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# RENEW

Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach

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- [Scientists want your view on watching nature through the window](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/scientists-want-your-view-on-watching-nature-through-the-window/) - Watching nature through the window might have many benefits – and researchers want you to share your view. The survey comes from the University of Exeter and The Wildlife Trusts as part of 30 Days Wild – the annual challenge which invites people of all ages to connect with nature every single day during the
- [Oral histories of the environmental sector](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/oral-histories-of-the-environmental-sector/) - Research team — Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw – University of Exeter Angela Cassidy – University of Exeter Susan Molyneux-Hodgson – University of Exeter Paul Merchant – National Life Stories Mary Stewart – British Library Partners Aims RENEW is undertaking collaborative research across disciplines and sectors while also studying the practices of collaboration. Through our work exploring 20th
- [BookTrust: Getting children reading about biodiversity](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/booktrust/) - Team Professor John Wedgwood Clarke – University of Exeter Dr Regan Early – University of Exeter Dr Lucy Mercer – University of Exeter Sofia Cairns – BookTrust Annie Crombie – BookTrust Dr Ly Chu – BookTrust George Barber – BookTrust Jess Mitchell – BookTrust Partners Collaborating Publishers Andersen Press Children’s Books North Little Tiger Simon
- [RENEW as a 'living laboratory': researching collaboration in practice](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-as-a-living-laboratory-researching-collaboration-in-practice/) - Research team Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw – University of Exeter Angela Cassidy – University of Exeter Susan Molyneux-Hodgson – University of Exeter Ryan Shum – University of Exeter Paul Merchant – National Life Stories | British Library Aims Environmental researchers have long recognised the need for multi-faceted, collaborative and inclusive approaches to addressing complex challenges such as
- [RENEW Biodiversity Parliament 2025: Is Nature for All? Exploring Environmental Justice](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-parliament-2025-is-nature-for-all-exploring-environmental-justice/) - Image credit: Ria Poole, All rights reserved. Is environmental justice something you often consider, are working towards, or would like to find out more about? 03-04 November 2025 | Online (GMT) The RENEW Biodiversity Parliament is our annual gathering to connect, reflect, and drive change towards a fairer and greener future. This year, we’re creating
- [Smart Interfaces for biodiversity models](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/smart-interfaces-for-biodiversity-models/) - Research team . Zdeněk Plesěk – University of Exeter Professor Hywel Williams – University of Exeter Dr Oscar Rodriguez de Rivera Ortega – University of Exeter Aims Smart Agentic Interfaces (SIs) have the potential to get Computational Models ready for use more quickly and allow non-expert stakeholders to make use of them. This PhD research
- [RENEW Collaboration in Practice](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-collaboration-in-practice-2/) - Creating connections The X3 team are investigating collaborative practices across disciplines and between academics and partners, observing and analysing what’s happening across the programme as it unfolds, as well as undertaking oral history research into previous biodiversity collaboration (in partnership with the British Library). It’s no surprise that the connections between people – building relationships
- [Exploring variations in nature related attitudes and behaviours](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/exploring-variations-in-nature-related-attitudes-and-behaviours/) - Research team . Jo Garret – University of Exeter Lewis Elliott – University of Exeter Ria Poole – University of Exeter Catriona McKinnon – University of Exeter Partners and collaborators Aims To explore variations in nature related attitudes and behaviours by ethnic or racialised minority groups To inform the potential development of inclusive biodiversity renewal
- [The first Biodiversity Storytelling Summit at Kew Gardens, London](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/art-science-collide-at-the-renew-x-booktrust-biodiversity-storytelling-summit-2023/) - Above: Cambridge Cottage. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Image credit: Kew Gardens Introducing the first Biodiversity Storytelling Summit 2023 Beyond the weathered wooden doors of Cambridge Cottage at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, hanging along the corridors, drawing room and gallery are pictures – botanical illustrations reflecting a “golden century” for plant discovery, collection, and
- [RENEW Biodiversity Parliament 2022](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-biodiversity-parliament-2022/) - Hosting a parliament of partnerships The first Parliament took place on 18-19 October in Exeter and brought together the RENEW team and representatives of over 20 partner organisations to workshop pressing questions around people, nature, and biodiversity renewal. Inspired by the Select Committees of Westminster, with a strong focus on deliberative democracy, the event was
- [Five Takeaways from Perspectives on Personalised Ecology](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/five-takeaways-from-perspectives-on-personalised-ecology/) - Simon Pattenden, RENEW Communications Officer Do you remember your first experience with nature? Was it alone, or with others – was it positive or negative? How did that experience shape your behaviours and choices in later life? Do you now work with nature, or have you intentionally chosen a different path? Perspectives on Personalised Ecologies
- [Literature X Ecology Series with Anthony Vahni Capildeo](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/literature-x-ecology-series-with-anthony-vahni-capildeo/) - frameborder=”0″ Literature X Ecology Series with Anthony Vahni Capildeo Conversation held on Thursday 9th May 2024 In this online reading and conversation, Anthony Vahni Capildeo talked about ‘Stony Songs’, poems that engage with fuzziness and stoniness, the appeal of texture, and contact as a way of interrelating or knowing. They read and discussed ultra-new work
- [Monitoring Willow tit occupancy in Cornwall to inform land management decisions](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/monitoring-willow-tit-occupancy-in-cornwall-to-inform-land-management-decisions-working-with-local-partners-to-halt-the-decline-of-this-endangered-native-bird/) - Research team . Daveron Smith – University of Exeter Ilya Maclean – University of Exeter Peter Roseveare – Cornwall Bird Watching & Preservation Society Partners . . Collaborators . . Aims Since 1970, willow tits have seen a population decline of 94% in Britain and have earned the unenviable title of Britain’s fastest declining resident
- [Reflections from a guided walk along Cornwall's Red River](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/cornwalls-red-river-by-jo-furtado/) - Earlier this month I joined other PhD students from RENEW at the Red River in Cornwall to attend a guided walk led by Professor John Clarke, Co-Investigator on RENEW’s Theme 2: Community Action. Seeing things differently John previously ran a research project based at the Red River, exploring how creative writing can transform our relationship
- [ExCASES Mission: The Future of Biodiversity Renewal, insights from the RENEW community](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/excases-mission-the-future-of-biodiversity-renewal-insights-from-the-renew-community/) - People perceive and engage with biodiversity renewal in different ways, shaped by many factors including experience, identity, cultural background, and values. This plurality is not necessarily a bad thing – and indeed, increased diversity is generally healthy – but it can also, when not explicitly acknowledged and tended to, undermine efficacy and lead to inequitable
- [ExCASES Mission: The Future of Biodiversity Renewal](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/excases-mission-the-future-of-biodiversity-renewal/) - Research team Clare Bissell (Project Lead) – National Trust Michelle Twena -National Trust David Bavin – National Trust Matthew Heard – National Trust Sarah Crowley – University of Exeter Collaborators All of RENEW’s 30+ partners are being invited to participate in this exciting mission. Aims ExCASES missions provide short, intense periods of focus towards issues that
- [ExCASES Mission: Paws for thought](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/paws-for-thought-excases-mission/) - Research team David Bavin (Project Lead) – National Trust Sarah Crowley – University of Exeter Matthew Heard – National Trust Michelle Twena – National Trust Clare Bissell – National Trust Theme ExCASES Missions provide short, intense periods of focus towards issues communicated as priorities for RENEW partner organisations and external stakeholders. The ExCASES team work collaboratively
- [ExCASES Mission: Cultivating communities who care for urban trees](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/cultivating-communities-who-care-for-urban-trees/) - Research team Clare Bissell (Project Lead) – National Trust Michelle Twena – National Trust David Bavin – National Trust Sarah Crowley – University of Exeter Matthew Heard – National Trust Partners Collaborators Birmingham Tree People, Birmingham Street Trees for Living, London Tiny Forest Programme, National Fruit and Nut Village, Birmingham Walking Forest, Exmouth Eden Project Communities,
- [Embracing Springtime with the National Trust: A Journey Beyond Country Houses](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/embracing-springtime-with-the-national-trust-a-journey-beyond-country-houses/) - Recently, I had the privilege of embarking on a journey into the heart of springtime with my fellow RENEW PhD students. Our destination? The National Trust’s Killerton Estate, 2,600 hectares of sprawling farmland and woodland nestled in the picturesque countryside of Devon. Many people are unaware of the nature conservation work that the National Trust
- [Exploring biodiversity creatively with young people: a poetry-in-nature approach](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/exploring-biodiversity-creatively-with-young-people-a-poetry-in-nature-approach/) - The Poetry Society is the UK’s leading poetry organisation. Education is key to our mission, and for several years now, we have put environmental programming at the heart of our work with young people, aiming to raise awareness about climate change and to encourage young people to use their creativity to advocate for the natural
- [Fragmented and narrow: ‘the environment’ in the UK, 1970-2000](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/fragmented-and-narrow-the-environment-in-the-uk-1970-2000/) - As part of RENEW’s Collaborations Theme, colleagues at National Life Stories at the British Library have been recording oral history interviews with academics, research council staff and project officers involved in previous efforts to bring disciplines, communities, publics and policy makers together to address environmental problems. We are now digging into this incredibly rich dataset
- [RENEW x BookTrust Biodiversity Storytelling Summit 2024](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-x-booktrust-biodiversity-storytelling-summit-24/) - This year’s RENEW x BookTrust Biodiversity Storytelling Summit – was held at the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester on 19th September 2024. This interdisciplinary event, attended by publishers, authors, teachers, librarians, illustrators and scientists, focused on creating new biodiversity narratives and visual storytelling in children’s literature. Above: Drawing the bigger picture: Illustration by Georgia Harmey
- [New film series showcases the beautiful, nature rich, landscapes of the South West and the conservation efforts that sustain them.](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/new-film-series-showcases-the-beautiful-nature-rich-landscapes-of-the-south-west-and-the-conservation-efforts-that-sustain-them/) - The stunning beauty of the South West has inspired many writers and artists, but now Natural England have joined forces with a RENEW poet and film maker to create a series of six inspiring videos about nature on protected sites in this corner of the country. Taking in Protected Sites across Cornwall, Devon and Somerset,
- ['Traffic light' dog-walking zones can benefit people, dogs & environment.](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/traffic-light-dog-walking-zones-can-benefit-people-dogs-and-environment/) - “Traffic light” dog-walking zones in the UK can benefit people, dogs and the environment, according to a new report. An estimated 12.5 million dogs live in the UK – up by about 30% since before the Covid pandemic. The ExCASES team held workshops with conservationists and professionals working with dog owners to review evidence, and
- [Introducing Ebrel and ReBio: RENEW's nature recovery tools](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/introducing-ebrel-and-rebio-renews-nature-recovery-tools/) - 22 July 2025, 11:00-12:30 Ebrel and ReBio are two open-access, decision-support tools developed as part of Theme 3’s Enablr system for nature recovery. Ebrel focuses on spatial prioritisation, identifying where and what types of habitat should be created or restored to support viable species populations across a landscape. ReBio complements this by supporting the delivery
- [Enter 'The Bog Challenge' with The Poetry Society - Young Poets Network](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/enter-the-bog-challenge-with-the-poetry-societys-young-poets-network/) - A bog-inspired poetry competition for ages 25 and under. The Poetry Society’s Foyle Young Poets Award-winners Freya Gillard and Jennie Howitt are heading up a competition run by the Poetry Society’s Young Poets Network, aimed at exploring the wonderful world of bogs and peatland through poetry. The competition aims to shed creative light on this
- [ExCASES Mission: Who decides for Nature? Embedding deliberative democracy in biodiversity renewal.](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/who-decides-for-nature-embedding-deliberative-democracy-excases-mission/) - Research team Michelle Twena (Project Lead) – National Trust David Bavin – National Trust Clare Bissell – National Trust Matthew Heard – National Trust Sarah Crowley – University of Exeter Partners Collaborators Citizens from the People’s Assembly for Nature World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – UK Lancaster University Environment Agency London School of Economics Raven
- [ExCASES Mission: Seeing the forest for the deer](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/landscape-scale-deer-management/) - Research team David Bavin – National Trust Michelle Twena -National Trust Clare Bissell – National Trust Matthew Heard – National Trust Sarah Crowley – University of Exeter Partners Collaborators Woodland Trust British Association for Shooting and Conservation Association of Deer Management Groups The Country Food Trust Forest Research South Downs National Park Authority FareShare Sussex &
- [RENEW Co-Lead Professor Tim Lenton included on King’s Birthday Honours List.](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-co-lead-professor-tim-lenton-included-on-kings-birthday-honours-list/) - Professor Tim Lenton Professor Tim Lenton has been appointed OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for “services to understanding climate tipping points”. “Having worked for decades to highlight the risks for all of us from climate tipping points, it means a lot to have that recognised by the government and the King.”
