Margaret Carlisle

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Lecturer for UF811110 Applications of GIS, UF810843/UF809765 Natural Hazards and Mitigation, UF810844 Globalisation, Sustainability and Uneven Development, UF709797 GIS & Remote Sensing, UN809808 Geography of Tourism & Sustainability, UL708476 Introduction to GIS.

Margaret has a BSc Hons (Rural Resource Management): Scottish Agricultural College & Napier University, MPhil (GIS & Remote Sensing): University of Cambridge, PhD (Ecological Risk Assessment): University of Aberdeen.

Previously (post-PhD) she worked as an Independent Consultant (2011-2015).  Clients include JMT (John Muir Trust, Strathaird, Skye), SAC (Scottish Agricultural College Consulting), and SNH (Scottish Natural Heritage.) She also worked for the University of Aberdeen as a Research Fellow (2005-2011).

Prior to her PhD (but post-BScHons) worked as an Environmental Resource Analyst for the environmental consultancy Cairns Limited.

Margaret has been involved in the following key initiatives and projects:

As part of the Cairns Limited team:

  • Strategic Environmental Assessment (1996) and Planning and Economics Feasibility Study (1996) for prospective oil and gas development in Kazakhstan, for McDermott inc. USA, followed by Karaganski Bay Development Plan (1998) for Balfour Beatty UK.
  • Socio-Economic Appraisal of the Impact of Offshore Oil and Gas on Rural Communities in Scotland, for SNC Lavalin, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Poleglass Play Review, for Making Belfast Work, Belfast.
  • Contaminated Land Assessment of Rosyth Royal Naval Dockyard, Fife.
  • Calton Hill Landscape Development Programme, for City of Edinburgh Council.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment for residential development at Birnam Park,
  • Landscape Assessment of the Dunkeld National Scenic Area, Perth and Kinross.

As part of the Aberdeen University research team:

  • Research Assistant for “Market Stall” projects (2002-3, 2003-4), using contingent valuation to assess willingness-to-pay for wildlife management & windpower. Responsible for running focus groups and follow-up phone questionnaires. Project leaders Dr Douglas Macmillan & Dr Lorna Phillip.
  • Research Fellow, 50% part time, for the COREPOINT project (contract ran from June 2005 to April 2008). The aim of COREPOINT (http://corepoint.ucc.ie/) was to establish NW Europe as an internationally recognised region of excellence in integrated coastal zone management (ICZM).
  • Research Fellow, 100% full time to 31 July 2011 for the NATURE-SDIplus project http://www.nature-sdi.eu/. The NATURE-SDIplus Network started in October 2008. It aimed to enable and improve the harmonisation of national datasets on nature conservation, making them accessible and exploitable. Analysed 253 nature conservation datasets from 17 European countries in order to assess the current levels of compatibility with each other, accessibility to users, and probable compliance with INSPIRE.  Subsequently was seconded to the international INSPIRE thematic working group (TWG) on the three Annex III themes. The TWG had responsibility for defining the EU data specifications for these themes.

As an independent consultant:

She teaches UF811110 Applications of GIS, UF810843/UF809765 Natural Hazards and Mitigation, UF810844 Globalisation, Sustainability and Uneven Development, UF709797 GIS & Remote Sensing, UN809808 Geography of Tourism & Sustainability, UL708476 Introduction to GIS.

These contribute to several programmes – MSc Applied Data Science, BScH Geography, BScH Environmental Science, BScH Sustainable Development, plus others.

Margaret's major non-work interest is hillwalking. She has a large extended family, none of whom live in the Highlands, and likes to get to see them when she can (lockdowns permitting).