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School of Geosciences

Professor Tavis Potts

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Professor Tavis Potts
Professor Tavis Potts
Professor Tavis Potts

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

51cg
Email Address
tavis.potts@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 273837
Office Address

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Department of Geography and Environment

St Marys Building

Elphinstone Road

Aberdeen  AB24 3UF


School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Professor Tavis Potts is a Personal Chair in Sustainable Development and Environmental Governance. Prof. Potts interests include understanding just transitions and the social dimensions of climate and energy; marine resource governance and planning; participatory and community-based approaches to managing natural capital; and the political economy of environmental policy and decision-making. 

 

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Dean for Environmental Sustainability 

University Sustainability Committee 

External Memberships

Aberdeen City Council Net Zero Delivery Unit 

Aberdeenshire Council Climate Ready Aberdeenshire Board 

Research

Research Overview

Professor Tavis Potts research includes: 

  • Understanding the relationships between people, place and planet. 
  • Understanding, evaluating and progressing social, environmental and energy justice. 
  • Critically evaluating 'Just Transitions' within Net Zero and deepening societal engagement around energy transition. 
  • Applying participatory approaches to natural capital and ecosystem services. 
  • Developing participatory and survey-based approaches to understanding social values on the environment;
  • Critical perspectives on the emergence and effectiveness of the blue economy from international to local scales

 

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Geography and Environment.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

Geography and Environment

  • Supervising
  • Accepting PhDs
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Funding and Grants

Selected Grants 

  • Interreg EU. SEATRACES 2019-2021 (£250k). 
  • 51cg Impact Knowledge Exchange and Commercialisation award (2017 10k)
  • British Council Peru - Researcher Links Grants. Advancing Green Growth in Peru: A spotlight on tourism, transport and the blue economy (2016, £32k).
  • Royal Geographic Society of Edinburgh and Natural Science Foundation of China. Mapping Coastal Ecosystem Services in Scotland and China. Scientific Exchange Network. (2015-17, £13k)
  • NERC Knowledge Exchange: Cooperative Participatory Evaluation of Renewable Technologies on Ecosystem Services (CORPORATES) (2014-16, £110k – Co-Investigator.
  • World Bank: Review of STAP Marie Litter Program (2014 , £1500)
  • Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) Implementing an ecosystem service approach in the UK (2013, £40k).
  • EU FP7 IDREEM (Increasing Industrial Resource Efficiency in European Mariculture)(Co-Investigator & Work Package leader on Social and Policy Analysis (2012-2014; £200 000)
  • EU LIFE+ Celtic Sea Partnership (Policy Network Analysis and community engagement) (2013, £110k).
  • MSP-LED (Local Economic Development and Marine Planning) Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) (2012-13, 50k)Centre of Expertise in Water (CREW) Coasts and Catchment Integration. £22 k
  • ECOBAR: Environmental and Benthic Indicators for industrial development in the Barents Sea. Norwegian Funding Council. (WP Leader) £35k 2009-10
  • Knowledge Based Development of Europe’s Seas (KNOWSEAS) EU FP7 2009-2013 Co-Investigator & Work Package leader (£150k) overall project €9 million). 
Publications

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  • Clackmannanshire: Community Energy Interventions as a Pathway to Local Just Transition

    Dickie, J., Wood, N., Potts, T., Ricaurte, L.
    JUST-Systems project
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Development of an interdisciplinary conceptual framework to understand marine energy transitions in North Sea coastal communities

    Gormley, K., Burdon, D., Atkinson, D., Bevan, A., Harland, J., Illemann Jaeger, S. T., Kerr, S., Lee, D., McCarron, A., McGrane, S., McWhinnie, L., Potts, T., Shapovalova, D., Sheehy, J., Thomas, A., Alexander, K. A.
    Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, vol. 9, 100143
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Just Transition and Coastal Communities: Case studies of Orkney, North East Scotland and the Humber Estuary

    McCarron, A., Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Mcgrane, S. J.
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    Books and Reports: Other Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Multicriteria Optimisation of District Heating Configurations for Energy Efficiency and Carbon Reduction in High-rise Buildings

    Mansouri, R., Chishti, I. A., Potts, T., Dickie, J., Sriramula, S., Bone, J., Maheri, A.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Aberdeen: Addressing Fuel Poverty through Retrofit and Community Wealth Building

    Bone, J., Ricaurte, L., Shapovalova, D., Potts, T.
    JUST-Systems project. 18 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Policy briefs - Mapping Community Priorities and Policy Responses for a Just Transition in the North East

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Gbemi, T. E., El Samad, A.
    Books and Reports: Technical Brochures
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Mapping Community Priorities and Policy Responses for a Just Transition Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, and Moray

    Shapovalova, D., Gbemi, T. E., Potts, T.
    Just Transition Lab. 34 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • A place-based approach to measuring a just transition: Evidence from the north-east of Scotland

