• Integrated assessment of the economic and environmental implications of greenhouse gas reduction practices in agriculture
• Cost-effectiveness analysis of pollution mitigation practices
• Farmers' perceptions and choices in sustainable practice adoption
• Evaluation of low carbon policy interventions

I am a socio-economic and interdisciplinary researcher interested in sustainable agriculture. I have over ten years of experience in the economic and environmental implications of greenhouse gas reduction practices in agriculture, including the cost-effectiveness of mitigation practices, environmental co-effects, farmers’ perceptions and the development of policy instruments. My responsibilities include developing and leading research projects, supervising PhD projects and working with stakeholders.

PhD student (2019 – 2023) Cattle breeding choices: reconciling productivity, sustainability and food security objectives
PhD student (2019 – 2023) Low carbon farming: making carbon accounting relevant to farming and food production
PhD student (2017 – 2022) Modelling short and long term resilience and efficiency of cattle production
PhD student (2017 – 2021) The socioeconomic and environmental aspects of agriculture: a spatial perspective on changing production practices
PhD student (2016 – 2020) Evaluation of participatory extension programmes related to climate change mitigation activities in the agricultural sector in Scotland and New Zealand
PhD student (2015 – 2021) Spatial econometric modelling of land use systems and ecosystem services

Selected current and recent projects:

• GCRF (2019-2024) UKRI GCRF South Asian Nitrogen Hub
• ERA-NET Cofund 2 (2019-2023) Climate Care Cattle Farming System
• European Commission Joint Research Centre (2019-2020) Study of the adoption of greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation technologies by EU livestock farmers
• Defra (2018-2021) Delivery of Clean Growth through Sustainable Intensification
• H2020 (2017-2022) Genomic management Tools to Optimise Resilience and Efficiency (GenTORE)
• NERC (2017-2021) Great Soils Research to deliver Greenhouse Gas REmovals and Abatement Technologies (Soils-R-GGREAT)
• Scottish Government (2016-2021) RD: 2.3.5 Improving existing GHG reduction measures
• Committee on Climate Change (2020) Analysis for the CCC’s 6th carbon budget for agriculture and land use
• European Commission Joint Research Centre (2018-2019) Adoption of nutrient management plans by EU farmers and their impact on farm economics and GHG emissions
• ClimateXChange (2018-2019) Comparative analysis of farm-based carbon audits
• European Commission Joint Research Centre (2015-2016) Contribution of Precision Agriculture technologies to farm productivity and the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU
• Committee on Climate Change (2015) Review and update the UK agriculture MACC to assess the abatement potential for the 5th carbon budget period and to 2050
• European Commission DG Climate Action (2014) Mainstreaming climate change into rural development policy post 2013
• European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (2011-2015) Integrating mitigation and adaptation options for sustainable livestock production under climate change (AnimalChange)