- [The Land Speaks: From Stone Walls to Stakeholders on Dartmoor](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/the-land-speaks-from-stone-walls-to-stakeholders-on-dartmoor/) - I arrived at Shallowford Farm in my trusty old blue campervan and, after a warm welcome and quick tour from the lovely staff, parked up in the top field—surrounded by sheep, pigs, and chickens… This four-day visit was organised for RENEW’s early career researchers as an opportunity to explore Dartmoor, learn about the environmental land
- [Exeter researcher receives Frontiers Planet Prize honour](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/did-we-mention-ben-works-on-the-renew-project-just-saying/) - An Exeter academic has been recognised by the Frontiers Planet Prize for providing a breakthrough to an important environmental issue. Professor Ben Groom from the University of Exeter Business School is part of a team that has designed a new method for calculating the benefits that arise from conserving biodiversity and nature for future generations.
- [Learning from best practice in sustainable governance performance](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/learning-from-best-practice-in-sustainable-governance-performance/) - Research team . Sophie Stenson – University of Exeter Dr Oliver James – University of Exeter Dr Lewis Elliot – University of Exeter . Partners . Collaborators Aims Renewing biodiversity will require a workforce with the right skills, knowledge and experience. Relatively little is currently known about the nature workforce or how it might develop
- [Integrating health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability (HWNS) outcomes into strategic place-making](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/integrating-health-wellbeing-nature-and-sustainability-hwns-outcomes-into-strategic-place-making-co-designing-a-toolkit-to-support-complex-decision-making-at-a-local-level/) - Integrating health, wellbeing, nature and sustainability (HWNS) outcomes into strategic place-making: co-designing a toolkit to support complex decision-making at a local level . Oliver James – University of Exeter Jamie McCauley – University of Exeter Jemma Sharman – Natural England Tim Sunderland – Natural England Jen Scott – Natural England Partners Overview The toolkit is
- [Improving citizen science biodiversity recording through tailored communication approaches](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/improving-citizen-science-biodiversity-recording-through-tailored-communication-approaches/) - Research team . Emma Squire – University of Exeter Lewis Elliot – University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell – University of Exeter Kevin J Gaston – University of Exeter . Partners . Aims Citizen science plays an important role in the provision of biodiversity data in the UK. However, there are certain limitations on the quantity
- [Understanding 'quality of engagement,' in nature renewal among farmers](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/understanding-quality-of-engagement-in-nature-renewal-among-farmers/) - Research team . Charlie Masquelier – University of Exeter Matt Lobley – University of Exeter Rebecca Wheeler – University of Exeter Caroline Nye – University of Exeter Carolyn Petersen – University of Exeter . Aims Farmers and other land managers play a vital role in looking after our countryside, but competing business pressures can sometimes make engaging
- [Mapping human inequalities and biodiversity in the UK](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/mapping-human-inequalities-and-biodiversity-in-the-uk/) - Research team . Regan Early– University of Exeter Alice Drysdale – University of Exeter Kevin Gaston– University of Exeter Aims To understand the relationship between biodiversity and human communities in urban areas. . Approach Previous research has focused on access to the wellbeing value of greenspaces. For example, the ORVal tool was created to look at
- [Personalised Ecologies Index pilot study - Quantifying people’s interactions with nature](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/personalised-ecologies-index-pilot-study-quantifying-peoples-interactions-with-nature/) - Research team . Mark Ferguson – University of Exeter Kevin Gaston– University of Exeter Aims Understanding people, their agency, nature experiences, landscape-embeddedness, and framings-of-meaning, is at the heart of RENEW. This work is intended to pilot a Personalised Ecology Index (PEI) that will translate the concept of Personalised Ecology into a simple measure. The
- [Perceptions of green and natural spaces](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/perceptions-of-green-and-natural-spaces/) - Research team . Jo Garret – University of Exeter Lewis Elliott – University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell – University of Exeter Kevin J. Gaston – University of Exeter Ben Phillips – University of Exeter Fraenze Kibowski – Natural England Tom Marshall – Natural England Partners and collaborators Aims It is now broadly recognised that living near
- [Integrating Social Data into Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP)](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/integrating-social-data-into-systematic-conservation-planning-scp/) - Research team . Devmini Bandara – University of Exeter Kevin Gaston– University of Exeter Lewis Elliot – University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell – University of Exeter Partners . Dr. Humphrey Crick – Natural England Dr. Fraenze Kibowski – Natural England Dr. James Hoggett – Natural England Giselle Sterry – NBN Trust . . Aims Traditional
- [Biodiversity impacts of different net zero carbon pathways for UK’s power system](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/biodiversity-impacts-of-different-net-zero-carbon-pathways-for-uks-power-system/) - Research team . Anqi Liu– University of Exeter Xiaoyu Yan – University of Exeter Kevin Gaston – University of Exeter Aims This study attempts to bridge the gap between achieving net zero carbon and preserving biodiversity, providing crucial insights into the ecological impacts of the UK’s energy system transformation towards net zero, and guiding policymakers to
- [Updates from the field with David Bavin and the RENEW ExCASES team](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/updates-from-the-field-with-david-bavin-and-the-renew-excases-team/) - Above: ExCASES deer mission planning, National Trust Heelis. Implementing the first mission The first mission we are currently delivering revolves around deer management. The increase and expansion of deer populations in the UK are, in places, having a significantly detrimental impact on biodiversity and deer welfare, with associated socio-economic costs for people. The spread and
- [People of colour in ‘green spaces’: key barriers and the role of academia](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/people-of-colour-in-green-spaces-key-barriers-and-the-role-of-academia/) - People of colour in the UK face systemic barriers in accessing and thriving in natural, academic, and professional ‘green spaces’. When it comes to natural green spaces, people of colour are mainly affected by three types of barriers: structural barriers—e., shortage and/or low quality of nearby accessible natural spaces and often unaffordable costs of visiting
- [Celebrating National Poetry Day 2023 - Refuge with The Poetry Society](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/celebrating-national-poetry-day-2023-refuge-with-the-poetry-society-renew/) - National Poetry Day There are poetry events all around the country today, and we’re marking the occasion with a new classroom resource – Care Package – for Key Stages 3-5, the Foyle Young Poets (To be announced 1300 05/10/23) of the Year Award Ceremony at Shakespeare's Globe, and the announcement of the winners of our Stanza Poetry
- [Corporate nature champions: identifying enabling factors for business action on biodiversity](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/corporate-nature-champions-identifying-enabling-factors-for-business-action-on-biodiversity/) - Research team Ryan Nolan – University of Exeter Noel Morrin – University of Exeter Partners & Collaborators Aims The business and finance sectors are paying increasing attention to the impacts of their activities on biodiversity, and the risks posed by biodiversity loss. RENEW is working to understand the barriers and enablers for business action on biodiversity,
- [Rapid ExCASES mission ideation: from the Biodiversity Parliament to Padlet](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/rapid-excases-mission-ideation-from-the-biodiversity-parliament-to-padlet/) - How we develop mission proposals to ensure they are interdisciplinary, agile and codesigned... We wanted to give a flavour of what an ExCASES participatory workshop looks like and demonstrate practically how we develop mission proposals to ensure they are interdisciplinary, agile and codesigned. It was also a rare opportunity to collect mission ideas and inputs
- [Feelings towards trees in Plymouth](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/plymouth-trees/) - Research team . Shari Mang – University of Exeter Regan Early – University of Exeter John Wedgwood Clarke – University of Exeter Lucy Mercer – University of Exeter Aims This project aims to: 1) Study peoples’ values and feelings towards urban street trees in Plymouth. 2) Evaluate if values and feelings vary among neighbourhoods with
- [Tales from a recovering Parliamentary candidate](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/tales-from-a-recovering-parliamentary-candidate/) - Some post-campaign reflections As you’ve probably guessed, given that I’m writing this blog rather than learning my way around the Palace of Westminster, I was unsuccessful – this time, anyway! I’m still processing the experience, but here are a few immediate reflections on the extent to which the nature crisis featured in the campaign. DISCLAIMER:
- [Seeing the Forest for the Deer. ExCASES first mission is published](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/seeing-the-forest-for-the-deer/) - The mission oriented around a series of workshops with relevant stakeholders, which included many participants who are not usually involved in deer management activities and decisions (e.g., food justice and redistribution organisations, local councillors, academics and educators, animal welfare and countryside experts). By engaging a wider range of voices we were able to collectively explore
- [How can we make environmental justice a reality?](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/how-can-we-make-environmental-justice-a-reality/) - Research team . Catriona McKinnon – University of Exeter Alice Moseley – University of Exeter Ria Poole – University of Exeter Aims Many communities feel disconnected from nature and its benefits. RENEW’s people-in-nature approach puts fairness for people at the heart of biodiversity renewal. This means taking environmental injustice seriously. But what is environmental justice,
- [Bog Talk with Rose Ferraby & John Wedgwood Clarke](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-with-rose-ferraby-john-wedgwood-clarke/) - Above: Rose Ferraby with poet Richard Scott at a pool of sphagnum moss on Dartmoor. After a spring of getting to know these sites, this seasonal shift feels somehow personal, rooted by our attentive observations through the year. As part of our work with Natural England on their Protected Sites Strategy, we’ve been coming out
- [Aligning strategic & participatory approaches to agri-environment scheme design & implementation to enhance nature recovery](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/plain-language-summary-aligning-strategic-and-participatory-approaches-to-agri-environment-scheme-design-and-implementation-to-enhance-nature-recovery-outcomes/) - Nature restoration at the heart of where it’s needed most To effectively restore nature, it is essential to allocate conservation resources where they are most needed and in amounts that support both wildlife and the environment. Agri-environment schemes (AES) are among the most significant tools in Europe for promoting environmental health across farmland. However, despite
