Research interests
Prof. Hutton’s applied research lies at the intersection between development, adaptation and the social and policy implications of environmental/climate change and sustainable management. This socio-environmental research emphasises the coordination of spatial data handling and the management/policy/governance implications of climate change/environmental vulnerability of communities, land cover and earth observation in decision-making support systems. Current areas of research include;
(i) The development of spatially explicit sustainable livelihood framework (SLF) capitals (such as social capital, natural capital) that can act as inputs to the development of livelihood policy relevant socio-ecological clusters within poor rural landscapes
(ii) working with Government of Bangladesh, using integrated models to test the socio-environmental consequences of specific coastal engineering intervention as part of the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100
(iii) Developing an integrated understating of the socio-environmental conditions, SDG applications and policy/management requirements within the changing dynamics of large-scale delta and associated river system in South and South East Asia
(iv) Developing Scenarios of plausible future states of delta systems with stakeholders
(iv) Assessing the potential impacts and barriers to uptake of solar panel use at community level (rural and urban)
PhD Supervision
- Ailish Craig: Association between social capital and food security in Malawi. South Coast Doctoral Centre
- Md. Moniruzzaman: Drivers and impacts of Aquiculture development in coastal Bangladesh. Gov. Bangladesh scholarship fund
- Kashif Salik: Exploring potential relationships between migration and well-being: the case of semi-arid regions of rural Pakistan. ODI/IDRC
- Martin Watts: Climate change resilience in Forest garden systems of Tanzania. ESRC
Current Projects
Dates
Active | Award holder(s) | Award holder(s) | Award holder(s) | Award holder(s) |
|---|
| 2020-2021 |
Dr. Tazmian Rahman & Prof. Craig Hutton |
MECS/EPSRC |
E-cooker network for Urban Slums: Benefits and Barriers to implementation |
£150,000/£22,000/£70,000 |
| 2019-2021 |
Prof. Robert Nicholls & Prof. Craig Hutton |
NERC |
Aims to analyse the potential system synergies and conflicts between the SDGs in Ganges Delta |
£750,000/£30,000/£150,000 |
| 2019-2021 |
Prof. Steven Darby & Prof. Craig Hutton et al. |
NERC |
Aim is to understand agricultural systems resilience to hydro meteorological extremes in Mekong Delta |
£700,000/£30,000/£150,000 |
| |
Craig Hutton PI |
UNICEF |
Global Child Climate Risk Index |
£120,000 |
Research group
Environmental Change and Sustainability (ECaS)
Affiliate research group
Landscape Dynamics and Ecology (LDE)
Research project(s)
This work develops a repeatable process to identify and characterise Socio-Ecological Systems (SES) and their livelihood components, with a focus on the impacts of drought on rural livelihoods in the Steppe region of Central Turkey.
We demonstrate the potential of Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) to inform strategic policy decision making at the regional level, helping to understand key trade-offs and secondary impacts. We document the Delta Dynamic Emulator Model (ΔDIEM), co-produced with stakeholders, to integrate ecosystem services and household wellbeing, being utilised by the Planning Commission of the Government of Bangladesh for its strategic long-term risk planning.
presents modelled impacts of waterlogging to 2050 in coastal Bangldesh including (i) Key policy relevant findings (ii) Plausible areas for policy development (iii) Potential future research focus areas.
Develop a stakeholder engagement strategy to generate policy relevant scenarios for rice agricultural systems in relation to (a) future water, nutrient and sediment supply; (b) delta-scale adaptations to agricultural practice, and; (c) local-scale adaptations to water and flood management practice.
Development of Integrated Assessment Models to addresses mapping the complexity of SDGs within a large-scale social-ecological system , as well as directly supporting the evaluation and development of policies and practises to deliver sustainable development in West Bengal, India.
Development of workshop based socio-ecological and livelihood based scenario strategies in the agricultural sector of the developing South
The overall aim of this project to understand how agricultural resilience to hydrometeorological extremes can be enhanced through improved predictive capacity and aligned policy and governance, using the Vietnamese Mekong delta (VMD) as a representative exemplar delta.
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