Glen Smith

Address: 

MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy
Beaufort Building, Environmental Research Institute,
University College Cork,
Ringaskiddy, Co. Cork

Email: glen.smith.mi@gmail.com
Education & career: 

EDUCATION

PhD in Marine Resource Management

UiT – The Arctic University of Norway

Title: Governance and power in the planning of Scotland’s seas

Awarded 11/2018

 

MSc (with distinction) Environment and Development

The University of Edinburgh

Awarded 06/2011

 

BA (Hons.) European Studies with German

Durham University

Result - 2:1

Awarded June 2006

 

CAREER

01/04/2019 - Present

Postdoctoral researcher. Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI), Environmental Research Institute (ERI), University College Cork, UCC.

 

01/10/2018 – 01/01/2019

Marine Planning Coordinator – Clyde Fishermen’s Association

 

07/2018 – 09/2018

Field researcher for the annual fishing fleet survey conducted by Seafish

 

01/2017 – 07/2018

Time taken to complete my Ph.D. thesis, travel and improve my Spanish

 

01/2013 – 01/2017

PhD Candidate. UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

 

09/2012 – 01/2013

Community Development Intern. Third Sector International,Lebrija, Spain. Organic farming project.

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Research activities: 

I am investigating the resilience of Ireland's coastal and marine areas in the context of climate change. This involves the various iterations of 'resilience' and how different communities respond - or do not - to the challenges. This includes the policies and regulations at different scales to support their actions, and where these might be improved.

I am primarily interested in ways that positive steps can be taken in difficult circumstances. And how existing (informal) governance structures in communities might subsume some of the responsibilities.

The project is being conducted through a series of interviews, meetings and workshops.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glen-smith-56ab0631/
Research gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Glen_Smith3
Selected publications (up to 5): 

Smith, G. (2018). Good governance and the role of the public in Scotland's marine spatial planning system. Marine Policy, 94, 1-9.

 

Smith, G. and Jentoft, S. (2017). Marine spatial planning in Scotland. Levelling the playing field? Marine Policy84: 33-41.

 

Smith, G. (2015). Creating the spaces, filling them up. Marine spatial planning in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters. Ocean & Coastal Management116: 132-142.

 

Smith, G. and Brennan, R. E. (2012). Losing our way with mapping: thinking critically about marine spatial planning in Scotland. Ocean & Coastal Management69: 210-216.