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I am a Senior Lecturer in physical geography and co-director of the St Andrews Centre for Critical Sustainabilities.
My PhD training was in Quaternary science - studying the geological history of the most recent part of the geological record, the last ~2.6 million years, which encompasses the dramatic climatic changes of the Ice Ages and the rise of humans as an agent of change on the planet. I was trained in pollen analysis and related palaeoenvironmental techniques and have a publication record in environmental change and human-environment interactions in ecosystems ranging from the sub-arctic to the tropics.
Much of my work concerns questions of environmental management and long-term sustainability of socio-ecological systems, and has contributed to policy-making and other impact agendas around sustainable development. I also have a track record of expertise in the development and functioning of tropical peatlands, including their palaeoecology and geochemistry; quantitative regional-scale synthesis and analysis of environmental data; and long-term (Holocene and older) perspectives on environmental change and human impacts.
My current interests are in:
I have published research based on fieldwork in Greece, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Sweden, Peru, and the Republic of Congo, as well as in the UK.
I convene GG1001 "Welcome to the Anthropocene", GG4245 "Biogeography and the Earth System", and SD5031 "Contemporary Environmental Issues". I am particularly enthusiastic about field and lab teaching, including teaching research and quantitative data analysis methods, and I frequently co-lead residential field classes. I also contribute to various modules at Sub-Honours and Masters level and supervise dissertations.
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hiles, W. (Creator), Roucoux, K. H. (Supervisor), Streeter, R. T. (Supervisor) & Lawson, I. T. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 11 Feb 2075
DOI: 10.17630/b962ac81-f1a1-429c-ab83-5b8325e5f968, http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20220
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Streeter, R. T. (Owner), Lawson, I. T. (Creator), Cutler, N. (Creator) & Hiles, W. (Creator), University of St Andrews, 3 Oct 2024
DOI: 10.17630/c8d9774d-e669-433e-9da7-53038c5c81d1
Dataset
Lawson, I. T. (Creator), Åkesson, C. (Creator), Baker, T. R. (Creator), Cordova Oroche, C. J. (Creator), Dargie, G. C. (Creator), Del Aguila-Pasquel, J. (Creator), Grandez Ríos, J. (Creator), Hastie, A. (Creator), Honorio Coronado, E. N. (Creator), Mitchard, E. T. (Creator), Roucoux, K. H. (Creator), Reyna Huaymacari, J. (Creator), Williams, M. (Creator) & Lawson, I. T. (Contributor), NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre, 17 Aug 2023
DOI: 10.5285/0d1d15da-e356-492d-88db-2dba3b9ec9b4
Dataset
Hastie, A. (Creator), Householder, J. E. (Creator), Honorio Coronado, E. N. (Creator), Hidalgo Pizango, C. G. (Creator), Herrera, R. (Creator), Lähteenoja, O. (Creator), de Jong, J. (Creator), Winton, R. S. (Creator), A Aymard Corredor, G. (Creator), Reyna, J. (Creator), Montoya, E. (Creator), Paukku, S. (Creator), Mitchard, E. T. A. (Creator), Åkesson, C. M. (Creator), Baker, T. R. (Creator), Cole, L. E. S. (Creator), Córdova Oroche, C. J. (Creator), Dávila, N. (Creator), Del Aguila, J. (Creator), Draper, F. C. (Creator), Fluet-Chouinard, E. (Creator), Grández, J. (Creator), Janovec, J. P. (Creator), Reyna, D. (Creator), Tobler, M. W. (Creator), Del Castillo Torres, D. (Creator), Roucoux, K. H. (Creator), Wheeler, C. E. (Creator), Fernandez Piedade, M. T. (Creator), Schöngart, J. (Creator), Wittmann, F. (Creator), van der Zon, M. (Creator) & Lawson, I. T. (Creator), Zenodo, 31 Jul 2024
Dataset
Hastie, A. (Creator), Honorio Coronado, E. H. (Creator), Reyna Huaymacari, J. (Creator), Mitchard, E. T. (Creator), Åkesson, C. (Creator), Baker, T. R. (Creator), Cole, L. E. S. (Creator), Cordova Oroche, C. J. (Creator), Dargie, G. C. (Creator), Dávila, N. (Creator), De Grandi, E. C. (Creator), Del Aguila-Pasquel, J. (Creator), Del Castillo Torres, D. (Creator), De La Cruz Paiva, R. (Creator), Draper, F. C. (Creator), Flores, G. (Creator), Grandez Ríos, J. (Creator), Hergoualc’h, K. (Creator), Householder, J. E. (Creator), Janovec, J. P. (Creator), Lähteenoja, O. (Creator), Reyna, D. (Creator), Rodríguez-Veiga, P. (Creator), Roucoux, K. H. (Creator), Tobler, M. (Creator), Wheeler, C. E. (Creator), Lawson, I. T. (Creator) & Hastie, A. (Contributor), NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre, 11 Jan 2024
DOI: 10.5285/db3de2d7-b094-4d15-a40b-edb618ede889
Dataset
Lawson, I. T. (PI) & Schulz, C. (CoI)
Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate
1/11/24 → 31/10/27
Project: Standard
Lawson, I. T. (PI), Schulz, C. (CoI) & Thorn, J. (CoI)
Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) – Congo Program
1/10/24 → 31/03/26
Project: Standard
Roucoux, K. (PI) & Lawson, I. T. (CoI)
8/01/21 → 7/07/21
Project: Standard
Davies, A. (PI), Lawson, I. T. (CoI) & Roucoux, K. (CoI)
1/12/20 → 1/05/21
Project: Standard
Roucoux, K. (PI), Laurie, N. (CoI) & Lawson, I. T. (CoI)
15/02/19 → 14/02/20
Project: Standard
Roucoux, K. (Participant), Lawson, I. T. (Participant) & Biddulph, G. E. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
Roucoux, K. (Participant), Lawson, I. T. (Participant) & Abraham, V. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
Roucoux, K. (Participant) & Lawson, I. T. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a conference
Donaldson, N. (Organiser), Roucoux, K. (Participant), Lawson, I. T. (Participant), Choquet, C. (Participant), Wiltshire, C. A. (Participant), Ellis, G. (Participant), Ross, K. (Member of organising committee) & Ivanchikova, J. (Participant)
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a public festival/exhibition/event
Lawson, I. T. (External examiner)
Activity: Examination types › External examination
Honorio Coronado, E. N. & Lawson, I. T.
19/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Honorio Coronado, E. N. & Lawson, I. T.
19/07/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Roucoux, K. H. & Lawson, I. T.
12/01/18
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research