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Claire Quinn Dr Claire Quinn

Lecturer: Natural Resources Management

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 38700
Email address: c.h.quinn@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 10.105

Biography

I am an ecological social scientist with over 10 years of experience working on interdisciplinary projects in Africa and the UK. My research interests lie in the links between ecological and socio-economic processes in the management and conservation of natural resources. Specifically my research focuses on the distribution of property rights in multi-resource systems and the implications for management; and livelihood vulnerability and adaptation to environmental change in agricultural communities.

I am currently working with the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy to investigate linking top-down and bottom-up approaches in climate change adaptation research in sub-Saharan Africa. I also contribute to the Rural Economy and Land Use funded Sustainable Uplands project which seeks to combine knowledge from local stakeholders, policy-makers and social and natural scientists to anticipate, monitor and sustainably manage rural change in UK uplands.

 

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Biological Sciences: Ecology specialism (Kings College, London)
  • MRes Ecology and Environmental Management (University of York)
  • PhD Social Policy and Environmental Management (University of York).

Memberships/Fellowships

I am a member of the International Association for the Study of the Commons 

Research Interests

  • Vulnerability and adaptation in agricultural systems
  • Multi-resource systems/ecosystem services
  • Common Pool Resources, institutions and natural resource management.

Current research students

Rachel Berman

Transforming climate change coping capacity into adaptive capacity in Uganda

Felix Kalaba

Contribution of above ground forest ecosystem services to rural livelihoods and the potential of carbon-based payment for ecosystem services in Miombo woodlands, Zambia

Yingluk Kanchanaroek

Modelling for optimum landuse of main activities in Tonle Sap Wetland area, Cambodia

Steven Orchard

Adaptation and development: Pathways to a sustainable future

Chloe Sutcliffe

Cultivar adoption as a strategy for adapting to climate change: maize variety selection and cultivation amongst small-scale farmers in Malawi

Teaching Interests

Programme Manager

BA Environmental Sustainability (no longer available for new applicants)

BSc Sustainability and Environmental Management (new for entry in September 2012)

Module Manager

SOEE2401 People and Plants

SOEE3680 Socio-Economic Issues in Conservation and Management

Publications

  • Quinn, CH; Ziervogel, G; Taylor, A; Thomalla, F; Takama, T (2011) Coping with multiple stresses in rural South Africa , Ecology and Society, 16, .
  • Twyman, C; Fraser, EDG; Stringer, LC; Quinn, C; Dougill, AJ; Ravera, F; Crane, TA; Sallu, SM (2011) Climate Science, Development Practice, and Policy Interactions in Dryland Agroecological Systems, ECOL SOC, 16, . doi:10.5751/ES-04261-160314
  • Fraser, EDG; Dougill, AJ; Hubacek, K; Quinn, CH; Sendzimir, J; Termansen, M (2011) Assessing vulnerability to climate change in dryland livelihood systems: conceptual challenges and interdisciplinary solutions , Ecology and Society, 16, .
  • 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.
  • Quinn, CH; Fraser, EDG; Hubacek, K; Reed, MS (2010) Property rights in UK uplands and the implications for policy and management, ECOL ECON, 69, pp.1355-1363. doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.02.006
  • Quinn, C; Ockwell, D (2010) The link between ecological and social paradigms and the sustainability of environmental management: a case study of semi-arid Tanzania, In: Lovett, JC; Ockwell, D (Ed) Handbook for Environmental Management, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, pp.282-308.
  • Reed, MS; Graves, A; Dandy, N; Posthumus, H; Hubacek, K; Morris, J; Prell, C; Quinn, CH; Stringer, LC (2009) Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management, J ENVIRON MANAGE, 90, pp.1933-1949. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.01.001
  • Suckall, N; Fraser, EDG; Cooper, T; Quinn, C (2009) Visitor perceptions of rural landscapes: A case study in the Peak District National Park, England, J ENVIRON MANAGE, 90, pp.1195-1203. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2008.06.003
  • Chapman, DS; Termansen, M; Quinn, CH; Jin, NL; Bonn, A; Cornell, SJ; Fraser, EDG; Hubacek, K; Kunin, WE; Reed, MS (2009) Modelling the coupled dynamics of moorland management and upland vegetation, J APPL ECOL, 46, pp.278-288. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01618.x
  • Reed, MS; Bonn, A; Slee, W; Beharry-Borg, N; Birch, J; Brown, I; Burt, TP; Chapman, D; Chapman, PJ; Clay, GD; Cornell, SJ; Fraser, EDG; Glass, JH; Holden, J; Hodgson, JA; Hubacek, K; Irvine, B; Jin, N; Kirkby, MJ; Kunin, WE; Moore, O; Moseley, D; Prell, C; Price, MF; Quinn, CH; 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, 26, pp.S204-S216. doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.09.013
  • Reed, MS; Arblaster, K; Bullock, C; Burton, RJF; Davies, AL; Holden, J; Hubacek, K; May, R; Mitchley, J; Morris, J; Nainggolan, D; Potter, C; Quinn, CH; Swales, V; Thorp, S (2009) Using scenarios to explore UK upland futures, FUTURES, 41, pp.619-630. doi:10.1016/j.futures.2009.04.007
  • Quinn, C; Snell, C (2008) Book review perspectives: An Introduction to Sustainable Development, Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal and John A. Boyd. ,.
  • Suckall, N; Fraser, E; Cooper, T; Quinn, C (2008) How class shapes perceptions of nature: Implications for managing visitor perceptions in upland UK., In: Bonn, A; Hubacek, K; Stewart, J; Allot, T (Ed) Drivers of Change in Upland Environments, Routledge, pp.393-403.
  • Prell, C; Hubacek, K; Quinn, C; Reed, M (2008) 'Who's in the Network?' When Stakeholders Influence Data Analysis, SYST PRACT ACT RES, 21, pp.443-458. doi:10.1007/s11213-008-9105-9
  • Prell, C; Hubacek, K; Reed, M; Quinn, C; Jin, N; Holden, J; Burt, T; Kirby, M; Sendzimir, J (2007) If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail: traditional versus participatory model building, INTERDISCIPL SCI REV, 32, pp.263-282.
  • Quinn, CH; Huby, M; Kiwasila, H; Lovett, JC (2007) Design principles and common pool resource management: An institutional approach to evaluating community management in semi-arid Tanzania, J ENVIRON MANAGE, 84, pp.100-113. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2006.05.008
  • Lovett, JC; Quinn, CH; Ockwell, DG; Gregorowski, R (2006) Two cultures and tragedy of the commons, African Journal of Ecology, 44, pp.1-5. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2028.2006.00621.x
  • Quinn, CH; Ndangalasi, HJ; Gerstle, J; Lovett, JC (2005) Effect of the Lower Kihansi Hydropower Project and post-project mitigation measures on wetland vegetation in Kihansi Gorge, Tanzania, Biodiversity and Conservation, 14, pp.297-308. doi:10.1007/s10531-004-5048-3
  • Quinn, CH; Kiwasila, H; Huby, M; Lovett, JC (2003) Local perceptions of risk to livelihood in semi-arid Tanzania, Journal of Environmental Management, 68, pp.111-119. doi:10.1016/S0301-4797(03)00013-6
  • Churchfield, S; Barber, J; Quinn, CH (2000) A new survey method for Water Shrews (Neomys fodiens) using baited tubes, Mammal Review, 30, pp.249-254. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2907.2000.00074.x