Lindsay Stringer
Centre member
Lindsay is Co-Director of the Sustainability Research Institute| at the University of Leeds, and Reader in Environment and Development.
Among other research projects, Lindsay is involved in research on adaptation to climate change and human development at the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP). This programme aims to advance understanding of the socio-economic impacts of climate change, the capacity of public and private decision makers to adapt, and the policy responses needed to reduce the costs of climate change on social and economic development.
Lindsay's research is interdisciplinary and uses theories and methods from both the natural and social sciences to understand environmental change and livelihood dynamics.
She is the reviews editor for the journal Land Degradation and Development, an associate editor for the journal Food Security, and a member of the Steering Committee of Desertnet International.
Background
Lindsay has field experience in Africa, UK and Eastern Europe. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles in leading international journals, as well as book chapters, working papers, book reviews, magazine articles and policy reports. She has also presented her work at international conferences across the world.
In addition, Lindsay has a growing international consultancy reputation, having undertaken commissioned work on several occasions for the United Nations, as well as for the UK Government's Department for International Development and other agencies and organisations.
Lindsay has a BSc in Geography, an MSc in Environmental Monitoring and Assessment in Drylands, and a PhD in Geography from the University of Sheffield.
Research interests
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Environmental and land use change (including social, political and economic dimensions);
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Land degradation and desertification;
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Participatory processes;
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Livelihood dynamics;
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Environmental governance.
Research articles
2012
Stringer, L.C., Dougill, A.J., et al. Challenges and opportunities in linking carbon sequestration, livelihoods and ecosystem service provision in drylands.
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Published article: May-June 2012. Environmental Science and Policy, v.19-20, pp.121-135. External link to full article
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Unpublished article: January 2012. Working paper, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds and London, UK. Download PDF of paper (2MB)
Dyer, J.C., Stringer, L.C., Dougill, A.J. April 2012. Jatropha curcas: sowing local seeds of success in Malawi? In response to Achten et al (2010). Journal of Arid Environments, v.79, pp.107-110. External link to full article|
Antwi-Agyei, P., Fraser, E., Dougill, A., Stringer, L., and Simelton, E. Mapping the vulnerability of crop production to drought in Ghana using rainfall, yield and socioeconomic data.
Favretto, N., Stringer, L.C., and Dougill, A.J. February 2012. Cultivating clean energy in Mali: policy analysis and livelihood impacts of Jatropha curcas. Working paper, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds and London, UK. Download PDF of paper| (1.39MB)
Thomas, R.J., Akhtar-Schuster, M., Stringer, L.C., Marques, M.J., Escadafal, R., Abraham, E., Enne, G. February 2012. Fertile ground? Options for a science–policy platform for land. Environmental Science & Policy, v.16, pp.122-135. External link to full article|
2011
Whitfield, S., Reed, M., Thomson, K., Christie, M., Stringer, L., Quinn, C. Anderson, R., Moxey, A., Hubacek, K. September 2011. Managing peatland eosystem services: current UK policy and future challenges in a changing world. Scottish Geographical Journal, v.127, pp.209-230. External link to full article|
Gomar, J.O.V., Stringer, L.C. August 2011. Moving towards sustainability? An analysis of CITES' conservation policies. Environmental Policy & Governance, v.21, pp.204-258. External link to full article|
Duvenage, I., Taplin, R., and Stringer, L.C. Appropriate climate change solutions: towards sustainable bioenergy agro-production in Africa for energy equality and poverty alleviation. International Journal of Climate Change, v.2, pp.101-114. External link to full article|
Duvenage, I., Taplin, R., and Stringer, L.C. . International Journal of Climate Change, v.2, pp.101-114.
Twyman, C., Fraser, E.D.G., Stringer, L.C., Quinn, C., Dougill, A.J., Ravera, F., Crane, T.A., and Sallu, S.M. 2011. Climate science, development practice, and policy interactions in dryland agroecological systems. Ecology and Society, v.16. External link to full article|
Twyman, C., Fraser, E.D.G., Stringer, L.C., Quinn, C., Dougill, A.J., Ravera, F., Crane, T.A., and Sallu, S.M. 2011. . Ecology and Society, v.16.
Simelton, E., Quinn, C.H., Antwi-Agyei, P., Batisani, N., Dougill, A.J., Dyer, J., Fraser, E.D.G., Mkwambisi, D., Rosell, S., Sallu, S., and Stringer, L.C. African farmers' perceptions of erratic rainfall. Working paper, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds and London, UK. Download PDF of article| (1.69MB)
Antwi-Agyei, P., Fraser, E., Dougill, A., Stringer, L., and Simelton, E. Mapping the vulnerability of crop production to drought in Ghana using rainfall, yield and socioeconomic data.
