Dr Jonathan Potts
Biography
I am an environmental geographer who specialises in coastal and marine resource management. I am particularly interested in coastal hazard risk management, the institutional and policy frameworks for coastal management, stakeholder networks and public participation, environmental education and interpretation and sustainable development.
I am also interested in the role of museums and other heritage attractions in relation to the public’s understanding of environmental and sustainability issues.
I am a Chartered Geographer and Chartered Marine Scientist and an officer on both the Coastal and Marine Working Group of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and the International Geographical Union's Commission for Marine Geography.
Previous to my current position I was the Senior Specialist (Environment) at the National Maritime Museum (NMM) where I am a Visiting Fellow active with a number of key environment related programmes.
Research interests
- Shoreline Management
- Marine Spatial Planning
- Marine conservation
- Public engagement with coastal and marine resource management
Research outputs
2024
Bringing the ocean to the stage: performing coastal values and marine management
Bowyer, C., Fairbrass, A., Fradera, K., Georgia, S., Hughes, E. E., McKinley, E., Potts, J.
21 Oct 2024, In: Ocean and Society. 1, 19p., 8678
Radical and incremental, a multi-leverage point approach to transformation in ocean governance
Evans, T., Failler, P., Fletcher, R., Fletcher, S., Potts, J.
6 May 2024, In: Sustainability Science
Coastal microplastic pollution: understanding coastal community stakeholder perceptions and resolution priorities
Hale, M. S., Jones, D. M., Potts, J.
1 May 2024, In: Ocean and Coastal Management. 251, 9p., 107090
The sampling and analysis of coastal microplastic and mesoplastic: development of a citizen science approach
Hale, M. S., Jones, D. M., Potts, J.
1 Feb 2024, In: Journal of Coastal Conservation. 28, 1, 16p., 14
2023
Untangling theories of transformation: Reflections for ocean governance
Evans, T., Failler, P., Fletcher, S., Potts, J.
1 Sep 2023, In: Marine Policy. 155, 9p., 105710
Effects of dolphin-swim activities on the behaviour of an Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin population off the south coast of Mozambique
Drakeford, B., Gullan, A., Marley, S., Potts, J., Rocha, D.
1 Mar 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 279, 10p., 109949