- [Confirmed Decline of Willow Tits in Cornwall: Evidence & Action to Prevent Extinction](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/confirmed-decline-of-willow-tits-in-cornwall-evidence-action-to-prevent-extinction/) - Working with local communities to secure a future for willow tit populations. Cornwall’s unique natural landscape is home to some of the last remaining populations of willow tits in southern England. We previously introduced the case study, exploring the likely extinction of this species—Britain’s fastest-declining resident bird—and outlined a plan to assess their status in
- [The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS): our approach for a new longitudinal survey](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/the-renewing-biodiversity-longitudinal-survey-rebls-our-approach-for-a-new-longitudinal-survey/) - In this paper we set out our plan for the first large scale survey of how 18,000 people’s attitudes towards nature and efforts to renew biodiversity change over time. In response to the biodiversity crisis, there are growing efforts in England to restore, expand, and connect natural areas, including in towns and cities. These initiatives
- [The ReBLS survey: understanding how people’s attitudes to nature change over time](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/the-rebls-survey-understanding-how-peoples-attitudes-to-nature-change-over-time/) - 09 July 2025, 13:00-14:00 The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS) is a joint project between the University of Exeter and Natural England undertaken as part of RENEW’s Individual Actors theme. The aim of ReBLS is to better understand how people’s awareness, attitudes, and behaviours concerning biodiversity change over time. The survey will help explain the
- [People in nature: balancing public access and biodiversity renewal](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/people-in-nature-balancing-public-access-and-biodiversity-renewal/) - 24 June 2025, 14:00-15:30 Providing opportunities for people to experience and connect with the natural world is an important objective for conservationists. Time spent in nature and green/blue spaces are associated with health and wellbeing benefits for people and can inspire pro-environmental attitudes that translate into positive behavioural changes. But recreation and conservation are not
- [The Renewing Biodiversity Longitudinal Survey (ReBLS) | Exploring how individual attitudes to nature change over time](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/rebls/) - Research team — Lewis Elliott – University of Exeter Rebecca Lovell – University of Exeter Jo Garrett – University of Exeter Ben Phillips – University of Exeter Kevin Gaston – University of Exeter Fraenze Kibowski – Natural England Ruth Lamont – Natural England Partners — — Aims The objectives of ReBLS are: To determine whether
- [Renewing our relationship to food](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renewing-our-relationship-to-food/) - Taste with a sense of place Fortunately, on our doorstep we were lucky to find and work with the Ground Up Cookery School, who took us on a journey of discovery on foraged, sustainable, low-waste food options, enabling us to deliver a low-impact conference dinner. Based on the northern edge of Dartmoor National Park, Ground
- [Poems inspire at the Biodiversity Parliament](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/poems-inspire-at-the-biodiversity-parliament/) - Using poetic licence in research practice Caleb will be starting a creative writing practice-as-research studentship aligned with Theme 2 (Community Action) in January 2023, looking at poetic responses to the science of biodiversity renewal and the role of the poet-educator during the biodiversity crisis. Unbeknownst to many at the Parliament, Caleb was hard at work
- [RENEW x Confederation of British Industry (CBI). The Nature of Business report](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/the-nature-of-business-report/) - Businesses need more guidance to protect and restore the natural world, that’s why the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) collaborated with the University of Exeter to produce The Nature of Business report. Sharing best practice The majority of UK businesses have plans to address their impact on biodiversity and nature loss, but a lack of
- [Partnership’s research will boost UK biodiversity and protect landscapes in critical decade](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/university-of-exeters-ben-dickenson-bampton-reviews-the-renew-and-national-trust-partnership/) - Researchers at the University of Exeter and the National Trust are joining forces to improve the UK’s biodiversity and manage precious landscapes. In the face of rapid environmental change and declining biodiversity, the two organisations are driving closer collaboration between their research teams to help transform the ways that landscapes are managed and encourage people
- [RENEW Event - Perspectives on personalised ecology *Event Now Closed*](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/perspectives-on-personalised-ecology/) - Event Information Each of us has a personalised ecology, a set of direct interactions with the natural world that change through the day, the week, the season, and across our lifetimes. The scale and composition of these interactions vary greatly between people and are shaped by opportunities, capabilities and motivations. These personalised ecologies have a
- [Launching ExCASES: a rapid solutions generator for biodiversity renewal challenges](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/excases-solutions-generator/) - Taking on a mission 'Missions' are short bursts of focused, collaborative activity (lasting 3-6 months), bringing together multidisciplinary teams of researchers and practitioners to co-create outputs or solutions to a specific problem relating to biodiversity renewal (such as best practice, guidance tools, stakeholder engagement, technical solutions, policy recommendations, conceptual frameworks, etc.). Above: The good-ship-ExCASES sets
- [Research Event - What aspects of biodiversity are valuable? *Event Closed*](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/research-event-what-aspects-of-biodiversity-are-valuable/) - Date: Wednesday 10th - Thursday 11th May 2023 Time: 1000 - 1500 Location: Trevithick Room, Environment and Sustainability Institute, Penryn Campus Details: Biodiversity per se is valuable. But understanding which aspects of biodiversity should be prioritised is extremely difficult. This question is central in numerous arenas of decision-making; from setting government policy and regulation to
- [Partner Forum event: What works for inter - and transdisciplinary collaboration?](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/partner-forum-event-what-works-for-inter-and-transdisciplinary-collaboration/) - Thursday 22nd June, 10:00-12:00, Online Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration – that is, research reaching across disciplines and beyond academia – are key to achieving effective biodiversity renewal, but can be challenging to undertake in practice. RENEW Theme X3: Collaboration in Practice aims to determine the learning about inter- and transdisciplinary working that results from RENEW
- [The importance of Personalised Ecologies](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/the-emergence-of-personalised-ecologies/) - Exploring Personalised Ecologies This collaborative event was a well-organised workshop held online on 20th June 2023, which introduced over 90 participants to the theory of PE through innovative Mentimeter polls and group feedback coordinated by Peter. Stemming from discussions was a series of qualitative responses, thoughts, beliefs, and new ideas with suggestions for the real-world
- [Reflections from the Agile Summer School](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/reflections-from-the-agile-summer-school/) - Exploring Scientific and Policy-based Landscapes This meeting marked the first time that the four projects had convened in person, enabling us to compare notes and learn about each other’s structure, goals and – critically - lessons learned so far. Over the course of the week, a group of primarily ECRs learned from each other, alongside
- [Looking ahead - a new collaborative global biodiversity framework fund launches in Vancouver](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/looking-ahead-after-a-new-collaborative-global-biodiversity-framework-fund-is-launched-in-vancouver/) - “It stands as a testament to the collective determination of nations to steer our planet towards a healthier future for the planet and its people.” Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility. This statement by Carlos Manuel Rodríguez to the assembly, which was in attendance by environmental leaders and managers from
- [The Conservation Careers Podcast with RENEW Co-Director Professor Kevin Gaston](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/podcast-kevin-gaston-in-conversation-with-nick-askew-at-conservation-careers/) - The Conservation Careers Podcast | Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW) with Professor Kevin Gaston RENEW Co-Director Kevin Gaston discusses his research into personalised ecologies and RENEW’s nature recovery agenda. It’s great to hear Kevin and Nick share their own personal experiences with the natural world, experiences that have shaped Kevin’s career as a
- [Juggling two hats: A RENEW PhD student’s journey in sustainable governance & IUCN chairing](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/juggling-two-hats-a-renew-phd-students-journey-in-sustainable-governance-and-iucn-chairing/) - Starting a PhD journey on the RENEW project at the University of Exeter I had initially developed the idea for my PhD research topic almost a year before hearing about the RENEW project. At that time, I was desperately seeking collaborations and opportunities to try to fund my research independently. I feel very grateful for
- [A review of the RENEW Parliament 2023 with Rebecca Edgerley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/a-review-of-the-renew-parliament-2023-with-rebecca-edgerley/) - Academics, professionals, and participants gather to build ideas, interventions, and solutions to biodiversity challenges In what is perhaps becoming a RENEW Parliament tradition, PhD student and poet, Caleb Parkin, closed proceedings with a poem. Or, maybe, the poem was an opening. Playfully weaving the many voices that we heard over the course of the Parliament,
- [Evaluating access interventions at the coastline](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/evaluating-access-interventions-at-the-uk-coastline/) - Research team Kevin Gaston – University of Exeter James Lowe – University of Exeter Gavin Stark – Natural England Partners — — Aims Natural England’s Coastal Access Programme aims to increase and improve public access to England’s coastline. It is constructing the King Charles III England Coast Path, a walking route around England’s coast
- [How businesses affect nature resilience - Integrating biodiversity and ecosystem resilience into nature impact analysis](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/how-businesses-affect-nature-resilience/) - Research team — Will Bugg – University of Exeter Tim Lenton – University of Exeter Oshadee Siyaguna – J O Hambro (Regnan) Gail Whiteman – University of Exeter Thomas Powell – University of Exeter Jesse Abrams – University of Exeter — Partnership — Aims Businesses and financial investors are paying more attention to how their
- [Using creative methods to explore interdisciplinarity](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/using-creative-methods-to-explore-interdisciplinarity/) - Research team — Rebecca Edgerley – University of Exeter Susan Molyneux-Hodgson – University of Exeter Angela Cassidy – University of Exeter Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw – University of Exeter John Wedgwood Clarke – University of Exeter Aims Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research is popular right now, featuring heavily in funding calls and projects. But what does it mean,
- [Mapping farmer-led opportunities for nature recovery](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/mapping-farmer-led-opportunities-for-nature-recovery/) - Research team — David Baker – University of Exeter Ilya Maclean – University of Exeter Daveron Smith – University of Exeter Alex Inman – University of Exeter | LEEP Institute Dr Emma Gardner – UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Partners Aims To understand key opportunities for and barriers to nature-friendly farming To collect baseline
- [RENEW Early Career Research Community: What is Biodiversity Renewal?](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-early-career-research-community-what-is-biodiversity-renewal/) - What is biodiversity? And what is biodiversity renewal? These questions sit not just at the heart of conservation science and RENEW as a project but are questions of central importance to us as a species if we wish to flourish, within a flourishing world. Above: Starling murmuration: “dynamic, reactive and always in flux.” Image
- [When mathematical and ecological worlds intertwine](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/when-mathematical-and-ecological-worlds-intertwine/) - Well, the person is a coordinate on a grid, as is the pigeon, and the forest is indicated by a smattering of yellow pixels on the grid. Above: Pigeon-in-the-code (left) and pigeon-in-the-flesh-through-a-camera (right). Image and photograph by Siddharth Unnithan Kumar. Synapsed to the terminal, senses spellbound by the digital (to paraphrase David Abram), I do
- [Literature X Ecology Series with Forrest Gander](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/forrest-gander/) - LITERATURE X ECOLOGY SERIES with Forrest Gander Conversation conducted on: Thursday 7 March 2023 In this online reading and conversation, Forrest Gander talked about his writing to date, such as his recent collection Your Nearness (Arc, 2022) [US edition;Twice Alive (New Directions, 2021)] and forthcoming collection Mojave Ghost (New Directions, 2024) in relation to ecology
- [Literature X Ecology Series with Sylvia Legris](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/sylvia-legris/) - LITERATURE X ECOLOGY SERIES with Sylvia Legris Conversation conducted on: Thursday 23 November 2023 The title of Sylvia Legris’ melopoeic collection The Principle of Rapid Peering comes from a phrase the nineteenth-century ornithologist and field biologist Joseph Grinnell used to describe the feeding behaviour of certain birds. Rather than waiting passively for food to approach
- [Literature X Ecology Series with Karen McCarthy Woolf](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/karen-mccarthy-woolf/) - LITERATURE X ECOLOGY SERIES with Karen McCarthy Woolf Conversation conducted on Tuesday, 5 December 2023 (Online) Seasonal Disturbances: set against a backdrop of ecological and emotional turbulence, these poems are charged yet meditative explorations of nature, the city, and the self. A sinister CEO presides over a dystopian hinterland where private detectives investigate crimes against
- [Partner Forum: Introducing ExCASES](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/partner-forum-introducing-excases/) - Join us to find out more about ExCASES - one of RENEW's cross-cutting themes focused on agile, solutions-oriented research. Thursday 16th May 2024, 14:00-15:00, Online This Partner Forum event is your chance to meet the ExCASES team and find out more about their work on rapid, impactful and cross-sectoral 'missions' on challenging questions relating to
- [Assessing how managers make sense of businesses’ biodiversity impacts](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/assessing-how-managers-make-sense-of-businesses-biodiversity-impacts/) - Research team Patrick Oko Quaye – University of Exeter Gail Whiteman – University of Exeter Stefano Pascucci – University of Exeter Aims The UK is a signatory to the 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) which set international goals to address ongoing biodiversity loss. These include a requirement on large and transnational companies and financial
- [Helping businesses understand their biodiversity footprint - Using a Life Cycle Assessment approach to quantify biodiversity impacts for large organisations](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/helping-businesses-understand-their-biodiversity-footprint/) - Helping businesses understand their biodiversity footprint – Using a Life Cycle Assessment approach to quantify biodiversity impacts for large organisations . Research team . Maria Eugenia Correa Cano – University of Exeter Xiaoyu Yan – University of Exeter Rosie Hails – National Trust Partners . . . . Aims Businesses, finance institutions and other large organisations
- [Literature X Ecology Series with Brenda Hillman](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/literature-x-ecology-series-with-brenda-hillman/) - https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/BrendHillman.mp4 Literature x Ecology Series with Brenda Hillman (Full Recording) Conversation conducted on Thursday 11 April 2024 Brenda Hillman begins her book Extra Hidden Life: among the Days in a place of mourning and listening that is deeply transformative. By turns plain and transcendent, these poems meditate on trees, bacteria, wasps, buildings, roots, and
- [Biodiversity’s Ghosts: Ecopoetry in a Time of Hyperobjects](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/biodiversitys-ghosts-ecopoetry-in-a-time-of-hyperobjects/) - Investigating the biosphere as a ‘hyperobject’ through contemporary poetry practice, reading and writing. Research team . Caleb Parkin – University of Exeter John Wedgwood Clarke – University of Exeter Regan Early – University of Exeter Eurasian Jay – Europe Aims This is a practice-based poetry PhD and thus, involves an interplay of creative writing
- [Reviewing the evidence to protect natural sites](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/reviewing-the-evidence-to-protect-natural-sites/) - How effective are social science-informed interventions in addressing the environmental impacts of recreational activities in protected areas and similar sites? Research Team . Bethan Stagg – University of Exeter Oliver James – University of Exeter Alice Moseley – University of Exeter Gavin Stark – Natural England Eirini Saratsi – Natural England Partners
- [Co-design to improve biodiversity outcomes on common land](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/co-design-to-improve-biodiversity-outcomes-on-common-land/) - Research team . Jo Furtado – University of Exeter Regan Early – University of Exeter Matt Lobley – University of Exeter Rosie Hails – National Trust Julia Aglionby – Foundation for Common Land Partners . Aims Common land, especially upland common land in places like the Lake District, encompasses large tracts of our most well-loved
- [Literature X Ecology Series with Rachael Allen](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/literature-x-ecology-series-with-rachael-allen/) -  Literature X Ecology Series with Rachael Allen Conversation held on Thursday 6th June 2024 In this online reading and conversation, Rachael Allen talked about her collection God Complex (Faber, 2024) in relation to ecology and ecopoetics. God Complex, Rachael Allen’s second collection, is a sweeping and corrosive epic, a narrative poem that tells the
- [Environmental explainer series: Systematic conservation planning](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/environmental-explainer-series-systematic-conservation-planning/) - What is Systematic Conservation Planning? In recent years, the increasing recognition of the need for effective conservation measures to protect biodiversity has led to the widespread adoption of Systematic Conservation Planning (SCP) across various global contexts. SCP is a framework designed to assist in making informed decisions about conservation actions. It helps prioritise and choose
- [NCUB: Nature’s Nexus - Showcasing environmental collaboration](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/natures-nexus-showcasing-collaboration/) - Identifying and developing collaborative relationships is what RENEW is all about, without effective collaboration renewing biodiversity in the UK would be considerably more difficult. Fortunately, we meet individuals, communities and businesses every day, working to make biodiversity renewal more achievable. The summer edition of Nature’s Nexus from the National Centre for Universities and Business (NCUB),
- [Towards an ecological mathematics: new correspondences with the natural world](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/towards-an-ecological-mathematics/) - Event closed 23 September 2024, 11:00-12:30, hybrid Location: Online via Microsoft Teams or in-person in the Trevithick Room, Environmental and Sustainability Institute (ESI), University of Exeter Penryn Campus, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE Mathematics plays a fundamental role in climate and biodiversity research. However, its uses remain largely separate from advances in environmental thought, particularly in
- [How diversified stakeholder collaboration can improve landscape-scale deer management](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/how-diversified-stakeholder-collaboration-can-improve-landscape-scale-deer-management/) - ‘Seeing the Forest for the Deer’ aimed to support stakeholders in more effectively framing, co-ordinating, and developing shared deer management objectives. The ExCASES team focused on engaging and drawing expertise from a diverse range of stakeholders to understand better what a landscape-scale approach to deer management could look like in practice. They employed a structured,
- [RENEW PhD Student Sophie Stenson presents at the Chartered Institute of Ecology & Environmental Management (CIEEM)](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-phd-student-sophie-stenson-presents-at-the-chartered-institute-of-ecology-environmental-management-cieem/) - Sophie Stenson has a BSc in Zoology and a MSc in Conservation Science and Policy, with extensive experience volunteering within the wildlife conservation sector in the UK, Mexico and Costa Rica. Sophie is motivated to develop and work within a just conservation sector, now studying towards her PhD with the RENEW Theme 2: Community Action
- [Finding My Place at the RENEW Biodiversity Parliament](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/finding-my-place-at-the-renew-biodiversity-parliament/) - The power of collective intelligence This year’s Biodiversity Parliament, orchestrated by the ExCASES team, exemplified why large-scale research projects are so vital in addressing complex societal challenges. These events serve as crucial intersections where academic disciplines converge with industry expertise and policy insights. In the daily grind of data analysis, grant writing, and navigating peer
- [An international perspective about corporate impacts on nature and the PhD journey](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/an-international-perspective-about-corporate-impacts-on-nature-and-the-phd-journey/) - In 2024, RENEW PhD student Will Bugg took his PhD research across the pond to Australia, where transdisciplinary ways of working, a change in lifestyle & common ground supplied by international Rugby added dimension to Will’s PhD journey. Returning to the UK – still running – a series of conferences inspired new ideas & business
- [NERC RENEW PhD Studentship 2022/23. *Applications closed*](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/nerc-renew-phd-studentship-2022-23/) - Supervisors Prof Tim Lenton, Director, Global Systems Institute, Geography, University of Exeter. Prof Gail Whiteman, Professor of Sustainability, Business School, University of Exeter. Dr Tom Powell, Global Systems Institute, Geography, University of Exeter. Dr Jesse Abrams, Global Systems Institute, Geography, University of Exeter General Information: The ‘Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach’ (RENEW) project will work

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- [Home](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/) - RENEW is a five-year partnership programme to develop solutions to one of the major environmental challenges for humankind: the renewal of biodiversity.
