Prof Simon Willcock

Professor in Environmental Geography

Contact info

Room: G18, Thoday Building
Email: s.willcock@bangor.ac.uk
Tel No: +44 (0) 1248 382 288

Twitter: @Simon_Willcock

Profiles:

Projects:

My projects focus on the interaction between people and nature, often using innovative methods (e.g. smartphones, and machine learning).

 

Contact Info

Room: G18, Thoday Building
Email: s.willcock@bangor.ac.uk
Tel No: +44 (0) 1248 382 288

Twitter: @Simon_Willcock

Profiles:

Projects:

My projects focus on the interaction between people and nature, often using innovative methods (e.g. smartphones, and machine learning).

 

Research

I am an interdisciplinary scientist, keen on producing real-world outputs that can be applied in numerous policy and business contexts. My particular interests focus on the interactions between people and nature, particularly within the tropics. Key subject areas include:

  • Adaptation
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Land use/cover change
  • Migration
  • Resilience
  • Tipping points

My projects focus on ecosystems services (the benefits humans derive from nature) in rural and urban areas, using innovative methods (e.g. smartphones; https://msds.tools/). 

 

Teaching and Supervision

Supervisor of seven PhD students.

Athena Swan Self-Assessment Team member

Elected member of university Senate

Postgraduate Project Opportunities

I welcome applications for postgraduate research (e.g. PhD, MRes, etc) that cover my areas of interest. These include: 

  • Adaptation
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Land use/cover change
  • Migration
  • Resilience
  • Tipping points

Within these areas, I have a wide range of interests, and possible projects might include:

  1. Using virtual reality to better understand cultural ecosystem services.
  2. Using machine learning to up-scale social survey data collection via smartphones
  3. The role biodiversity plays in tipping points

and many more!

Research areas and keywords

Keywords

  • QK Botany - Tropical Forests, Ecosystem Services
  • SD Forestry - Tropical Forests, Ecosystem Services, Sustainable Development
  • GE Environmental Sciences - Tropical Forests, Ecosystem Services, Migration, Sustainable Development
  • G Geography (General) - Migration, Sustainable Development

Education / academic qualifications

  • 2015 - Professional , Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
  • 2012 - PhD , Long-term Land Cover Change and Carbon Storage in Tanzania, East Africa
  • 2007 - BA , Biological Sciences

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