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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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., Sept 2023, In: Biological Conservation. 285, 110253.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
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Open access
The future starts in the past: embedding learning for sustainability through culture and community in Scotland
White, R. M., Kockel, U., King, B., Leask, K., Higgins, P. & Samuel, A., 4 Sept 2023, In: Frontiers in Sustainability. 4, 18 p., 1128620.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Traditional knowledge for climate change adaptation in Mesoamerica: a systematic review
Mardero, S., Schmook, B., Calmé, S., White, R. M., Joo Chang, J. C., Casanova, G. & Castelar, J., 21 Mar 2023, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open. 7, 1, 15 p., 100473.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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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., 12 Dec 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scottish Geographical Journal. Latest Articles, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe: looking to the future by learning from the past
Lécuyer, L., Alard, D., Calla, S., Coolsaet, B., Fickel, T., Heinsoo, K., Henle, K., Herzon, I., Hodgson, I., Quétier, F., McCracken, D., McMahon, B. J., Melts, I., Sands, D., Skrimizea, E., Watt, A., White, R. & Young, J., 1 Jan 2022, The future of agricultural landscapes, part III. Bohan, D. A., Dumbrell, A. J. & Vanbergen, A. J. (eds.). Amsterdam: Academic Press/Elsevier , p. 3-56 54 p. (Advances in ecological research; vol. 65).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Open access
Conservation conflict hotspots: mapping impacts, risk perception and tolerance for sustainable conservation management
Lecuyer, L., Calmé, S., Schmook, B. & White, R. M., 11 Aug 2022, In: Frontiers in Conservation Science. 3, 12 p., 909908.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Open access
Supporting the role of universities in leading individual and societal transformation through education for sustainable development
Price, E. A. C., White, R. M., Mori, K., Longhurst, J., Baughan, P., Hayles, C. S., Gough, G. & Preist, C., 11 Nov 2021, In: Discover Sustainability. 2, 16 p., 49.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Technology development for the early detection of plant pests: a framework for assessing Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) in environmental science
White, R., Marzano, M., Fesenko, E., Inman, A., Jones, G., Agstner, B. & Mumford, R., 20 Jun 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection. First Online, 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review