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Unpublished: Working paper, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds and London, UK. March 2011. Download PDF of paper (1.16MB)
Reed, M.S., Buenemann, M., Atlhopheng, J., Akhtar-Schuster, M., Bachmann, F., Bastin, G., Bigas, H., Chanda, R., Dougill, A.J., Essahli, W., Evely, A.C., Geeson, N., Fleskens, L., Glass, J.H., Hessel, R., Holden, J., Ioris, A.A.R., Kruger, B., Liniger, H.P., Mphinyane, W., Nainggolan, D., Perkins, J., Raymond, C.M., Ritsema, C.J., Schwilch, G., Sebego, R., Seely, M., Stringer, L.C., Thomas, R., Twomlow, S., and Verzandvoort, S. March/April 2011. Cross-scale monitoring and assessment of land degradation and sustainable land management: a methodological framework for knowledge management. Land Degradation & Development, v.22, pp.161-171. External link to full article|
Chasek, P; Essahli, W; Akhtar-Schuster, M; Stringer, LC; Thomas, RJ. 2011. Integrated land degradation monitoring and assessment: horizontal knowledge management at the national and international levels. Land Degradation and Development, v.22, pp.272-284. External link to full article| (PDF, 271KB)
Akhtar-Schuster, M., Thomas, R.J., Stringer, L.C., Chasek, P., and Seely, M.K.. February 2011. Improving the enabling environment to combat land degradation: institutional, financial, legal and science-policy challenges and solutions. Land Degradation and Development, v.22, pp.299-312. External link to full article|
2010
Sallu, S.M., Twyman, C., and Stringer, L.C. Resilient or vulnerable livelihoods? Assessing livelihood dynamics and trajectories in rural Botswana.
Raymond, C.M., Fazey, I., Reed, M.S., Stringer, L., Robinson, G.M., and Evely, A.C. August 2010. Integrating local and scientific knowledge for environmental management. Journal of Environmental Management, v.91, pp.1766-1777. External link to full article
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Stringer, LC., Thomas, R.J., and Akhtar-Schuster, M. June 2010. Expand scientific input to address environmental effects. Nature, v.465, pp.869-869. External link to full article|
Fazey, I, Gamarra, J.G.P., Fischer, J., Reed, M.S., Stringer, L.C., and Christie, M. April 2010. Adaptation strategies for reducing vulnerability to future environmental change. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v.8, pp.414-422. External link to full article|
Stringer, L., Mkwambisi, D., Dougill, A.J., and Dyer, J.C. April 2010. Household and policy adaptations to climate change and desertification: perspectives from Malawi. Climate and Development, v.2, pp.145-160. External link to full article|
Reed, M.S., Evely, A.C., Cundill, G., Fazey, I., Glass, J., Laing, A., Newig, J., Parrish, B., Prell, C., Raymond, C., and Stringer, L.C. 2010. What is Social Learning? Ecology and Society, v.15. External link to full article|
2009
Reed, M.S., Bonn, A., Slee, W., Beharry-Borg, N., Birch, J., Brown, I., Burt, T.P., Chapman, D., Chapman, P.J., Clay, G., Cornell, S., Fraser, E.D.G., Holden, J., Hodgson, J., Hubacek, K., Irvine, B., Jin, N., Kirkby, M.J., Kunin, W., Moore, O., Moseley, D., Prell, C., Quinn, C., Redpath, S., Stagl, S., Stringer, L.C., Termansen, M., Thorp, S., Towers, W., and Worrall, F. December 2009. The future of the uplands. Land Use Policy, v.26, pp.202-216. External link to full article|
Stringer, L., Dyer, J., Reed, M.S., Dougill, A.J., Twyman, C., and Mkwambisi, D. November 2009. Adaptations to climate change, drought and desertification: insights to enhance policy in southern Africa. Environmental Science & Policy, v.12, pp.748-765. External link to full article|
Bauer, S., and Stringer, L. September 2009. The role of science in the global governance of desertification. The Journal of Environment and Development, v.18, pp.248-267. External link to full article|
Stringer, L.C. April 2009. Testing the orthodoxies of land degradation policy in Swaziland. Land Use Policy, v.26, pp.157-168. External link to full article|
Reed, M.S., Graves, A., Dandy, N., Posthumus, H., Hubacek, K., Morris, J., Prell, C., Quinn, C.H., and Stringer, L.C. April 2009. Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management. Journal of Environmental Management, v.90, pp.1933-1949. External link to full article|
Fraser, E.D.G., and Stringer, L.C. February 2009. Explaining agricultural collapse: macro-forces, micro-crises and the emergence of land use vulnerability in southern Romania. Global Environmental Change, v.19, pp.45-53. External link to full article|
Stringer, L.C., Scrieciu, S.S., and Reed, M.S. January 2009. Biodiversity, land degradation, and climate change: participatory planning in Romania. Applied Geography, v.29, pp.77-90. External link to full article|
Foxon, T.J., Reed, M.S., and Stringer, L.C. January 2009. Governing long-term socio-ecological change: What can resilience and transitions approaches learn from each other? Environmental Policy and Governance, v.19, pp.3-20. External link to full article| (PDF, 226KB)
Stringer, L. January 2009. Reviewing the links between desertification and food insecurity: from parallel challenges to synergistic solutions. Food Security, v.1, pp.113-126. External link to full article| (PDF, 282KB)
2008
Stringer, L.C. November 2008. Reviewing the international year of deserts and desertification 2006: what contribution towards combating global desertification and implementing the united nations convention to combat desertification? Journal of Arid Environments, v.72, pp.2065-2074. External link to full article|
Stringer, LC; Twyman, C; Gibbs, LM. August 2008. Learning from the south: common challenges and solutions for small-scale farming. The Geographical Journal, v.174, pp.235-250. External link to full article|
Scrieciu, S.S., and Stringer, L.C. June 2008. The transformation of post-communist societies in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: an economic and ecological sustainability perspective. European Environment, v.18, pp.168-185. External link to full article| (PDF, 176KB)
Stringer, L. April 2008. Can the UN Convention to Combat Desertification guide sustainable use of the world's soils? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, v.6, pp.138-144. External link to full article|
Foxon, T., Stringer, L.C., and Reed, M.S. 2008. Approaches to governing long-term social-ecological change: comparing adaptive management and transition management. Oekologisches Wirtschaften, pp.20-22. External link to PDF|
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