Dr Rehema White
Senior Lecturer
Research areas
I graduated in Agriculture (an interdisciplinary, applied degree) from the University of Aberdeen then combined travel and study. A year as an exchange student in Mexico (tropical food production) was followed by a MSc in Animal Science at the University of Manitoba in Canada (enjoying the wilderness of NW Ontario). In Australia I completed a PhD combining endocrinology, agriculture and reproductive ecology. I then returned to Africa, completing a postdoctoral fellowship at Rhodes University in South Africa. I wanted to stay in the country at that time of political transition, and took up a position at the University of Transkei in 1996. There my research became more interdisciplinary and included participatory approaches to explore integrated development and conservation options. As Acting Dean of Research from 2002-2004 I was responsible for developing themes for the University’s rural development research strategy.
In 2004 I returned to UK to the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory, Scotland. I joined the University of St Andrews in 2006 to help establish the Sustainable Development Programme. I now work on knowledge and sustainable development (including learning for sustainability, research modes); governance of natural resources (including multi-level collaboration, global North-South links, roles of community); and sustainability in practice (recently golf and tree health). I am exploring integrative analysis and novel links across these different fields, drawing on my experiences across the natural and social sciences. Much of my recent work involves gathering together academics, practitioners and policy makers in innovative ways to co-design collaborative solutions to specific sustainability challenges.
PhD supervision
- Benjamin Ong
- Fritha West
- Richard Marenbach
Selected publications
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Open access
Translation urgency in our climate-challenged times: co-producing geographical knowledge on El Niño in Peru
Laurie, N., Healy, G., Bell, I., Calle, O., Carmen, M., Cornejo, S., Davies, A., Mendo, T., Puescas, C., Schofield, V., Valdez, A. & White, R. M., 2024, In: Scottish Geographical Journal. 140, 1-2, p. 248-261 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conclusions: creating hope through education for future generations
White, R., 11 Sept 2024, A critical guide to perspectives and practices of education for sustainable development in higher education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A handbook for monitoring and evaluating education for sustainable development in higher education
White, R., Mobius, K., King, B., Leask, K., Peres, S., Walker, J. & Higgins, P., 25 Aug 2023, Online: QAA for Higher Education. 60 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Innovating assessment for education for sustainable development: towards authentic, collaborative and transformative learning
Kemp, S. & White, R., 11 Sept 2024, A critical guide to perspectives and practices of education for sustainable development in higher education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Action Research to gain a deeper understanding of large-scale biosecurity risks to Scotland
White, R., Watkins, H., Carson-Taylor, L. & Marzano, M., 24 Nov 2023Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Monitoring and evaluating education for sustainable development: co-creating quality learning experiences and outcomes
White, R., Hayles, C. & Gough, G., 11 Sept 2024, A critical guide to perspectives and practices of education for sustainable development in higher education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Cattle ranchers' tolerance to jaguar revealed through a spectrum of intended behaviours across a gradient of losses in a gamified survey-based field experiment
Lecuyer, L., Börger, T., Calmé, S., Schmook, B. & White, R. M., 1 Sept 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 285, 9 p., 110253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sustainability research, teaching and practice: co-creating quality learning experiences and outcomes
White, R., Saunders, C. & Robinson, Z., 11 Sept 2024, A critical guide to perspectives and practices of education for sustainable development in higher education. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis GroupResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Editorial: The role of the human dimension in promoting education for sustainable development at the regional level
Dlouhá, J., White, R. M., Petry, R., Reeves, A. & Lozano, R., 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainability. 4, 1281269.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
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Open access
Facilitating biodiversity conservation through partnerships to achieve transformative outcomes
White, R., Schmook, B., Calmé, S., Giordano, A., Hausser, Y., Kimmel, L., Lecuyer, L. M., Lucherini, M., Méndez-Medina, C. & Peña-Mondragón, J. L., 1 Jun 2023, In: Conservation Biology. 37, 3, 21 p., e14057.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review