Professor Simon Mortimer
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Head of School
- Head, Agri-Environment Group
- Programme Director, BSc Environmental Management
Areas of interest
My research focuses on the following areas:
- Development of indicators for measuring the success of agri-environment schemes and evaluation of the environmental performance of farms
- Evaluation of interaction between agricultural and environmental policies, agri-environment schemes, farmer attitudes and decision making concerning agri-environmental policies
- Relationship between land management, biodiversity and the delivery of ecosystem services, farmers' understanding of sustainable agricultural practices
- Plant community ecology, vegetation dynamics and succession, restoration ecology, habitat creation, colonisation of new sites by plants and their associated invertebrates
- Ecology and management of agricultural systems for biodiversity conservation, especially species-rich lowland grasslands
Teaching
My teaching is primarily in support of the , and programmes, and includes the following modules:
Research centres and groups
Research projects
Current and Recent Research Projects:
- Personalised public services in support of the Common Agricultural Policy (RECAP) (European Commission, 2016-2018)
- Integrated Farm Management for improved economic, environmental and social performance (Defra, 2014-2017)
- Linking Farmland Biodiversity to Ecosystem Services for Effective Ecological Intensification (LIBERATION) (European Commission, 2014-2017)