- [BookTrust: Story Support Network](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/booktrust-story-support-network/)
- [RENEW and BookTrust: New Nature Stories](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-and-booktrust-new-nature-stories/)
- [BookTrust: About](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/booktrust-about/)
- [Creative Practice](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/creative-practice/) - RENEW uses creative practice in a number of ways, not least to encourage interdisciplinary practice and personal reflection. It is integral to many of our researchers’ exploratory processes, including our poets, social scientists and PhD students. It is used to encourage biodiversity engagement, including developing inspiring resources for schools and communities. Creative practice can help
- [ExCASES Mission Outputs](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/excases-mission-reports/) - ExCASES Mission Outputs ExCASES is a ‘solutions generator’ designed to tackle issues facing biodiversity renewal that are not covered by RENEW’s four core themes. It provides an agile, flexible mechanism to work collaboratively with partners, researchers, and organisations from diverse sectors on focused topics. This cross-cutting theme is run by an interdisciplinary team of researchers
- [About BogTalk](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/about-bogtalk/) - Why Bogs? Myriad worlds of past and present, human and non-human exist in bogs. They’re places of magical discoveries, of stories just waiting to be told… The ecological and human mingle in bogs. They’ve fascinated us so much we tried to talk to them through votive offerings as if to a strange version of
- [BogTalk: Poetry and public engagement with peatlands](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bog-talk-poetry-and-public-engagement-with-peatlands/) - Inspired by bogs, our poetry and creative approaches will help you get stuck into understanding and caring for peatlands. Bogs. Quagmires. Peatlands. They’re Squidgy worlds full of beginnings and endings. Like books of the earth. But bogs have been much maligned in recent times. Dark myths and folklore have grown in their depths. Yet
- [BogTalk Resources](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/bogtalk-resources/) - Podcasts Education Resources [pdf-embedder url=”https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bog-Talk-Education-Resource-1_Bogs-Talking.pdf” width=”50%” height=”auto”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bog-Talk-Education-Resource-2_Becoming-a-Bog.pdf” width=”50%” height=”auto”] [pdf-embedder url=”https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bog-posters.pdf” width=”50%” height=”auto”] Poet’s Reflections [pdf-embedder url=”https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Bog-Talk_Advice-for-writing-about-bogs-.pdf” width=”50%” height=”auto”] Sound Resources These following sounds have been created, assembled and described by Rose Ferraby as part of Bog Talk. They are a selection of different sounds recorded at peatlands around the UK, using microphones,
- [New Poetry](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/new-poetry-bog-talk/) - To understand the full creative potential of bogs we commissioned three nationally significant poets: Fiona Benson, Richard Scott and AK Blakemore. We wanted to gauge the transformative effect of spending time with bogs, and how our commissioned poets spent a weekend together in and on the bogs of Dartmoor, accompanied by specialists from the South
- [Education](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/education-bog-talk/) - Inspiring the next generation of bog lovers through poetry and hands-on science-learning all mashed up together. Schools It is vital we inspire and educate the next generation about bogs. Collaborating with the Poetry Society and the South West Peatland Partnership the project has experimented with ways of engaging primary school children with poetry and
- [BogTalk Events](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/events-bog-talk/) - Opportunities to share creative work on bogs has been a key part of Bog Talk. We are fascinated in how people respond to poetry, discussing approaches, running workshops and sharing the commissioned poetry at events. We’ve enjoyed running our own events, as well as being participants at workshops and conferences spanning archaeology, farming and conservation.
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- [RENEW Biodiversity Parliament](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/biodiversity-parliament/) - Each year the RENEW community, including researchers, partners, and support staff, convene to connect in person, reflect on progress, challenges and explore new opportunities for biodiversity renewal. Held at a new location each year, the Parliament celebrates people, place, shares progress, learnings and encourages participatory processes to find common ground across diverse disciplines and sectors.
- [Pond Beats](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/pond-beats/) - Over 2024/25, RENEW has been working with the Riverlands Bollin project at the National Trust’s Quarry Bank site in Cheshire to develop a series of workshops for local schools that combine exploration of the acoustic ecology of ponds with creative writing. We were fortunate to work with RENEW partner The Poetry Society, and through their
- [Team](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/the-team/) - The RENEW team comprises over 70 researchers and support staff from the University of Exeter and the National Trust, spanning natural and social sciences to arts and humanities disciplines. We are working together to tackle challenges around biodiversity renewal from an interdisciplinary and whole-systems perspective. Leadership Team Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova Principal Investigator View bio Kevin Gaston
- [Resources](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/resources/) - RENEW resources are building all the time with new and upcoming journal articles, reports, best practice guidance, media features and creative outputs from across the team. Journal Articles Reports Best Practice Guidance Creative Resources Tools
- [Literature X Ecology Series & Workshops](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/literature-x-ecology-series/) - Conversations with leading contemporary poets whose work intersects with ecological thinking. With the assistance of funding from the Biodiversity and People Network, RENEW Postdoctoral Research Fellow Lucy Mercer chaired the Literature X Ecology Series: seven online public conversations with internationally significant poets about their work, and on the relation of poetry to ecology. The poets participating in
- [Renewal Poster Poems](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renewal-poster-poems/) - With the assistance of funding from the Biodiversity and People Network, RENEW team members John Wedgwood Clarke and Lucy Mercer worked with independent publisher Prototype to commission eight poets to produce a set of limited-edition poster poems on the theme of renewal, ecology and interconnectedness. Folders: Gmund Les Naturals, Sable, 330gsm, with letter pressed text
- [Theme 3: Land Managers](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-3-land-managers/) - Our work with land managers recognises that currently the delivery of nature renewal relies heavily on highly managed reserves and broad policy incentives interspersed with opportunistic initiatives. To achieve integrated landscape-scale renewal we will develop approaches that combine strategic planning with those that (i) incorporate real-world opportunities and constraints and (ii) include co-design and delivery
- [Ebrel & ReBio - Decision support tools for biodiversity renewal](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/decision-support-for-biodiversity-renewal/) - Ebrel and ReBio are two decision-support tools currently being developed by researchers in the Land Management theme of the RENEW project, as part of the Enablr system for nature recovery. Together, they support the planning and delivery of biodiversity recovery in real landscapes, based on transparent, evidence-led approaches. Ebrel focuses on spatial prioritisation, identifying where
- [Tools](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/tools/) - Access tools, methods and findings developed as part of RENEW’s interdisciplinary research. Introduction Ebrel & ReBio Part of the Enablr system for nature recover, Ebrel and ReBio are decision-support tools supporting the planning and delivery of biodiversity recovery in real landscapes.
- [Red River: Walking and Poetry](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/red-river-walking-and-poetry/) - RENEW PhD students explore how creative writing can transform our relationship with a polluted, post-industrial river. In June 2023, RENEW PhD students visited Tuckingmill, near Camborne, Cornwall, for a walk with poet and professor John Wedgewood Clarke, one of the leads on Theme 2, Community Action. John previously ran a research project investigating the history,
- [Journal Articles](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/research-publications/) - Access a range of published articles and resources from RENEW themes such as personalised ecology and collaboration in practice. August 2025 | Siddharth Unnithan Kumar; David J. Baker; Ilya M. D. Maclean; Kevin J. Gaston | (2025) Spatial prioritisation for nature recovery with multiple options for habitat creation Summary 1. The creation of habitat in
- [RENEW Fieldwork Photography](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-fieldwork-photography/) - A selection of photography by RENEW team members in varied landscape from upland fells to coastal footpaths. Members of the RENEW team often take photographs during field work or site visits for a variety of reasons, such as visual recording for the research itself, or to use them blogs and PowerPoints for research dissemination. Photography
- [Natural England's Wild West Country Odyssey with John Wedgwood Clarke](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/natural-englands-wild-westcountry-odyssey-featuring-john-wedgwood-clarke/) - Journey with Professor of poetry, John Wedgwood Clarke as he visits some of the South West’s most wonderfully wild and natural places, as part of Natural England’s Wild West Country Odyssey. Kynance Cove & The Lizard – Wild Westcountry Odyssey This is the first film in a series of six, featuring poet and environmentalist Professor
- [Reports](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/reports/) - Access RENEW reports such as biodiversity renewal missions from the ExCASES team or collaborations with business industry giants such as CBI Economics. Published: August 2025 RENEW ExCASES Mission: The Future of Biodiversity Renewal: Aspirational Visions Published: August 2025 RENEW ExCASES Mission: The Future of Biodiversity Renewal Published: June 2025 RENEW ExCASES Mission: Paws for Thought:
- [Theme X2: ExCASES](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-x2-excases/) - ExCASES is a solutions generator designed to tackle issues facing biodiversity renewal that are not covered in the main RENEW themes. The team provide an agile, flexible mechanism to work collaboratively with partners, researchers and organisations from diverse sectors on focused areas and topics. ExCASES is run by an interdisciplinary team of researchers based at
- [About](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/about/) - ‘Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach’ (RENEW) is a five-year partnership programme to develop solutions to one of the major environmental challenges for humankind: the renewal of biodiversity. RENEW is working with a sense of urgency, to reshape understanding and action on biodiversity renewal across scales, creating knowledge, and influencing national institutions, communities and individuals.
- [Best Practice Guidance](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/best-practice-guides/) - RENEW’s best practice guides provide experience-based guidance from each of the RENEW themes gained from stakeholder engagement in the field through a range of biodiversity renewal initiatives. Engaging land managers for nature conservation and renewal: A practical guide for environmental groups. A ‘living’ guide to fostering collaborative practices in RENEW.
