John Powell
BA (Geography), MSc (Natural Resources Management), PhD (Natural Resources Policy and Planning)
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +44 1242 71 4129
jpowell@glos.ac.uk
Profile
John’s research interests lie at the interface of rural economy and governance issues. He has expertise in resource valuation, policy evaluation and institutional analysis. He has particular interests in the development of new governance regimes for the management of shared resources, including common land, community forests and inland and coastal waters.
Recent Publications
Book contribution
Powell, J and Sarlov-Herlin, I. (2006) Wild land for Scotland: exploring the issues in the light of UK and Scandinavian experience. In: H. Zucchi and P. Stegman (eds.) Wagnis Wildnis: Wildnisentwicklung und Wildnisbildung in Mitteleuropa. Oekom Verlag, Munchen.
Refereed paper
Hayati, D., Karami, E. and Powell, J. (2008) The impact of rural development interventions on rural households: poverty and inequality: the case of Fars Province, Iran. Iranian Journal of Sociology. Vol.2, no.1,163-189.
Shmelev, S. and Powell, J. (2006). Ecological economic modelling for strategic regional waste management systems. Ecological Economics, Vol. 59, (1) pp.115-130.
Contract reports
Powell, J., Reed, M., Kambites, C. and Lewis, N. (2008) Exploring market and non-market values of Cydcoed intervention, Forest Research.
Powell, J., Clark, M., Lewis, N. and Kambites, C. (2007) Exploring the connections between participants, activities, and experiences in outdoor recreation. CCW Policy Research Report No. 07/3. Countryside Council for Wales.
Powell, J., Lewis, N., Kambites, C. and Wood. D. (2007) Managing recreation on inland waters in Wales: a review of approaches. CCW Policy Research Report No. 07/4. Countryside Council for Wales.
International presentations
(2009) Sustainable regional waste management systems: multicriteria ecological-economic modelling. 8th International Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 29 June – 2 July. With Shmelev, S.
(2008) Co-Chair of the 12th International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC) conference, 5 day conference for 500 delegates from 70 different countries. September.
(2008) The role of leader in the new Rural Development Plan for England. Central and East European Web for Biodiversity(CEEWeb) International Forum on LEADER and Direct Marketing, Tata, Hungary, 20-21 November.
(2008) Exploring the potential of trans-national co-operation for rural development. Il ruolo dei territory rurali nella cooperazione Europea (the role of rural areas in European cooperation). International conference organised by GAL Monte Linas, held in Montevecchio (Guspini), Sardinia, 24 April.
(2007) Maximising returns from a shared resource base: the dynamics of institutional change on common land. Paper selected for the panel on Common Pool Resources in Modern Europe, European Society for Ecological Economics Conference on 'Integrating Natural and Social Sciences', Leipzig, Germany, June.
(2007) Updating Common Land Legislation for the 21st Century: the first 50 Years. International Association for the Study of Commons, Regional Conference on 'Building the European Commons', Brescia, Italy. 23-25 March.
