The Stirling LPIP will develop a multidisciplinary science-based capacity to optimise outcomes for water resources in the Forth Water Basin in Scotland.
It is a partnership between the Universities of Stirling, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Heriot Watt, the James Hutton Institute and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, as well as the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Scottish Water and around eighty further project partners.
It will address:
- The economy, including how to optimise outcomes from water resources, in the pursuit of sustainable and inclusive economic growth.
- Community, including how to raise stakeholder capacity to enable and connect new opportunities from partnership, including community resilience and empowerment.
- The environment, including how to build productive and harmonious relationships between human and natural systems.
The Team
- Richard Simmons, Principal Investigator, University of Stirling
- Dr Pauline Lang, Research Partnership Manager
- Dr Kathleen Stosch, Research Partnership Officer
- Dr Lizzie Smith, Research Fellow for Place and Wellbeing
- Dr Chris Littleboy, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, FORTH2O Data Lab
- Perla Errasti Hernandez, PhD Student researching entrepreneurial ecosystems and innovation
- Harriet Crisp, PhD student researching people’s experience to water in the Forth River basin
- Igor Yegin, Researcher monitoring and optimising connectivity between FORTH2O partners
- Matthew Gower, PhD student researching how to optimise the value of water for individuals, communities
More Key Partners
- Scottish Government Regional Economic Development, Natural Capital, Wellbeing Economy, Agriculture and Rural Economy, Energy and Climate Change, and Water Policy Directorates
- City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian, Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannanshire and Fife Councils
- Forth Ports, Scottish Canals, Forth Rivers Trust, Forth Estuary Forum
- Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park Authority; Scottish Land and Estates
- Scottish Wildlife Trust, NatureScot, Greenspace Scotland, Sniffer, RSPB Scotland, WWF Scotland
- Scottish Enterprise, Skills Development Scotland, Forth Valley, Edinburgh and Fife Chambers of Commerce and FE Colleges
- Scotland’s Innovation Centres: CENSIS, IBIOIC, BE-ST
- Public Health Scotland, NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, NHS Lothian
- Community Enterprise
