Adrian Martin

I am a social scientist who specialises in interdisciplinary research to inform the management of natural resources in developing countries, particularly in relation to governance of protected areas, integrated conservation and development, participatory forestry and agricultural intensification. Recent work has pursued four main themes. First, conservation and environmental justice, including the potential for understanding normative values to support higher quality environmental decision making and to support conflict transformation. Second, the analysis of multidimensional wellbeing values to understand links between ecosystem services and poverty alleviation. Third, the use of market-based instruments, including payments for ecosystem services, as a means to resolving trade-offs in environmental governance. Fourth, using ideas about conflict transformation to examine responses to environmental conflicts and to identify pathways to sustainability.

The interdisciplinary nature of my work is reflected in the range of social science journals I publish in. I am director of UEA’s Global Environmental Justice research group. I am also a Coordinating Lead Author for the IPBES Assessment of Diverse Values of Nature.