Thesis Title:
Evaluating and Supporting Partnership Approaches to Environmental Management
Thesis Abstract:
This PhD will work with the England’s Environment Agency, The Rivers Trust and The Catchment Based Approach National Steering Group to investigate the development of an evaluation approach that can be used to identify the environmental, social and financial outcomes of the participatory approach and crucially the factors that influence the emergence of these outcomes. This will be of use to UK Government and the agencies tasked with implementing participatory approaches to water management, as it will identify how to support greater benefits from collaboration. Additionally, it will also contribute to wider international debates on how to monitor, evaluate and encourage participatory approaches to environmental management.
Primary Supervisor:
Dr Alexandra Collins