Christopher Short
HND (Rural Resource Management), MPhil (Sociology)
Senior Research Fellow
Tel +44 (0) 1242 714550
cshort@glos.ac.uk
Profile
Chris joined the CCRI in 1995 and has maintained his research interests in the relationship between different land uses, namely agriculture, forestry, nature conservation, amenity and climate change and their constituent communities. He has particular interests in the development and implementation of rural development and agri-environment policy, as well as the nature of partnerships and knowledge exchange that these require. He has considerable expertise in issues relating to landscape scale initiatives, shared resources, collective action and commons across Europe. Chris shares the role of Subject Group Leader for the Farming and Food research cluster with Damian Maye.
Recent Publications
Book contribution
Short, C. (2011 forthcoming) Forests and Forest Landscapes as Commons: Changing traditions and governance in Europe, in Ritter, E. and Daukst, D. Society Culture and Forests: Human-Landscape Relationships in a Changing World, Springer.
Short, C. (2008) Reconciling Nature Conservation 'Needs' and Those of Other Land Uses in a Multi-Functional Context: high-value nature conservation sites in lowland England, in Robinson, G. (ed) Sustainable Rural Systems Ashgate: Aldershot. pp 125-144.
Refereed papers
Healey M , Jordan F, Pell B and Short C (2010) The Research-Teaching Nexus: a case study of students’ awareness, experiences and perceptions of research, Innovations in Education and Teaching International. 47: 2, 235 — 246.
Mills, J., Gibbon, D., Ingram, J., Reed, M., Short, C. and Dwyer, J. (2011) Organising collective action for effective environmental management and social learning in wales. The Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 17(1) pp. 69 – 83
Short, C. (2008) The Traditional Commons of England and Wales in the Twenty-First Century: meeting new and old challenges, International Journal of the Commons, European Commons Special Issue 2 (2) 192-221.
Carey, P., Short, C., Morris, C., Hooke, D., Hunt, J., Priscott, A., Finch, C., Curry, N., Little, W., Winter, M., Hopwood, G., Parkin, A., Davis, M. and Firbank, L. (2003) The multi-disciplinary evaluation of a national agri-environment scheme Journal of Environmental Management
Short, C., Ilbery, B., Courtney, P., Kambites, C. and Boase, R. (2008) Exploring the Interactions between land-based industries and communities in rural England, Journal of Farm Management. Vol 13 (4) 369-378.
Contract reports
Powell, J., Mills, J., Courtney, P. and Short, C. (2011) Developing approaches to ex-post assessment of regulatory change impacts at the farm level: prototype study. Draft final report to Defra.
Dwyer, J. and Short, C. (2011) An ecosystem services pilot in the South West; building a framework for delivery, Report to Exmoor National Park Authority and Natural England. CCRI: Cheltenham.
Short, C., Griffiths, R. and Phelps, J. (2010) Inspiring and Enabling Local Communities: an integrated delivery model for Localism and the Environment. Report to Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group and Natural England. CCRI: Cheltenham.
Short, C., Gaskell, P., Humphries, A., Waldon, J. and Aglionby, J. (2010) Assessment of the impacts of an area-based payment implemented within the Single Farm Payment Scheme on active graziers of common land in England. Report to the European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism. CCRI: Cheltenham.
Mills, J., Short, C., Ingram, J., McEwen, L., Chambers, F. and Dwyer, J. (2010) Review of the Exmoor Mires Project. Confidential draft to the Exmoor Mires Restoration Project. CCRI, Cheltenham.
Dwyer, J., Condliffe, I., Short, C. and Pereira, S. (2010) Sustaining Marginal Areas: the Case of the English Uplands, Framework 7 project report, CCRI: Cheltenham. Available at http://www.rudi-europe.net/reportspublications.html under Work Package 8.
Ingram, J., Short, C., Gaskell, P., Mills, J., Lewis, N., Clark, M., Dennis, E., Fisher, R., and Owen, I. (2009) Entry and exit from agri-environmental schemes in Wales, Final Report for Welsh Assembly Government.
Short, C., Owen, S., Kambites, C., Jones, O., Taylor, K. and Lewis, N. (2009) Study of Determined Town and Village Green Applications, Report to Defra, Cheltenham: CCRI.
Boatman, N., Gaskell, P., Short, C., Parry, H., Jones, N., Bishop, J., Mills, J. and Dwyer, J. (2008) A Review of Environmental Benefits supplied by Agri-Environment Schemes, Report to the Land Use Policy Group by the Central Science Laboratory and Countryside and Community Research Institute, Natural England, London.
