Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Ecosystem services, biodiversity and human wellbeing along climatic gradients in smallholder agro-ecosystems in the Terai Plains of Nepal and Northern Ghana, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.
2012 → 2016
Award Date: 30 Jun 2016
Masters, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Sept 2010 → Sept 2011
Award Date: 7 Sept 2011
Keywords
- GE Environmental Sciences
- Urban ecology
- Climate change
- Infrastructure
- Mountains
- Social-ecological system
- Africa
- South Asia
- Participatory scenario planning
- Land use change
- Ecosystem services
- Human geography
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Freeing imagination for fair and resilient future cities
Comelli, T., Ensor, J., Filippi, M. E., Hope, M., Marchant, R., Pelling, M. & Thorn, J., 29 Aug 2024, In: Nature Cities. 1, 9, p. 536-539 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Kesho’ Scenario Development for Supporting Water-Energy Food Security under Future Conditions in Zanzibar
Marchant, R., Newman, R., Enns, C., Capitani, C., Thorn, J. P. R., Courtney-Mustaphi, C. J., Buckton, S., Om, E., Fazey, I. R. A., Haji, T. A., Nchimbi, A. Y. & Kariuki, R., 5 Feb 2024, In: Land. 13, 2, 26 p., 195.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A people-centred framework for exploring water, energy and food security in a small developing island
Newman, R., Thorn, J. P. R., Haji, T. A., Nchimbi, A. Y., Musa, I., Enns, C. & Marchant, R., 20 Jul 2023, In: Population and Environment. 45, 29 p., 14.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile
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Governing the water-energy-food nexus: Challenges across borders
HEJNOWICZ, A. P. (Co-investigator), Emberson, L. D. (Co-investigator), THORN, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), HARTLEY, S. E. (Co-investigator), Grugel, J. B. (Co-investigator), SALLACH, B. (Co-investigator), GIRAUDO, M. E. (Co-investigator), Pueppke, S. (Co-investigator), Qi, J. (Co-investigator) & Graham, N. (Co-investigator)
30/05/18 → …
Project: Other project › Research collaboration
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PURE: Catalysing participation through innovation to strengthen rural-urban climate resilient futures in Namibia
THORN, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), Cinderby, S. (Principal investigator), Marchant, R. (Co-investigator), AJALA, O. (Co-investigator), HEJNOWICZ, A. P. (Co-investigator), Mueller, A. (Co-investigator), Shackleton, S. (Co-investigator), Mfune, J. (Co-investigator) & Delgado, G. (Co-investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
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Up in smoke: Exploring future livelihoods and landscapes in tobacco-cultivated miombo woodland in Mbeya, South Western Tanzania
THORN, J. P. R. (Co-investigator), Jew, E. K. K. (Principal investigator), Tumbo, M. (Co-investigator), Kalumanga, E. (Co-investigator) & MARCHANT, R. (Co-investigator)
Project: Research project (funded) › Internal pump-priming
Activities
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Green urban infrastructure for climate resilience in peri-urban settlements in sub-Saharan Africa
Thorn, J. P. R. (Chair)
10 Dec 2020Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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4th EAI International Conference on Innovations and Interdisciplinary Solutions for Underserved Areas, InterSol 2020 (Event)
Thorn, J. P. R. (Chair)
9 Aug 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial board
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Peri-Urban Resilient Ecosystems launch
Thorn, J. P. R. (Advisor)
Jan 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Conference
Datasets
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The African development corridors database 2022
Thorn, J. P. R. (Creator), Mwangi, B. (Creator) & Juffe Bignoli, D. (Creator), Zenodo, 9 Sept 2022
Dataset
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Database: Emerging contaminant exposure to aquatic systems in the Southern African Development Community
Sallach, B. (Creator), Dessent, C. E. H. (Supervisor), Selwe, K. (Creator) & Thorn, J. P. R. (Contributor), University of York, 20 Jan 2022
DOI: 10.15124/a8a5a19f-ac6e-4756-b2de-32ac38b27b81
Dataset
Prizes
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St. Catherine’s College Bullock Travel Award
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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League of European Research Universities (LERU) leadership award
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Climate Research 4 Development
Thorn, J. P. R. (Recipient), 17 Jul 2019
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively