Ph.D. Forests, Communities & Resources in Post-conflict Mozambique, Lancaster University (2004)
MSc Applied Entomology and Crop Protection, Newcastle University (1996)
BSc (Hons.) Environmental Studies (First Class), University of Northumbria at Newcastle. Northern Rock Urban Ecology Prize Winner for undergraduate dissertation (1995).
PGCert in Research Supervision, UCLAN (2005)
PGCert in Education (Further & Higher Education) Huddersfield University (2000)
Registered Nurse (R.N). Bede College of Health Studies (1985)
Biography
Ian is a Senior Lecturer in the National School of Forestry. He has a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Management from the University of Northumbria, an MSc from the School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development at Newcastle University and a PhD in Politics & International Relations from Lancaster University. His doctoral work was linked an African Development Bank project to develop an integrated social forestry programme & ecotourism initiative for Sofala Province, central Mozambique. He is a highly experienced researcher, comfortable in both qualitative and quantitative research traditions, though he has worked mainly with ethnographic methods and participative methodologies. His main current teaching and research interests are related to community development and rural health, including the health and social consequences of the 2001 UK foot and mouth disease disaster, the 2005 Carlisle floods, social capital in the Cumbrian uplands, migration and ethnicity and community development research related to forests and protected areas. Ian's most recent research has been funded by LEADER+ and has looked at sense of place in Northern England. He has published widely on community development and has been a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society since 2002.
Teaching Activities and Interests
Participative Forestry
Conservation Biology
National Parks and Protected Areas
People & Environment
Upland Management
Research Interests
Rural Development
Rural Health
Sense of Place
Social – Community Forestry
Research & Consultancy
2007 - How to support Upland Cumbria? Rural Development Plan England, Cumbria Sub-Regional Implementation Plan & the integration of Rural Development Regulation Axes. A project to address the challenges of horizontal and vertical integration in terms of policy, practitioner and community dynamics. Commissioned by the International Centre for the Uplands, (
http://www.theuplandcentre.org.uk|).
2006 - Farm-based Tourism & The Wild Ennerdale Project. Research project funded by Cumbrian Rural Enterprise Agency. . A project to explore the current status and future potential for farm/rural community based tourism and recreation in Ennerdale, particularly linked to the Wild Ennerdale Initiative. Commissioned by Cumbria Farm Tourism Initiative, Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency.
2006 - The Health and Social Consequences of the 2005 Carlisle Floods. Research project funded by Carlisle Churches.
2006 - Sense of Place. Research project funded by LEADER+ and managed through the International Centre for the Uplands. Research contract to identify how elements of the cultural landscape can contribute to community sustainability, including consideration of the ecomuseum concept. Commissioned by the International Centre for the Uplands,
2005 - Social Capital in Hill Farming. Report for International Centre for the Sustainable Uplands. Collaborative work with Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen.
2001 - The health and social consequences of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in North Cumbria. A three year study funded by the UK Department of Health. The research methodology was predominantly qualitative, based on semi-structured depth interviews, focus group meetings, and longitudinal diaries. A major focus of the research was to understand social support processes during disaster and post-disaster recovery.
2000 - The experiences of ‘South Asian’ migrants in the Lancashire and Yorkshire textile industry, 1950-2000. The study focused on themes of ethnicity, gender, and health, exploring issues such as housing and racism in the workplace. Research commissioned by the British Cotton Growing Association: Work People's Collection Fund.
1999 - GERFFA Socio-economic Study: Communities in Future Concession Areas: Recommendations for Equitable and Sustainable Management.
1999 - GERFFA Socio-economic Study: Guidelines for Equitable and Sustainable Concession Management
1998 - GERFFA Socio-economic Study: Nhambita Regulado, Sofala Province Mozambique. A socio-economic study of a community in the buffer zone of Gorongosa National Park.
1997 - GERFFA Programme Document: O Programa de Extensão Escolar.
1996 - An evaluation of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Netherlands Red Cross emergency programme in the South Caucasus (1995) carried out on behalf of the Netherlands Government. DGIS Activity Number QE 001201
1996 - Energy Utilisation in Peri-Urban Production Systems (a report for the NRI)
Research Grants
2007, Co-applicant, Rural Development Plan England, Cumbria Sub-Regional Implementation Plan & the integration of Rural Development Regulation Axes. International Centre for the Uplands Research Grant.
2006, Principal Investigator, Farm-based Tourism & Wild Ennerdale (CREA Research Grant)
2006, Co-applicant, Programme Evaluation of Communities Reunited (re 2005 Carlisle Floods)
2006, Principal Investigator, International Centre for the Uplands Research Grant Sense of Place Project
2004, Co-applicant for International Centre for the Uplands Research Grant (in collaboration with MLURI, Aberdeen and Scottish Agricultural College, Edinburgh)
2003, Co-applicant for British Academy Grant, Agreements with Partner Academies – Joint Projects
2002, Research scholarship, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
2001, Co-applicant for Department of Health grant, Foot and Mouth Disease research
Books & Book Chapters
Convery, I. & Dutson, T. Future Forest Landscapes: Wilding & Sustainability, in Stanturf, J. (ed.) Forest Landscape Restoration: Integrating Natural and Social Sciences (forthcoming 2009). Springer.
Convery I., Mort M., Bailey C., & Baxter J. (2008) Animal Disease & Human Trauma. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Convery I., Bailey C., Mort M., Baxter J. Altered Lifescapes. Chapter in Döring M & Nerlich, B. (Eds.) ‘From Mayhem to Meaning’: The cultural meaning of the 2001 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the UK. Manchester University Press (forthcoming October 2008).
Burton, R.J.F., Schwarz, G., Brown, K.M., Convery, I. & Mansfield, L.(2008)The future of hefted upland commons in areas of high public goods provision: Learning from the Lake District experience. In: Bonn A, K Hubacek, J Stewart & T Allott (Eds.) Drivers of Change in Uplands, Routledge.
Convery, I, Welshman, J, & Bashford, A. (2007) Tuberculosis Screening in Australia and the United Kingdom Since 1950: Comparative Histories. Chapter in Bashford, A. (Ed.) Medicine at the Border.Disease, Globalization and Security, 1850 to the Present. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Convery, I. & Welshman, J. (2006) South Asian migrants in the UK textile industry, in Nelson, M. (ed.) Occupational Health and Public Health ‘Lessons from the Past – Challenges for the Future’ Linköping, Sweden.
Peer Review Publications
Rogers, J., Convery, I., S., Simmons, E. & Weatherall, A. (2008) Public perceptions of community-based renewable energy projects. Energy Policy, Vol.36, pp.4217-4226.
Rogers, J., Simmons, E. Convery, I. & Weatherall, A. (2008) Rural Community Perceptions of Local Renewable Energy. Rural Futures: Dreams, Dilemmas and Dangers, University of Plymouth, 2nd April. Available at: http://www.ruralfuturesconference.org/2008/|
Convery, I. & Bailey, C. (2008) After the flood: the health and social consequences of the 2005 Carlisle flood event. Journal of Flood Risk Management,Vol. 1, pp.100-109.
Convery, I. & Dutson, T. (2008) Wild Ennerdale: A cultural Landscape. Journal of Rural & Community Development. Vol. 3, No. 1. Available at: http://www.jrcd.ca/viewissue.php|
Mort, M. Convery, I. Baxter, J. & Bailey, C. (2008) Animal disease and human trauma: the psycho-social implications of the 2001 UK Foot & Mouth Disease disaster.Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science. Vol. 11, 2, pp. 133-148.
Hartworth, C., Hartworth J & Convery I. (2007) Community Safety: A theoretical perspective. Research and Practice in Social Sciences, Vol.3, pp. 1-18.
Convery I., Mort M., Bailey C., & Baxter J, (2007) Role Stress Role Stress in Front Line Workers during the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic: the value of therapeutic spaces. Australasian Journal of Disaster and Trauma Studies Vol. 2007-2. Available at: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~trauma/issues/current.shtml|
Dutson , T. & Convery, I. (2007) Sense of Place and Community Development in the Northern English Uplands. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences. Vol. 1, pp.37-48.
Convery I. & Dutson, T. Sense of Place in Northern England. (2006) Biodiversity Science and Management. Vol. 2, pp.213-218.
Bailey C., Baxter J., Mort M. & Convery I. (2006) Community Experiences of the 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic in North Cumbria: An Archiving Story. Methodological Innovations Online, Vol. 1, No. 2. Available at: http://sirius.soc.plymouth.ac.uk/~andyp/viewarticle.php?id=32&layout=html&OJSSID=f6b550a58e402e7fe0c3871b01677806||
Convery I. (2006) Lifescapes and Governance: The Régulo System in Central Mozambique. Journal of African Political Economy Vol. 109, pp.449-466.
Bailey C., Convery I., Baxter J. and Mort M. (2006). Different public heath geographies of the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic: 'citizen' versus 'professional' epidemiology. Health & Place, Vol. 12, pp.157-16
Convery I., Bailey C., Mort M., Baxter J, Death in the Wrong Place? (2005) Emotional Geographies of the UK 2001 Foot and Mouth Disease Epidemic. Journal of Rural Studies Vol. 21, pp.99–109.
Mort M., Convery I., Bailey C. & Baxter J, (2005) Psychosocial effects of the 2001 UK foot and mouth disease epidemic in a rural population: qualitative diary based study, BMJ, Vol. 331, pp.1234-1237
Bailey C., Convery I., Baxter J., Mort M. (2004) ‘Narratives of trauma and on-going recovery: the 2001 foot and mouth disease epidemic’ AutoBiography Vol. XI, pp.37-45.
Mort, M. Convery, I. Bailey, C. & Baxter, J. (2004) Foot and Mouth doesn’t Affect Humans: Researching the Human Health and Social Consequences of the 2001 UK Epidemic. Centre Worlds, Vol.3, pp.16-34.
Howorth, C., Convery, I. & O’Keefe, P. (2001). Gardening to Reduce Hazard: Urban Agriculture in Tanzania. Land Degradation and Development, Vol.12. No.3, pp. 285-291.
Howorth, C., O’Keefe, P. & Convery I. (1997) Energy Utilisation in Peri-Urban Areas: Issues of Demand. Energy for Sustainable Development: The Journal of the International Energy Initiative. Vol III, No. 5. pp.16-25.
O’Keefe, P., Kirkby, S.J., Convery, I. & Howell, D. (1997)On the Emergence of Complex Disasters. Disasters The Journal of Disaster Studies and Management, Vol 21, No.2. pp.177-180.
Convery I. & Mellor, A (1996). The role of soil physico-chemical and faunal characteristics in monitoring the success of land reclamation and development: the case of Bede Heritage Park, Jarrow, Tyne and Wear. Land Contamination and Reclamation. Vol. 4: 255-262.
O’Keefe, P., Kirkby, J. Convery, I., Frerks, G.E., & Kliest, T.J. (1995) A disaster continuum? Disasters The Journal of Disaster Studies and Management. Vol. 19, No.4. pp.362 – 267.