School of Earth and Environment

Claire Quinn Dr Claire Quinn

Lecturer: Natural Resources Management and M&S NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow

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

Biography

I am an environmental social scientist with over 15 years of experience working on interdisciplinary projects in Africa and the UK. My research interests are on the socio-ecological dimensions of environmental change in agricultural systems. 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 the M&S NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow, working with Marks and Spencer to maximise the uptake of existing NERC-funded environmental science research relevant to business. I also work with the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy to link top-down and bottom-up approaches in climate change adaptation research in sub-Saharan Africa. I am involved in the Yorkshire Dales Environment Network, funded by NERC. The aim of the network is to improve communication and collaboration between partners with academic, environmental, social, recreational and commercial interests in the Yorkshire Dales. I have also contributed to the Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) 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, adaptation and decision-making in agricultural systems
  • Multi-resource systems/ecosystem services and property rights
  • Common Pool Resources, institutions and natural resource management.

Current research students

Joanes Atela Impacts of integrated management in Kakamega Forest, Kenya, for climate change adaptation

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

I am currently on leave from teaching but I still give guest lectures on SOEE1110 and SOEE1381 and supervise UG and Masters dissertations.

Support duties

I am the biodiversity champion for campus, working with Estates to develop a University Biodiversity Action Plan, as well being a member of the School's Green Impact Team.

Publications

  • Simelton E; Quinn CH; Batisani N; Dougill AJ; Dyer J; Fraser E; Mkwambisi D; Sallu SM; Stringer L (2013) Is rainfall really changing? Farmers? perceptions, meteorological data, and policy implications, Climate and Development, . doi: 10.1080/17565529.2012.751893
  • Berman R; Quinn C; Paavola J (2012) The role of institutions in the transformation of coping capacity to sustainable adaptive capacity, Environmental Development, 2, pp.86-100. doi: 10.1016/j.envdev.2012.03.017
  • 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, .
  • Whitfield S; Reed MS; Thomson K; Christie ME; Stringer LC; Quinn CH; Anderson AR; Moxey A; Hubacek K (2011) K Managing peatland ecosystem services: current UK policy and future challenges in a changing world, Scottish Geographical Journal, 127, pp.209-230. doi: 10.1080/14702541.2011.616864
  • 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
  • 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 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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 A; Kruger B; Laureano P; Phillipson J; Prell C; Quinn CH; Reeves AD; Seely M; Thomas RJ; van der Werff Ten Bosch MJ; Vergunst P; Wagner L (Not yet published) Knowledge management for land degradation monitoring and assessment: an analysis of contemporary thinking, Land Degradation and Development, .