- [Embedding EDI Practices within RENEW](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/embedding-edi-practices-within-renew/) - Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) principles and practices are embedded within the RENEW Programme across our Themes and within our projects. Our EDI work is focussed on supporting our partners and the organisations we work with, engaging with our research teams in relation to inclusive research practices and taking into consideration the needs and experiences
- [Write for us](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/blog/about-the-blog/) - The RENEW Blog celebrates diverse voices from across the RENEW partnership and beyond. It is an online hub for researchers, practitioners, policy makers, funders, land managers, businesses, communities, and individuals interested in the opportunities and challenges in renewing biodiversity. Our aim is to promote the importance of biodiversity renewal, through: Providing updates on the latest
- [Theme 1: Individual Actors](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-1-individual-actors/) - Our work on individual actors recognises that the delivery of large-scale biodiversity renewal is dependent on public support. Through better understanding of individuals’ engagement with nature we will improve the effectiveness of the methods used by many environmental organisations to develop that public support. We all have a personalised ecology i.e. a unique set of
- [Partner Forum](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/partners/partner-forum/) - Partnership working is central to the co-design and collaboration of RENEW. Our Partner Forum connects and supports partners and other stakeholders in the RENEW community. We work to facilitate knowledge co-production, provide networking opportunities, and help maximise the reach and impact of co-designed research interventions. All RENEW project partners are members of the Partner Forum
- [Theme X3: Collaboration in Practice](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-x3-collaboration-in-practice/) - Theme X3 will determine the learning about inter- and transdisciplinary working that results from RENEW and prior investments to facilitate spread of its benefits and good practice in research and delivery organisations involved in biodiversity renewal. Within X3 we will investigate the effectiveness of different approaches to addressing the complex challenges of biodiversity renewal through
- [Theme 4: Business and Finance Decision-makers](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-4-business-finance-decision-makers/) - Our work within Theme 4 recognises that embedding biodiversity renewal in finance and business activities is lagging substantially behind the advances that have occurred in carbon accounting and climate change. We will develop new tools and standards to close this gap and test their application. The business and finance sectors are paying increasing attention to
- [Blog](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/blog/) - Visit our About page for more information about the RENEW blog and writing for us. Check out the latest posts below.
- [Case Studies](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/renew-case-studies/) - Access our latest case studies detailing ongoing biodiversity renewal research and collaborative partnerships.
- [News](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/news/) - Welcome to the RENEW news pages. Catch up with articles from RENEW’s interdisciplinary research detailing our work towards biodiversity renewal across the UK.
- [Theme 2: Community Action](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-2-community-action/) - Our work on community action recognises that many communities feel disconnected from biodiversity renewal activities and its benefits. We will co-design effective and fair programmes, and leverage existing programmes, to increase beneficial place-based engagement. Individuals have the greatest effect on renewal when acting together with others. Collective action by people in communities of place and
- [Theme X1: Environmental Intelligence](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/themes/theme-x1-environmental-intelligence/) - The objective of X1 is to develop a novel capability in ‘environmental intelligence’ using artificial intelligence (AI) to integrate big data from multiple sources to support delivery of the other objectives and so shape behavioural change strategies to enable biodiversity renewal. To make truly effective use of the explosion in the availability of environmentally related
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## Bios

- [Sicily Fiennes](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/sicily-feinnes/) - X2 Postdoctoral Researcher National Trust Dr Sicily Fiennes is an interdisciplinary conservation scientist working at the intersection of political ecology and conservation social science. As part of their PhD at the University of Leeds they spent five months in Indonesia, visiting wildlife markets and leading workshops with conservation law enforcement on the social, technological, and
- [Bryony Aitchison](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/10142-2/) - Project Officer National Trust Bryony Aitchison is a researcher and writer whose work explores the relationships between place, identity, and creative practice. Her PhD focused on queer ecologies in the poetry and life-writing of modernist women writers, and she is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of York, leading a creative research project titled Side
- [Siobhan Vye](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/siobhan-vye/) - X1 Postdoctoral Research National Trust Siobhan is a marine biologist who has worked across research, policy and environmental stewardship, in the UK and internationally. Her recent career has focused on working with stakeholders and partners to improve conservation and management.
- [Simon Pattenden](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/simon-pattenden/) - Communications Officer University of Exeter Simon delivers research communications for high-profile partnership projects at the University of Exeter, including socio-environmental project themes such as European sustainability, climate change, air pollution, social housing and biodiversity renewal at RENEW. A communications specialist, Simon cocreates and coordinates content for multiple channels and often several large research teams, with
- [Craig McDougall](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/craig-mcdougal/) - X1 Postdoctoral Research University of Exeter Craig McDougall is an interdisciplinary researcher specialising in understanding how spending time in and around natural environment impacts human health and wellbeing. He utilises a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to understand human-nature interactions and has a particular interest in urban green and blue spaces, mental wellbeing and
- [Alexandra Gardener](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/alexandra-gardener/) - X1 Postdoctoral Research University of Exeter Alexandra Gardener is an applied ecologist whose work has focused on understanding how organisms experience and respond to their environment. By deepening knowledge of species’ interactions with their surroundings, including human influences, her research aims to support more effective strategies for biodiversity renewal. She is interested in ways to
- [Siddharth Unnithan Kumar](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/siddarth-kumar/) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Exeter After training in mathematics, I have been fortunate to work closely with (and have the contours of my mind shaped by) geographers, ecologists, Indigenous scholars, and anthropologists, among others. This journey, which has been anything but linear, is teaching me how mathematics can play a much deeper, richer, and
- [Selim Haj Ali](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/selim-haj-ali/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Dr Selim Haj Ali is a physicist with a background in network science and complexity theory. His research explores socio-ecological networks, soil erosion in drylands, and the global economy’s vulnerability to fossil fuel dependence, among other topics. He currently leads the development of a comprehensive biodiversity platform designed to help
- [Marcus Rhodes](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/8204-2/) - Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Exeter I am an ecologist interested in how species respond to changes in habitat and climate. My research investigates species’ persistence within landscapes under environmental change, with an applied focus on the role of microclimate and landscape characteristics, such as habitat quality, area and connectivity, in providing resilience to populations.
- [Elizabeth Galloway](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/elizabeth-galloway/) - X1 Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Exeter Elizabeth is a postdoctoral research fellow with a background in Earth Sciences and Environmental Intelligence. Her experience includes spatial data fusion, Machine Learning, and explainable AI. Her work within the RENEW project involves developing models to predict people's engagement with nature.
- [Yueyue Chai](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/yueyue-chai/) - X1 Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Exeter Yueyue Chai is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mathematics and Statistics, working with Professor Peter Challenor and in partnership with Natural England and DEFRA. Her research focuses on developing statistical models to measure people’s engagement with natural spaces.
- [Zdeněk Plesěk](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/zdenek-plesek/) - PhD Student University of Exeter Zdeněk (they/them) is a PhD student at University of Exeter. They have a master's degree in Computer Science from University of Exeter - their previous projects focused on AI robustness and explainable AI. Their current research follows this theme and is titled "Smart Agents for Biodiversity / Conservation."
- [Frederica Poznansky](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/frederica-poznansky/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter (Dr) Frederica Poznansky is an ecologist with a background in environmental intelligence, connecting data science, AI and ethics with sustainability and environmental research. She has worked on developing ecoacoustics methods for biodiversity monitoring and is interested in the integration of knowledge co-production practices into international conservation and restoration projects. Her
- [Ryan Nolan](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/ryan-nolan/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Ryan Nolan is an organizational scholar focusing on corporate sustainability and systemic change. His research examines how organizations and actors collaborate across boundaries to create better socio-ecological realities, with particular emphasis on circular economy implementation. He is motivated by generating meaningful societal impact and works with academic and industry partners
- [Ryan Shum](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/ryan-shum/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Ryan Shum is a social scientist, working at the interface of geography and science and technology studies. Before joining RENEW, he worked on an ESRC-funded PhD that examined the emerging geographies of microplastic science. His research interests include the everyday practices of scientific knowledge production, interdisciplinary collaboration (across both plastic
- [Shari Mang](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/shari-mang/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Dr Shari Mang is an ecologist interested in the impacts of anthropogenic activity on species and ecosystems and ways to improve human-wildlife coexistence. She has a background in community ecology, forestry, and remote sensing and has worked on projects across the Asia-Pacific, Indonesia, and the UK. Shari's work with RENEW
- [Charles Masquelier](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/charlesmasquelier/) - Associate Professor in Sociology University of Exeter Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Charles Masquelier is a social theorist working on political economy and human-nature relations. An important part of his research consists in applying the sociological imagination to the study of humans in nature by examining how their relation to nature, such as nature renewal engagement,
- [Carolyn Petersen](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/carolyn-petersen/) - X3 Knowledge Broker Impact Fellow University of Exeter Carolyn is an interdisciplinary social scientist working on environmental issues. She is currently working on Theme 3 interviewing farmers/land managers about their engagement with the environment and biodiversity. This builds on current work on the Local Nature Recovery Strategy and previous research interviewing farmers in Higher Level
- [Hywel Williams](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/hywell-williams/) - Co-Investigator University of Exeter Hywel is a computational scientist focused on challenges around sustainability and environmental change. He is a faculty member in Computer Science, and affiliated to the Institute for Data Science & Artificial Intelligence and the Global Systems Institute, at University of Exeter. He is a Visiting Fellow at Plymouth Marine Laboratory. Hywel
- [Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/eleanorhadleykershaw/) - Co-Investigator University of Exeter Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Eleanor Hadley Kershaw is a Co-Investigator in the Collaboration in Practice (X3) theme of the RENEW project and a member of the Centre for Rural Policy Research and the Centre for the Study of Life Sciences, University of Exeter. Prior to joining RENEW, she led the Interdisciplinary
- [Rosemary Hails](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/rosiehails/) - Director of Nature & Science National Trust Land & Nature Directorate Rosie Hails is the National Trust’s Director of Nature & Science. She leads on science advice underpinning decision making and national strategy on the future of the Trust’s land holdings.
- [Noel Morrin](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/noel-morrin/) - Professor in Practice University of Exeter A biologist and chemist by training, Noel Morrin held for more than thirty years, senior executive and C-suite roles focused on Sustainability in British, Finnish and Swedish corporations with leading international positions in forest products & packaging, construction & property development, heavy building materials, chemicals and environmental consultancy. Noel
- [Will Bugg](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/will-bugg/) - PhD Student University of Exeter My research focuses on analysing biodiversity and climate tipping points in both negative and positive directions. Alongside analysis, I will identify businesses with the systems or potential in place, to positively impact biodiversity in the chosen case study areas. This will enable me to create a framework for investors and
- [Ria Poole](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/ria-poole/) - Postdoctoral Impact Fellow University of Exeter Dr Ria Poole is a psychologist and social scientist specialising in innovation, intersectionality in practice, behaviour change and the development and evaluation of complex interventions in public health, the environment, and the creative arts. Ria works to address various social and environmental challenges and create meaningful and sustainable impact.
