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Personal profile
Research interests
Dr Hannah Rudman is Reader and Co-Director of SRUC's Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre. Hannah’s digital and data innovation applied research and development work is grounded in interdisciplinary Participatory Action Research, which is practice-led rather than practice-based. Hannah's current interests are in how digital technologies and their data can trustably validate and prove the natural economy sector’s positive influence on carbon sequestration, biodiversity and nature improvements – digital measurement, reporting and verification (dMRV). Can digital technologies and digital data build human trust in the reporting of food quality and security, natural economy and climate truths? Hannah convenes Trustable Credit, the project co-creating open standardised processes for digital devices and their data measuring carbon sequestration, biodiversity and nature improvements.
Hannah is an Expert Evaluator for the European Commission’s Executive Research Agency. She serves on the Executive Management Team of UK Agritech Centre Agrimetrics, and co-leads the Scottish Nature Finance Pioneers Group (240 organisations from farm to finance developing natural capital projects). Hannah is a winning team of Unboxed, a £120m festival of 10 commissions. Part of Dandelion, the £8.5m Scottish commission, a unique STEAM approach to community growing, ’21-‘22, Hannah has co-created an app and IoT Node for participating schools to use with the vertical farms they have received.
Hannah is an experienced non-executive director, and serves as Board Trustee for the National Galleries of Scotland, as Director of the NGS Trading Company, and as Director of Highlands Rewilding. Hannah serves on numerous Scottish and UK public policy advisory boards, committees and working groups. She has a PhD in Information Systems (Computer Science), and previously reached the top of a professional career as a digital transformation consultant, building and licensing her framework internationally to global technology solutions and consultancy companies.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Information Systems (Computer Science), Edinburgh Napier University
Award Date: 30 Mar 2015
Master, MRes in Drama & IT, Royal Holloway University of London
Award Date: 11 Sept 1998
PGCert , Computer Science, Royal Holloway University of London
Award Date: 3 Jul 1998
Bachelor, BA (Hons) Drama & Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway University of London
Award Date: 4 Jul 1997
External positions
Director, Scottish Forum on Natural Capital
Dec 2020 → …
Advisor, Agrimetrics
Nov 2020 → …
Director, National Galleries of Scotland
Oct 2018 → …
Senior management, Wallet.Services
Jan 2018 → Jul 2020
Expert, Scottish Government
2018 → …
Senior management, Leidos Inc
2016 → 2017
Expert, European Commission
5 Jan 2015 → …
Honorary Fellow, Durham University
2015 → 2019
Expert, The Scottish Government's 2020 Climate Group
2010 → 2015
Director, Envirodigital Ltd
2009 → 2015
Expert, The Scottish Arts Council
2003 → 2008
Director, Rudman Consulting Ltd
2002 → 2015
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Thriving Natural Capital Challenge Centre & Diageo
Rudman, H., Reed, M., Jensen, E. & Bolton, S.
1/04/23 → 31/03/25
Project: Research
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RSPB Scotland Glencripesdale: digital data for BNG credits (IRNS)
10/03/23 → 10/06/24
Project: Research
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Wet Horizons - upgrading knowledge and solutions to fast-track wetland restoration across Europe
Glenk, K., Reed, M., Eory, V., MacLeod, M., Rudman, H. & Noles, S.
1/10/22 → 30/09/26
Project: Research
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Measuring biodiversity: research into approaches: This report considers methodologies for measuring biodiversity at site-level for use in Scotland.
McVittie, A., Cole, L. J., McCarthy, J. M., Fisher, H. & Rudman, H., 20 Sept 2023, (First published) The Scottish Government. 178 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Research report › peer-review
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Mobilising private investment in natural capital: report
Reed, MSR. & Rudman, H., 27 Apr 2023, The Scottish Government.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Commissioned report
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Re-thinking research impact: voice, context and power at the interface of science, policy and practice
Reed, MSR. & Rudman, H., Mar 2023, In: Sustainability Science. 18, 2, p. 967-981 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Financing UK Nature Recovery: Recommendations and roadmap for UK policy
Reed, MSR. & Rudman, H., Apr 2022, 88 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Policy Brief
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FinTech Research & Innovation Roadmap 2022-31
Rudman, H., 4 Mar 2022, Edinburgh: FinTech Scotland. 76 p.Research output: Book/Report/Policy Brief/Technical Brief › Policy Brief
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Datasets
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Data Collection App for schools with Dandelion Grow Cubes
Davison, B. (Creator) & Rudman, H. (Creator), Dandelion Ltd, May 2022
Dataset
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IoT node for Dandelion's School Cubes
Davison, B. (Creator) & Rudman, H. (Creator), Dandelion Ltd, May 2022
https://dandelion.sruc.ac.uk/reference
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Prizes
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Fellowship of the British Computer Society: The Chartered Institute for IT
Rudman, Hannah (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Other distinction
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Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce
Rudman, Hannah (Recipient), 2008
Prize: Other distinction
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Activities
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Business in the Blue Economy
Hannah Rudman (Chair)
27 Feb 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Farming & Rewilding Question Time
Hannah Rudman (Speaker)
20 Jan 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Nature Finance Scotland Forum 2023
Hannah Rudman (Member of programme committee)
2 Oct 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participating in a conference, workshop, ...
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Measuring and Assessing Biodiversity in Scotland
Hannah Rudman (Speaker)
27 Feb 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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River Wye phosphate workshop
Susannah Bolton (Organiser), Hannah Rudman (Speaker) & Rosie Boyko (Speaker)
24 Feb 2023Activity: Talk, evidence or presentation types › Invited talk
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Press/Media
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IFB Partners contribute to new marine natural capital markets publication
2/10/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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Galvanising Change Via Natural Capital
Alistair McVittie, Lorna Cole, Julia McCarthy, Harry Fisher & Hannah Rudman
28/09/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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New report - Research on Approaches to Measuring Biodiversity in Scotland
Alistair McVittie, Lorna Cole, Julia McCarthy, Harry Fisher & Hannah Rudman
28/09/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
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A peek into related research on private finance in Scotland
Hannah Rudman & Julia McCarthy
28/09/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media
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