Dr Christopher Schulz

Lecturer in Sustainable Development (Critical Economic Dimensions of Sustainability)

Phone: +44 (0)1334 46 2457
Email: Christopher.Schulz@st-andrews.ac.uk

Biography

Christopher Schulz joined the School of Geography and Sustainable Development at St Andrews as Lecturer in Sustainable Development (Critical Economic Dimensions of Sustainability). He was previously a Lecturer in the MSc programme in Ecological Economics at SRUC/Edinburgh University, a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, and a Research Fellow at St Andrews. He holds a PhD and MSc in Environment and Development from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Politics and Public Administration from the University of Konstanz.

Teaching

Undergraduate - BSc/MA (Hons) Geography

GG3205 - Developing a Geography Research Proposal (supervisor)
GG4399 - Research Dissertation in Geography (supervisor)

Undergraduate - BSc/MA (Hons) Sustainable Development

SD1004 - Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges & Opportunities (contributor/tutor)
SD3101 - Developing a Sustainable Development Research Proposal (supervisor)
SD3103 - Sustainable Development Field Course Kenya (module co-coordinator)
SD4120 - Valuing Environments (module coordinator)
SD4297 - Dissertation in Sustainable Development (supervisor)

Postgraduate Taught (PGT) - MSc Sustainable Development

GD5802 - Sustainable Development: From Principles to Practice (module coordinator/contributor)
GD5998 - Policy Report (supervisor)
GD5999 - Dissertation (supervisor)

Postgraduate Research (PGR) - PhD, Geography/Sustainable Development

Mengqi Peng: 'When home does not feel like home: Investigating ethnic minorities’ environmental distress and ontological anxiety induced by small hydropower developments on the Nu River, China' (principal supervisor)
Kirishanthan Punniyarajah: 'Rights of Nature: The legal geographies and political ecologies of intermittent rivers in Sri Lanka' (principal supervisor)
John Mwangi Wangui: 'Contested water in a dynamic highland-lowland system of Ewaso Ng’iro North River Basin, Kenya' (principal supervisor at St Andrews, co-tutelle with University of Bonn)

Administration and Service

Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies (Research), School of Geography and Sustainable Development
Member, School Ethics Committee
Steering Committee, Centre for Amerindian, Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CAS)

Research areas

Christopher Schulz is an interdisciplinary researcher with interests in environment and development, environmental values, and water governance.

At St Andrews, his primary focus is on critical economic dimensions of sustainability, in particular:

Economic instruments for environmental management and sustainability transitions
Methodological options for valuing the environment
Conceptual and practical alternatives to mainstream economic approaches.

He is also currently Lead Researcher for the Dutch Government’s Valuing Water Initiative.

Most of his research has been in Latin America, but he also has fieldwork experience in South Asia and Africa. Besides English, he is fluent in Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and German.

PhD supervision

John Wangui
Kirishanthan Punniyarajah
Mengqi Peng

Selected publications

Open access

Valuing water: a global survey of the values that underpin water decisions
Schulz, C., Wolf, L. J., Martin-Ortega, J., Glenk, K. & Gischler, M., Mar 2024, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 153, 12 p., 103685.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open access

What does valuing water mean in practice? A case study from the Ewaso Ng’iro River Basin, Kenya
Schulz, C., Martin-Ortega, J. & Glenk, K., 2 Sept 2024, In: International Journal of Water Resources Development. 40, 5, p. 765-789 25 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Dam-induced displacement and resettlement
Schulz, C. & Skinner, J., 5 Jun 2023, Human migration and natural resources: Global assessment of an adaptive complex system. Ali, S. H., Kniveton, D. & Djalante, R. (eds.). Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), p. 56-57 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

Espíritus de los humedales, conocimiento indígena y conservación en los territorios urarinas
Fabiano, E., Schulz, C. & Martín Brañas, M., 1 Sept 2023, Donde habitan los neba: naturaleza, cultura e impactos ambientales en los territorios del pueblo Urarina. Martín Brañas, M., Fabiano, E. & Del Castillo Torres, D. (eds.). Iquitos: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, p. 133-150 18 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

Historia y evolución de los tejidos tradicionales del pueblo urarina
Martín Brañas, M., Schulz, C. & Palacios Vega, J. J., 1 Sept 2023, Donde habitan los neba: naturaleza, cultura e impactos ambientales en los territorios del pueblo urarina. Martín Brañas, M., Fabiano, E. & Del Castillo Torres, D. (eds.). Iquitos: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, p. 151-167 17 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

La industria petrolera en la cuenca del Pastaza-Marañón y sus impactos ambientales y sociales
Lawson, I. T., Laurie, N., Schulz, C., Roucoux, K. H., Andueza, L., Cole, L. E. S., Davies, A. L., Honorio Coronado, E. N. & Wheeler, C., 1 Sept 2023, Donde habitan los neba: naturaleza, cultura e impactos ambientales en los territorios del pueblo urarina. Martín Brañas, M., Fabiano, E. & Del Castillo Torres, D. (eds.). Iquitos: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, p. 89–110 22 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

Los humedales y turberas en los territorios indígenas urarinas: usos, manejo y carbono almacenado
Honorio Coronado, E. N., Schulz, C., Martín Brañas, M., del Águila Pasquel, J., del Aguila Villacorta, M., Dávila Cardozo, N., Córdova Oroche, C. J., García Mendoza, G., Ríos Paredes, M. A., Cole, L. E. S., Charpentier Uraco, E., Valdivia Alarcón, S., Vargas Bernuy, V., Delgado Amasifuen, D., Paima Roque, R., Marín Reyna, W., Isla Reátegui, G. M., Dávila Tuesta, W., Baker, T. R. & Reed, M. S. & 1 others, Roucoux, K. H., 1 Sept 2023, Donde habitan los neba: naturaleza, cultura e impactos ambientales en los territorios del pueblo urarina. Martín Brañas, M., Fabiano, E. & Del Castillo Torres, D. (eds.). Iquitos: Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana, p. 57-87 31 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Open access

In search of the good dam: contemporary views on dam planning in Latin America
Schulz, C. & Adams, W. M., Jan 2021, In: Sustainability Science. 16, 1, p. 255-269
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation)
Schulz, C., 23 Feb 2023, Dictionary of ecological economics: terms for the new millennium. Haddad, B. M. & Solomon, B. D. (eds.). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, p. 450-451 2 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Open access

The future of hydropower development in Nepal: views from the private sector
Schulz, C. & Saklani, U., Dec 2021, In: Renewable Energy. 179, p. 1578-1588
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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