- [Sascha Kranen](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/4614-2/) - Sascha Kranen is a Temporary Research Assistant on a systematic review of recreational impacts in the natural environment funded by Natural England for the next 3 months. Previously, Sascha was employed as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, working on a project about changes in exercise behaviour in people with cystic fibrosis, in the Department of Public
- [Rose Ferraby](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/rose-ferraby/) - X1 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Dr Rose Ferraby is an archaeologist and artist whose work explores our changing relationships with landscapes through time, both in the past and the future. Her research for RENEW focuses on understanding and engaging with peatlands in South Cumbria, in collaboration with Natural England's Protected Sites Strategy.
- [Caroline Pack](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/caroline-pack/) - Project Administrator University of Exeter
- [Mark Ferguson](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/mark-ferguson/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Mark is a social-environmental epidemiologist interested in interactions with the natural environment. His doctoral research, at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, used longitudinal birth cohorts to examine the impact of natural environments on child development. In his previous work, he employed geographic information systems to measure access
- [Harriet Reed](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/harriet-reed/) - Project Administrator University of Exeter
- [Jim Lowe](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/jim-lowe/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter James Lowe is an interdisciplinary researcher with extensive experience working in collaborative multi-disciplinary projects. Jim's overarching research interests concern the conceptualisation and investigation of biological variation. Towards that end, his recent work includes an examination of the deployment of DNA barcoding in taxonomy, conservation research and practice, as well as
- [Bethan Stagg](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/bethan-stagg/) - Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter Bethan Stagg is an ecologist and educational researcher whose research explores learning and perceptions about biodiversity, particularly ‘less popular’ groups like plants and invertebrates. As a Research Fellow for RENEW, Bethan works on a systematic review about involving communities in the stewardship of protected sites. Bethan is also a Research
- [Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/krasimira-tsaneva-atanasova/) - Professor of Mathematics for Healthcare University of Exeter My research addresses open questions in Health and Life Sciences by means of mathematical modelling and analysis including advanced data analytics. The ultimate goal is to be able to propose novel applications of mathematics to enable the development of quantitative methods for healthcare and healthcare technologies. My current
- [Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/neilgow/) - Professor of Mathematics for Healthcare University of Exeter My research addresses open questions in Health and Life Sciences by means of mathematical modelling and analysis including advanced data analytics. The ultimate goal is to be able to propose novel applications of mathematics to enable the development of quantitative methods for healthcare and healthcare technologies. My current
- [Davide Pettinato](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/davide-pettinato/) - Research Fellow University of Exeter Davide Pettinato is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work integrates insights from sociology, anthropology, environmental humanities and ‘religion and ecology’ to explore how Muslims interact with the environment and environmental issues, both in discourse and practice. As a Research Fellow for RENEW, Davide will work with the conservation sector to improve
- [Dr Rebecca Short](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/dr-rebecca-short/) - RENEW Project Manager University of Exeter Dr Rebecca Short is a blended researcher/practitioner in environmental issues, committed to solutions-focused innovations which address wicked problems through interdisciplinary and collaborative projects. Her research background has focused on fisheries management and associated socio-ecological systems; including health-environment links and dynamics of global food systems. Rebecca has applied her experience
- [Oscar Rodriguez De Rivera Ortega](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/co-investigator/) - Co-Investigator University of Exeter Dr Oscar Rodriguez De Rivera Ortega's work spans Statistical Ecology and Ecological Statistics, he is involved in the development and use of complex spatiotemporal statistical models, geographic information systems (GIS), and working collaboratively in a multi‑disciplinary environment to understand complex ecological systems. Research interests include: Spatial and spatiotemporal models applied to
- [Ruth Gripper](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/ruth-gripper/) - RENEW Impact Manager University of Exeter Ruth Gripper is an Impact Manager at the University of Exeter, with a background in public affairs, stakeholder engagement and social impact. She is particularly interested in public engagement within research.
- [Ilya Maclean](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/ilyamaclean/) - Professor of Global Change Biology University of Exeter Biosciences Ilya Maclean is an applied ecologist broadly interested in understanding how humans have changed the biological world, and how we might protect and enhance the world’s remaining biodiversity. He has a particular interest in using ecological theory to make smart decisions about how to do this.
- [Aaron Hopkinson](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/aaron-hopkinson/) - X1 Project Collaborator Met Office Informatics Lab Aaron has a background in computational physics and data science and leads a team of research software engineers in the Met Office Informatics Lab to carry out research and development of technical solutions which facilitate the use of big data for solving environmental challenges
- [Sophie Stenson](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/sophie-stenson/) - PhD Student University of Exeter PhD title: Learning from best practice in sustainable governance performance. "I am a PhD student in the Community Action theme, learning from best practice in sustainable governance performance. I am interested in identifying political communities with high performance in health, well-being, nature and sustainability in the UK and internationally to learn
- [Lucy Mercer](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/lucy-mercer/) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Exeter Dr Lucy Mercer is a poet and academic, whose creative and critical work focuses on materiality and material histories, visual cultures and speculative philosophies. Lucy joins the Theme 2 Community Action team on a 3-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to help devise and deliver our research projects with the Poetry
- [Catriona McKinnon](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/catrionamckinnon/) - Professor of Political Theory University of Exeter Politics Catriona McKinnon is a political philosopher working on environmental and climate justice, intergenerational ethics, and geoengineering. Her research in these areas adopts a broadly liberal approach which reflects her other research interests in contemporary liberal political philosophy. She is increasingly engaged in inter- and transdisciplinary work on
- [Alice Drysdale](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/alice-drysdale/) - Data Technician Research Services - University of Exeter Alice Drysdale is a Data Technician within Research Services working with Dr Regan Early and Professor Kevin Gaston. Her research focuses on the relationship between human wellbeing and biodiversity in urban greenspaces, using data-driven approaches to tackle environmental justice. She has an eclectic background having gained an
- [Jo Furtado](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/jo-furtado/) - PhD Student University of Exeter PhD title: Predicting future cultural and natural heritage scenarios on common land. I am a PhD student working as part of the Community Action theme in RENEW. I will be working on co-designing management scenarios for upland commons in Cumbria with commoners and then modelling the biodiversity and climate outcomes
- [Anqi Liu](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/anqi-liu/) - PhD Student University of Exeter Environment & Sustainability Institute PhD Title: Biodiversity impacts of different net zero carbon pathways for the UK energy system I am a PhD student conducting research on the Business & Finance Decision-makers theme of RENEW. With an educational background in Environmental and Energy Economics and work experience in low-carbon policy
- [Devmini Bandara](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/devmini-bandara/) - PhD Student University of Exeter Environment and Sustainability Institute PhD Title: Integrating Social Data into Systematic Conservation Planning I am a PhD student conducting research on the Individual Actors Theme (Theme One) for RENEW. I am interested in exploring the ways of integrating social data with systematic conservation planning. This includes a growing interest in
- [Daveron Smith](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/daveron-smith/) - PhD Student University of Exeter PhD title: Predicting species distributions for biodiversity renewal decisions. "I am a PhD student at the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. Having come from Natural England, working on projects including Beaver Reintroduction and Great Crested Newt District Level Licensing, I am interested in how modelling can be applied
- [Rebecca Edgerley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/rebecca-edgerley/) - PhD Student University of Exeter PhD Title: Creative Experimentations for Interdisciplinary Collaboration. “I am a PhD student undertaking research on the Collaboration in Practice theme for RENEW. I am interested in exploring the use of creative methodologies as a means for eliciting and reflecting upon, people’s experiences of collaboration and transdisciplinary ways of working. I
- [Emma Squire](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/emma-squire/) - PhD Student University of Exeter Environment and Sustainability Institute PhD Title: Affective forecasts and biodiversity renewal. I am a PhD student carrying out research within the Individual Actors Theme for RENEW. Having recently completed a MSc in Environment and Human Health and with a background working in Environmental Education, I am interested in the relationship
- [Patrick Oko Quaye](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/patrick-oko-quaye/) - PhD Student University of Exeter Management studies PhD Title: Assessing managerial sensemaking processes of businesses with biodiversity issues Patrick Oko Quaye is a PhD student in Management studies at the University of Exeter. His research aims to comprehend how business managers make sense of the dynamic and complicated issues surrounding biodiversity in their business operations.
- [Caleb Parkin](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/caleb-parkin/) - PhD Student University of Exeter PhD Title: Mapping Wonder: A RENEW Creative Writing Practice-as-Research Studentship. Caleb Parkin’s poems have appeared in The Guardian, The Rialto, and The Poetry Review and was guest poet on BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please. He won second prize in the National Poetry Competition 2016, first in the Winchester Poetry Prize
- [Jack Oliver](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/jack-oliver/) - University of Exeter A former Financial Services (FS) Executive with extensive experience in strategic development and business management activities across Retail, Commercial, Wealth Management and Private Banking. I focus on the translation and application of climate and environmental science to improve the resilience and growth prospects of the FS industry. I help industry partners draw
- [Clare Bissell](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/clare-bissell/) - Postdoctoral Researcher National Trust Land & Nature Directorate Clare Bissell is a professional community work practitioner turned applied political ecologist. Their main interests are community-led conservation and restoration, deliberative governance, participatory methods, co-production, social ecology, queer theory, anti-oppressive practices, and practical models for socio-ecological transformation that redistribute power and wealth. Clare enjoys designing and facilitating
- [Kelly Stevens](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/kelly-stevens/) - Project Administrator University of Exeter Environment & Sustainability Institute
- [Corinne Whiteley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/corinnewhiteley/) - Project Administrator National Trust Land & Nature Directorate
- [Matt Heard](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/mattheard/) - Head of Environmental Research & Data National Trust Land & Nature Directorate Matt Heard is a terrestrial ecologist and the National Trust’s national specialist in land use and ecosystem services. He has led collaborative research projects on environmental change impacts on populations, community interactions and ecosystem function.
- [David Bavin](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/david-bavin/) - X2 Postdoctoral Researcher University of Exeter David is an interdisciplinary conservation scientist with interests in human-wildlife coexistence, environmental conflicts, wildlife translocations, ecosystem restoration, and the human dimensions of nature conservation.