    Shapovalova, D., Bender, K. A., Bone, J., Potts, T.
    Energy Research & Social Science, vol. 127, 104236
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE]
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Regional Planning for a Just Transition - A case study for the North East of Scotland

    Shapovalova, D., Bond, C., Bone, J., Bender, K., Potts, T.
    Commissioned by Just Transition Commission. 51cg. 45 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE]

  • Designing systemic interventions for a Just Transition to Net Zero: Case of the JUST-Systems Programme: 2025 9th International Conference on Environment Friendly Energies and Applications (EFEA)

    Potts, T., Dickie, J., Bone, J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Papers
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Tools for Deliberative Democracy: Case studies from the Just Transition Communities Project

    Shapovalova, D., Gbemi, T., Potts, T.
    51cg. 29 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports

  • Just Transition and Nuclear Decommissioning in Dounreay: Stakeholder Perspectives

    Potts, T., Shapovalova, D., Bender, K., Bond, C., Bone, J.
    Commissioned by Nuclear Decommissioning Authority. Just Transition Lab and the National Decommissioning Centre. 44 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Initial report to Just Transition Commission: Just transition activities, planning, and policy landscape in Aberdeen and the North East

    Shapovalova, D., Bender, K., Bone, J., Bond, C. E., Potts, T.
    Commissioned by Just Transition Commission. 51cg. 18 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Just Transition Policy in the Context of Nuclear Decommissioning in Dounreay

    Shapovalova, D., Bender, K., Bond, C., Bone, J., Potts, T.
    Just Transition Lab and the National Decommissioning Centre. 27 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Climate Assemblies and Deliberative Democracy: A Global Best Practice Review

    Potts, T., Dargie, P., Mitchell, M., Shapovalova, D., Bone, J.
    Aberdeen: 51cg. 40 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Classification of Estuarine and Coastal Ecosystem Services

    Burdon, D., Atkins, J. P., Potts, T.
    Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science, Second Edition: Seven Volume Set. Elsevier, pp. 277-322, 26 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Measuring Just Transition: Indicators and scenarios for a Just Transition in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Bone, J., Bender, K.
    51cg. 104 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Response to Scottish Parliament Economy and Fair Work Committee - on Just Transition in the North East and Moray: How Can We Measure whether the Transition in the North East and Moray is Achieved in a ‘Just’ Fashion – What Data Will Need to Be Collected So Progress Can Be Measured?

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Bone, J., Bender, K.
    Just Transition Lab and the National Decommissioning Centre. 14 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions
    • [ONLINE]

  • Just Transition for Workers and Communities in Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire: Rapid Evidence Review

    Shapovalova, D., Potts, T., Bone, J., Bender, K.
    51cg. 57 pages
    Books and Reports: Commissioned Reports
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Carbon Offsetting and Communities : Can Nature-Based Voluntary Carbon Offsetting Benefit Scottish Communities?

    Hannon, M. J., Cairns, I., Combe, M., Cooper, E., Davidson, M., Kerr, F., McDonnell, A., Phillips, P., Potts, T., Reay, D., Roberts, J., Wharmby, C.
    Glasgow (UK): University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. 27 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
    • [ONLINE]
    • [OPEN ACCESS]

  • Leading from the front? Increasing Community Participation in a Just Transition to Net Zero in the North-East of Scotland

    Potts, T., Ford, R.
    Commissioned by Scottish University Insight Institute. Scottish Universities Insight Institute. 25 pages
    Books and Reports: Other Reports
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    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]

  • Climate change: UK test for new oil and gas fields’ impact on emissions targets is not fit for purpose

    Potts, T., Shapovalova, D.
    The Conversation
    Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles
    • [ONLINE]

  • Linking natural capital, benefits and beneficiaries: The role of participatory mapping and logic chains for community engagement.

    Burdon, D., Potts, T., Barnard, S., Boyes, S., Lannin, A.
    Environmental Science & Policy, vol. 134, pp. 85-99
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:

  • Social and Policy Aspects of Offshore Renewable Energy

    Potts, T.
    Comprehensive Renewable Energy: (Second Edition). Letcher, T. M. (ed.). 2 edition. Elsevier, pp. 291-297, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [ONLINE]

  • Labels on seafood products in different European countries and their compliance to EU legislation

    Paolacci, S., Mendes, R., Klapper, R., Velasco, A., Ramilo-Fernandez, G., Muñoz-Colmenero, M., Potts, T., Martins, S., Avignon, S., Maguire, J., De Paz, E., Johnson, M., Denis, F., Pardo, M. A., McElligott, D., Sotelo, C. G.
    Marine Policy, vol. 134, 104810
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
    • [ONLINE] DOI:
    • [OPEN ACCESS]
    • [ONLINE]
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