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Jake Morris, BA, MA, PhD
Project Leader, Environmental and Human Sciences DivisionJake Morris studied for a Honours Degree in modern languages at Oxford University, followed by a Masters at the Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of London. In 2004 he completed an ESRC-funded doctoral thesis on local participation and protected area management, based at the Sociology Department of Lancaster University, where he then continued to work as a post-doctoral research fellow. He joined Forest Research in August 2005. Current roleProject Leader, Environmental and Human Sciences Division Responsibilities include the design, execution and management of social scientific research in support of sustainable land use in UK and Europe. Current programmesSustainability impact assessment tools for multifunctional land use (SENSOR)
Responsibilities include research into sustainability issues at local and regional levels and the development of appropriate criteria and indicators for assessing sustainability. Health and well-being
Active England - monitoring and evaluating five projects within the woodland sector which aim to increase physical activity amongst under-represented groups. Responsible for research design and management.
Main recent publicationsMorris, J., Camilleri, M. and Moncada, S. (2008). Key sustainability issues in European sensitive areas - a participatory approach. In Helming, K., Perez-Soba, M. & Tabbush, P. (eds) Sustainability Impact Assessment of Land Use Changes. Springer: Berlin. Morris, J. and Urry, J. (2006) Growing places (PDF-1319K). A study of social change in The National Forest. Forest Research, Farnham. Morris, J., Norton, L., Waterton, C. (2006). Understanding Loweswater: Interdisciplinary Research in Practice. Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 57, No. 2, 2006, 277–293. Morris, J. (2004). Locals and Professionals: Participatory Approaches to Protected Area Management in Peru and the UK. Lancaster University, unpublished PhD thesis. Conference proceedingsMorris, J. and Tassone, V. (2008). Assessing the sustainability impacts of European policies – stakeholder-based research methods and results. Proceedings of EASY-ECO Vienna Conference 'Governance by Evaluation: Institutional Capacities and Learning for Sustainable Development'. Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration: Vienna. Morris, J. (2006). Growing Places: Forestry as an Engine for Social Development in The National Forest. Proceedings of IUFRO 3.08 Conference 'Small-scale forestry and rural development: The intersection of ecosystems, economics and society'. Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology: Galway, Ireland.
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