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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

Kevin Gaston
Co-Director

An image of Rosie Hails, Emma Zimmerman and Catriona McKinnon at the Biodiversity Parliament 2023.

Rosie Hails
Co-Director

Catriona McKinnon
Co-Director

Secretariat

Rebecca Short
Project Manager

Ruth Gripper
Impact Manager

Emma Zimmerman
Partnership Officer

Caroline Pack
Project Administrator

Kelly Stevens
Project Administrator

Harriet Reed
Project Administrator

Simon Pattenden
Communications Officer

Theme 1: Individual Actors

Kevin Gaston
Theme lead

Lewis Elliott
Co-Investigator

Rebecca Lovell
Co-Investigator

Jo Garrett
Postdoctoral Researcher

Jim Lowe
Postdoctoral Researcher

Theme 2: Community Action

Catriona McKinnon
Theme lead

John Wedgwood Clarke
Co-Investigator

Regan Early
Co-Investigator

Rosie Hails
Co-Investigator

Oliver James
Co-Investigator

Alice Drysdale
Data Technician

Alice Mosely
Co-Investigator

Jamie McCauley
Postdoctoral Researcher

Lucy Mercer
Postdoctoral Researcher

Ria Poole
Postdoctoral Impact Fellow

Rose Ferraby
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Sascha Kranen
Research Assistant

Shari Mang
Postdoctoral Researcher

Theme 3: Land Managers

Ilya Maclean
Theme Lead

Amy Binner
Co-Investigator

Regan Early
Co-Investigator

Matthew Heard
Co-Investigator

Matt Lobley
Co-Investigator

Charlie Masquelier
Co-Investigator

David Baker
Postdoctoral Researcher

Caroline Nye
Postdoctoral Researcher

Rebecca Wheeler
Postdoctoral Researcher

Carolyn Petersen
Knowledge Broker Impact Fellow

Theme 4: Business & Finance Decision-makers

Tim Lenton
Co-Lead

Gail Whiteman
Co-Lead

Ben Groom
Co-Investigator

Rosie Hails
Co-Investigator

Noel Morrin
Professor in Practice

Xiaoyu Yan
Co-Investigator

Maria Eugenia Correa Cano
Postdoctoral Researcher

X1: Environmental Intelligence

Peter Challenor
Co-Lead

Kevin Gaston
Co-Lead

Aaron Hopkinson
Collaborator

An image of Hywel Williams

Hywel Williams
Co-Investigator

Hossein Mohammadi
Co-Investigator

Oscar Rodriguez De Rivera Ortega
Co-Investigator

Siddharth Unnithan Kumar
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

X2: ExCASES (Exeter Centre for Analysis & Synthesis of Environmental Solutions)

Matthew Heard
Co-Lead

Sarah Crowley
Co-Lead

Michelle Twena
Postdoctoral Researcher

David Bavin
Postdoctoral Researcher

Clare Bissell
Postdoctoral Researcher

X3: Collaboration in Practice

Susan Molyneux-Hodgson
Theme Lead

Angela Cassidy
Co-Investigator

Eleanor Hadley-Kershaw
Co-Investigator

PhD Students

Caleb Parkin
PhD Student

Daveron Smith
PhD Student

Rebecca Edgerley
PhD Student

Sophie Stenson
PhD Student

Jo Furtado
PhD Student

Patrick Oko Quaye
PhD Student

Anqi Liu
PhD Student

Emma Squire
PhD Student

Devmini Bandara
PhD Student

Will Bugg
PhD Student

RENEW Alumni

Richard Hoggett
Project Manager

Annie Faulks
Project Administrator

Corinne Whiteley
Project Administrator

Bethan Stagg
Postdoctoral Researcher

Ben Phillips
Postdoctoral Researcher

Mark Ferguson
Postdoctoral Researcher

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