSt Marys Building
Elphinstone Road
Aberdeen AB24 3UF
- School/Department
- School of Geosciences
- School/Department
- Senior Vice Principals
Biography
Professor Tavis Potts is a Personal Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Governance. Prof. Potts interests include understanding just transitions and the social dimensions of climate and energy; marine resource governance and planning; participatory and community-based approaches to managing natural capital; and the political economy of environmental policy and decision-making.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Dean for Environmental Sustainability
University Sustainability Committee
- External Memberships
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Aberdeen City Council Net Zero Delivery Unit
Aberdeenshire Council Climate Ready Aberdeenshire Board
- Research
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Research Overview
Professor Tavis Potts research includes:
- Understanding the relationships between people, place and planet.
- Understanding, evaluating and progressing social, environmental and energy justice.
- Critically evaluating 'Just Transitions' within Net Zero and deepening societal engagement around energy transition.
- Applying participatory approaches to natural capital and ecosystem services.
- Developing participatory and survey-based approaches to understanding social values on the environment;
- Critical perspectives on the emergence and effectiveness of the blue economy from international to local scales
Funding and Grants
Selected Grants
- Interreg EU. SEATRACES 2019-2021 (£250k).
- University of Aberdeen Impact Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation award (2017 10k)
- British Council Peru - Researcher Links Grants. Advancing Green Growth in Peru: A spotlight on tourism, transport and the blue economy (2016, £32k).
- Royal Geographic Society of Edinburgh and Natural Science Foundation of China. Mapping Coastal Ecosystem Services in Scotland and China. Scientific Exchange Network. (2015-17, £13k)
- NERC Knowledge Exchange: Cooperative Participatory Evaluation of Renewable Technologies on Ecosystem Services (CORPORATES) (2014-16, £110k – Co-Investigator.
- World Bank: Review of STAP Marie Litter Program (2014 , £1500)
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Implementing an ecosystem service approach in the UK (2013, £40k).
- EU FP7 IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture)(Co-Investigator & Work Package leader on Social and Policy Analysis (2012-2014; £200 000)
- EU LIFE+ Celtic Sea Partnership (Policy Network Analysis and community engagement) (2013, £110k).
- MSP-LED (Local Economic Development and Marine Planning) Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) (2012-13, 50k)Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) Coasts and Catchment Integration. £22 k
- ECOBAR: Environmental and Benthic Indicators for industrial development in the Barents Sea. Norwegian Funding Council. (WP Leader) £35k 2009-10
- Knowledge Based Development of Europe’s Seas (KNOWSEAS) EU FP7 2009-2013 Co-Investigator & Work Package leader (£150k) overall project €9 million).
- Publications
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The Practicalities of the Ecosystem Approach in the Barents Sea: The ECOBAR Project
Limits of Maritime Jurisdiction. Schofield, C., Lee, S., Kwon, M. (eds.). Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, pp. 589-606, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMarine litter: Progress in developing an integrated policy approach in Scotland
Marine Policy, vol. 42, pp. 49-55Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2013.01.024
Marine renewable energy and Scottish west coast fishers: Exploring impacts, opportunities and potential mitigation
Ocean & Coastal Management, vol. 75, pp. 1-10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2013.01.005
Climate Change and Evolving Regional Ocean Governance in the Arctic
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsOceans of opportunity or rough seas? What does the future hold for developments in European marine policy?
Philosophical transactions of the royal society a-Mathematical physical and engineering sciences, vol. 370, no. 1980, pp. 5682-5700Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2012.0394
Mussels and yachts in Loch Fyne, Scotland: a case study of the science-policy interface
Ecology and Society, vol. 17, no. 3, 16Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-04995-170316
Rapid Policy Network Mapping: a new method for understanding governance structures for implementation of marine environmental policy
PloS ONE, vol. 6, no. 10, e26149Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026149
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/4086/1/rapid_policy.pdf
Integrated coastal and estuarine management in Arctic coastal systems
Treatise on estuarine and coastal science: Vol 11: management of estuaries and coasts. Wolanski, E., McLusky, D. (eds.). Elsevier, pp. 265-288, 24 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374711-2.01115-3
The natural advantage of regions: linking sustainability, innovation, and regional development in Australia
Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 713-725Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.01.008
Quality of life through innovation indicators: the case of peripheral suburbs of Sydney
Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases IV. Sirgy, M. J., Phillips, R., Rahtz, D. R. (eds.). Springer, pp. 191-208, 18 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-2243-1_9