- [Hossein Mohammadi](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/hossein-mohammadi/) - X1 Co-Investigator University of Exeter Hossein is a Research Fellow in Statistics and works on a project investigating Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) methodology funded by the Alan Turing Institute. UQ is concern with the estimation of uncertainty propagated through complex numerical models which are computationally expensive. The primary goal of this project is to develop Gaussian
- [Gail Whiteman](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/gailwhiteman/) - Professor of Sustainability University of Exeter Business and Management Gail Whiteman is a social science expert on translating global risks from the natural environment into corporate sustainability strategies and establishing innovative information flow between science and business to enhance decision-making. She is interested in understanding the barriers and enablers in corporate decision-making with respect to
- [Michelle Twena](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/michelle-twena/) - Postdoctoral Research Fellow National Trust Land & Nature Directorate Michelle Twena is a political scientist, who has synergised approaches from sociology, psychology and economics to explore innovations in environmental policy processes, climate governance, and sustainable behaviour change. Her research has centred on investigating how collaborative and deliberative networks can foster experimentation, learning, and support best
- [Annie Faulks](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/anniefaulks/) - Project Administrator University of Exeter Environment & Sustainability Institute
- [Alice Moseley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/alicemoseley/) - Senior Lecturer in Politics University of Exeter Politics Alice Moseley is a Senior Lecturer in Politics, specialising in the fields of public policy and public administration and a member of the Public Policy and Governance Group (PPGG), in the UoE Department of Social and Political Sciences, Philosophy & Anthropology (SPPA). Her research interests include: (i)
- [Xiaoyu Yan](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/xiaoyuyan/) - Senior Lecturer in Energy and Environment University of Exeter Renewable Energy Xiaoyu Yan is an engineer assessing the sustainability of technologies and sectors including energy, transport, water, food, waste and critical raw materials. He develops analytical tools to help governments, businesses and the public to make more informed environmental sustainability decisions. Full Bio: https://renewable.exeter.ac.uk/staff/xy258?sm=xy258
- [Maria  E Correa-Cano](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/mariaecorreacano/) - Postdoctoral Research Associate University of Exeter Environment & Sustainability Institute Maria Eugenia is a biologist and an ecologist investigating the effects of anthropogenic activities on biodiversity. She has focused her research on light and plastic pollution and on the effects of multiple disturbances on key species, especially crop wild relatives. Her research on Water-Energy-Food-Environment (WEFE)
- [Tom Powell](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/tompowell/) - Bio coming soon.
- [Amy Binner](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/amybinner/) - Senior Lecturer in Environmental Economics University of Exeter Business School Amy Binner is an environmental economist specialising in valuation, spatial analysis, economic modelling. She applies these to study land use decision-making and its implications for human welfare and biodiversity outcomes. Her recent work focuses on the development of spatially explicit agent-based models in an environmental
- [Angela Cassidy](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/angelacassidy/) - Senior Lecturer in Science and Technology Studies University of Exeter Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Angela Cassidy studies how scientific knowledge is produced, communicated, and contested across disciplines and in the public sphere. Her research spans science and technology studies and contemporary history of science, and she has specialist interests in science-policy relations; science communication, engagement
- [Ben Groom](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/bengroom/) - Dragon Capital Chair in Biodiversity Economics University of Exeter Business School Ben Groom is an expert in the economics of biodiversity and climate change. His work on long-term investment/decision-making and intergenerational fairness informs public policy and cost-benefit analysis guidance for HM Treasury, other European countries and US Environmental Protection Agency. He manages £1.6m Dragon Capital
- [Ben Phillips](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/benphillips/) - Research Fellow University of Exeter Environment and Sustainability Institute Ben Phillips is a conservation scientist researching people’s relationships with nature. This includes aspects of health and wellbeing, pro-environmental behaviour, and negative impacts on nature. Previously his work has focused on pollinator conservation, ecosystem services, and environmental management of roads and roadside verges.
- [Caroline Nye](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/carolinenye/) - Research Fellow University of Exeter Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Caroline Nye is a social scientist who has worked on a portfolio of agriculture-related projects. She specialises in qualitative research but is experienced in a variety of mixed and novel method approaches. Her research expertise encompasses agricultural labour, farmer collaboration and landscape-scale farmer groups (Farmer Clusters),
- [David Baker](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/davidbaker/) - NERC Research Fellow University of Exeter Environment & Sustainability Institute I am a NERC Research Fellow in the Environment and Sustainability Institute, University of Exeter. My research focuses on understanding the effects of environmental change on populations, communities and ecosystems, particularly through the analysis of citizen science data. A major component of this research looks
- [Emma Zimmerman](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/emmazimmerman/) - RENEW Programme Officer National Trust Land and Nature Directorate Emma Zimmerman is a project and partnership manager, with a background in interdisciplinary research, teaching, and impact management. A literary geographer by training, her research interests include literary articulations of space and place and the important role the arts play in making sense of the world
- [Jamie Mccauley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/jamiemccauley/) - Research Fellow University of Exeter Politics Jamie McCauley is a social science researcher interested in the role of strategic decision-making tools in local authority planning. Jamie has a background as a Human Geographer, and his research interests range from issues of biosecurity and food production systems to sustainability and behaviour change and rural issues.
- [Jo Garrett](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/jogarrett/) - Research Fellow University of Exeter European Centre for Environment and Human Health Jo is predominantly a human geographer, utilising quantitative and GIS approaches to explore the interactions between human health, well-being, and the environment. Jo is focused on human well-being outcomes of living near and spending time outdoors.
- [John Wedgwood Clarke](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/johnwedgwoodclarke/) - Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing University of Exeter English Dr John Wedgwood Clarke is a poet, prose nonfiction writer, editor and academic. He builds creative-critical dialogue and collaborative practices into his writing and teaching.
- [Kevin J Gaston](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/kevinjgaston/) - Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation University of Exeter Environment and Sustainability Institute 2.01 Kevin Gaston is an ecologist who conducts research into the relations between people and nature, including the benefits that people gain from interactions with nature, and the impacts of people on nature. This work ranges from characterising people’s personalised ecologies to identifying
- [Lewis Elliott](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/lewiselliott/) - Lecturer in Environment and Public Health University of Exeter European Centre for Environment and Human Health Lewis Elliott is an environmental psychologist who conducts research into the public health benefits of access to, and contact with, the natural environment. He has particular interests around aquatic environments, physical activity, and mental health, and his research methodologies
- [Matt Lobley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/mattlobley/) - Professor of Rural Resource Management, Director of the CRPR University of Exeter Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Matt Lobley is a rural sociologist focused on understanding influences on, and impacts of, farm household behaviour. His main interests relate to the role of farm households in the management of the countryside, for example, through exploring the impact
- [Oliver James](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/oliverjames/) - Professor of Political Science University of Exeter Politics Oliver James is a political scientist conducting research on citizens’ participation in nature policy and programmes, and government accountability for nature. He is collaborating with Natural England about the local governance of nature and is currently researching citizens’ attitudes to taxation and the environment as part of
- [Peter White](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/peterwhite/) - Professor of Practice: Business and Biodiversity University of Exeter Business School A biologist by training and at heart, Peter has spent his career addressing sustainability challenges across the private, public and NGO sectors. Most recently he was Ambassador for Biodiversity, Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) based
- [Rebecca Lovell](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/rebeccalovell/) - Lecturer in Biodiversity, Health and Policy University of Exeter Institute of Health Research Becca Lovell is an interdisciplinary researcher who focuses on the multiple ways in which the natural environment influences human health and wellbeing. She is particularly interested in ‘what works’ in achieving co-beneficial outcomes for people and biodiversity through environmental health interventions and
- [Rebecca Wheeler](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/rebeccawheeler/) - Research Fellow University of Exeter Centre for Rural Policy Research Dr Rebecca Wheeler is a social scientist based in the Centre for Rural Policy Research (CRPR) who specialises in issues concerning the health and sustainability of agriculture, the environment and rural communities. Her research includes a focus on understanding the social, cultural and personal factors
- [Regan Early](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/reganearly/) - Senior Lecturer in Conservation Biology University of Exeter Biosciences Regan Early studies wildlife dynamics under environmental change and works at the interface between biodiversity and society. She makes prioritisations for conservation decision-making using big data from modelling species distributions and biodiversity monitoring.
- [Richard Hoggett](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/richardhoggett/) - RENEW Project Manager University of Exeter Environment & Sustainability Institute Richard Hoggett is a project manager and researcher. He has worked on sustainability, energy, and climate policy and governance for 25 years, delivering projects with local and national government, community groups, NGOs and business. For the last 10 years he has worked within academia. He
- [Rosemary Hails](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/rosemaryhails/) - Director of Nature & Science National Trust Land & Nature Directorate Rosie Hails is the National Trust’s Director of Nature & Science. She leads on science advice underpinning decision making and national strategy on the future of the Trust’s land holdings.
- [Sarah Crowley](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/sarahcrowley/) - Lecturer in Human Geography University of Exeter Geography Sarah Crowley is an environmental social scientist whose research focuses on understanding the social dimensions of environmental problems and controversies. Her primary expertise is in the politics and practices of managing of introduced, reintroduced, and domestic animals, from wild parakeets to pet cats.
- [Susan Molyneux-Hodgson](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/susanmolyneuxhodgson/) - Professor of Sociology, Associate Dean of Research University of Exeter Sociology, Philosophy and Anthropology Susan Molyneux-Hodgson is a sociologist of science, working in the field of science and technology studies. Her overarching interest is in the everyday worlds of scientific work and how technical knowledge is produced through mundane practices. Her research focuses primarily on
- [Tim Lenton](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/timlenton/) - Director, Global Systems Institute University of Exeter Geography Tim Lenton is founding director of University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute. His research focuses on how other life forms have created and maintain a habitable planet for us. His work involves modelling life’s coupling to the Earth system, biogeochemical cycling, climate dynamics, and associated tipping points.
- [Peter Challenor](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/team/peterchallenor/) - Professor of Statistics University of Exeter Department of Mathematics Peter Challenor is a statistician who is interesting in how we make decisions with uncertain evidence. He is particularly interested in how we use complex numerical models to make such decisions. He is working on climate, engineering, healthcare and epidemiological problems as well as biodiversity.

## Media Hub

- [Someone walking through a really wet bog](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/media/10618/)
- [Presto Player #3693](https://renewbiodiversity.org.uk/media/3693/)

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