Edinburgh Environment and Development Network

The Edinburgh Environment and Development Network (EEDN) was initiated in early 2018 in order to bring together academics and practitioners working on issues of environment and development from around Edinburgh.

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The network aims to promote discussion around topics of interest, a sharing of knowledge and experience, a greater awareness of each other’s work, potential to collaborate on proposals and projects, and just a chance to get to know each other. We meet once a month (except in the summer; June-August) for discussions on topics introduced by members of the network, with facilitation aimed at sharing expertise and experiences amongst all those present.

Sessions take place on Thursdays 16:00-17:30 at ECCI, with refreshments provided.

We welcome all new members and all ideas for topics and formats for meetings, so please do get in touch if you’d like to join or share your ideas: Sam Staddon (sam.staddon@ed.ac.uk) and Clare Barnes (c.barnes@ed.ac.uk).

 

Our 2022/23 programme

Date and time Title Speaker(s) Location
30 March, 16:00 - 17:30 "Land for What? Land for Whom? Senses of Place and Conflict in the Scottish Highlands" Bonnie Vandesteeg High School Yards Teaching Centre Room G.02 
12 January, 16:00 - 17:30 "The health effects of air pollution: democratizing models and measurements to inform global policy decisions" Dr Sumil Thakrar, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota Training & Skills, ECCI 
1 December, 16:00 - 17:30

"A clash between project desires and investor desires: Examples from the voluntary carbon market". Discussing the market trade-offs when it comes to scaling up the conservation or restoration projects around the world. 

Luke Howard, Plan Vivo The Pod, ECCI
27 October "What can Conservation and Agriculture take from Political Ecology?" We aligned with the POLLEN online workshop 'Political Ecology, Conservation & Agrarian Change'; watching some of the presentations and following with a panel discussion

Panelists:

Dr Shubbhi Sharma, feminist political ecologist, School of Social and Political Sciences 

Dr Silvia Perez-Espona, conservation geneticist and Coordinator of Edinburgh Conservation Science)

Dr Alfy Gathorne-Hardy, agricultural scientist, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems

Conference Room, ECCI

12 October,       

16:00 - 17:30                        

"Gendered Surplus People, Food Security, and Maladaptation to Climate Change in Northern Ghana",  a co-sponsored event between the Centre for African Studies, EEDN, and POLLEN (the Political Ecology Reading Group)            Hanson Nyantakyi-Frimpong 7 George Square, Room S.1

29 September,

16:00 - 18:00   

PhD Sharing (...of passion, tips, connections, ideas, solidarity from across the network)    

Anyone wanting to share their PhD-related experiences Training & Skills, ECCI 

Our past sessions

Our 2021/22 programme

Date and time                                                        

Title Speaker(s)                                                                       

Location                    

23 June

EEDN Summer Social catered for by Edinburgh Food Social, with delivery by Farr Out.

   

7 April

  You can click on the pdf link above for slides of the talk, or watch it here.

Dr Julian Caldecott

Conference Room, ECCI  

 17 March                                        

Jack Covey, PhD candidate at University of Edinburgh

Conference Room, ECCI  

27 January

                     

Gaia Marini and Nick Hepworth from Water Witness Conference Room, ECCI
18 November Yvan Biot Conference Room, ECCI

Spring 2020

 Date and time Title Speaker(s) Location

23 January, 16:00 - 17:30

 

Prof Andrea Nightingale,

University of Oslo, Norway

ECCI

27 February, 16:00 - 17:30

(cancelled due to the pandemic)

UK housing policy learning from former colonies in the global South 

Matt Lane, University of Edinburgh ECCI

26 March, 16:00 - 17:30

(cancelled due to the pandemic)

Indigenous map making in the Ecuadorian Amazon

 

Aliya Ryan, Digital Democracy ECCI
Autumn 2019

Date                           

Title                                                                                                                                                                                  Speaker(s)
17 October                                   

Caroline Lehmann, University of Edinburgh

14 November

Kate Crowley,  University of Edinburgh

12 December Nicholas Warren,  A Rocha
Spring 2019
17 January                   Coastal livelihood interventions                                                                                                          Mike Riddell, The Landscapes and Livelihoods Group
28  February                             Learning lessons from projects, places & people   Clare Barnes, Gary Watmough, Sam Staddon, University of Edinburgh  
14 March Technologies in natural resource governance Margherita Scazza, University of Edinburgh
4 April  Ecosystems and urban vulnerability: why is research evidence ignored in Asia and beyond?                                                     Jim Jarvie, Thismiafocus
Autumn 2018
25 October                        Livelihoods and Rights-based approaches to natural resource management                                               Peter O’Hara, Participatory Natural Resource Management
22 November Involving business in conservation and development Tillem Burlace, LTS International
13 December Indigenous communities Peter Branney, a private consultant

 

Some thoughts from our members

I really liked the dynamic of the EEDN session, nice interaction between practitioners and researchers I thought. Great initiative…nice to catch up with old colleagues and meet new people.

It was a fantastic session, and really great to see you and lots of familiar faces, and of course the students who really bring a lot to it. The presentation and research was really topical and thought-provoking, particularly as I came to the session from designing a similar project ...and so really nice to have a space to step back and think about these approaches.

A quick note to thank you and your team for the event yesterday. A stimulating talk and great to meet people with similar interests. I’m certainly interested in continuing attendance.