J., Ingram, J., Reed, M., Short, C., Gibbon, D. and Dwyer, J. (2008) Evaluation of key factors that lead to successful agri-environmental co-operative schemes, Report to the Welsh Assembly Government. Cheltenham: CCRI.
Short C, Jones O and Reed M (2008) Policy implications of the postmodern countryside, Report to the Commission for Rural Communities. Cheltenham: CRC.
Gaskell, P., Boatman, N., Dwyer, J., Mills, J, Ingram, J, Short, C. and Turley, D. (2008) Environmental Observatory update – the implications of the 2003 CAP reform for the environment in England. Report to Defra's Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory (ACEO).
Gaskell, P., Ingram, J., Mills, J., Kirwan, J., Short, C., Dwyer, J., Groom, G., Boatman, N., and Turley, D. (2007) Environmental impacts of CAP reform: Assessment of implications of farm level change for environmental outcomes, Final report to the Defra Agricultural Change and Environment Observatory programme, with the Central Science Laboratory.
Courtney, P., Short, C., Kambites, C., Moseley, M., Ilbery, B., Boase, R., Owen, S. and Clark, M. (2007) The Social Contribution of Land-based Industries to Rural Communities. Commission for Rural Communities.
Mills, J., Gibbon, D., Dwyer, J., Short, C. and Ingram, J. (2006) Identification of Delivery Mechanisms for Welsh Top-tier Agri-environment Schemes. Countryside Council for Wales.
Kambites, C., Johnson, P., Lewis, N., Owen, S. and Short, C. (2006) Green Infrastructure Planning in the Swindon Urban-Rural Fringe. Great Western Community Forest.
Short, C. (2006) Future of Stroud Commons Grazing: Study of Minchinhampton and Rodborough Commons, English Nature and Cotswold Conservation Board: Northleach.
Short C, Hayes L, Selman P and Wragg A (2005) A common purpose: a guide to agreeing management on common land. Report to the Countryside Agency, English Nature, The National Trust, Open Spaces Society, and RDS Defra. English Nature, Peterborough.
Short, C., Taylor, K., Curry, N. and Boase, R. (2005) Review of Local Access Forums Report to Countryside Agency, Cheltenham.
Conference proceedings
Short C. (ed) (2011 Forthcoming) Proceedings of the Eighth National Seminar on Common Land and Village Greens, Countryside and Community Research Institute, Cheltenham.
Short C. (ed) (2008) Proceedings of the Seventh National Seminar on Common Land and Village Greens, Countryside and Community Research Institute, Cheltenham.
Short C. (ed) (2007) Proceedings of the Sixth National Seminar on Common Land and Village Greens Countryside and Community Research Institute, Cheltenham.
Other publications
(2010) Response to the Defra natural Environment White Paper, main author with CCRI colleagues.
(2009) Response to the CRC inquiry into the future for England's upland communities, April. With Dwyer, J.
(2008) Response to the Defra informal consultation on the proposed new Upland Entry Level Scheme (UELS), September. With Dwyer, J. and Mills, J.
External presentations in the UK and other activities
(2011) 'Beyond agri-environment: a new approach to ecosystem services delivery in Exmoor', presentation within a plenary session ‘Delivering sustainable land management in the future: focusing upon ecosystem services and landscape-scale effects’ in the Annual Agricultural Economics Society Conference, Warwick 18-20 April 2011, co-authored with Janet Dwyer.
(2011) Inspiring and Enabling Local Communities: a delivery model for localism and the environment, presentation to the Rural Economy Policy Advisory Group (REPAG) for Gloucestershire, with Jenny Phelps of FWAG.
(2010) What do we mean by Ecosystem Services?, presentation as part of a workshop to Members of the Exmoor National Park Authority Board, November 2010.
Short, C. (2010) Land and its Uses. Webinar presentation as part of the CCRI Rural Policy Conference: Conflict or Consensus? The Next Decade of Rural Policy. Cheltenham, September.
(2010) Opening Spaces through Re-invention of Restoration: Approaching commons through new conceptualisations of places and landscapes and environmental management, 'The End of Tradition? Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape', Sheffield Hallam University on 15 - 17 September, co-authored with Dr Owain Jones.
(2009) 'Jewel in the crown or stone in the shoe?' A review of the relationship between common land and agri-environment schemes in England and Wales. Presentation to the Contested Commons Symposium, University of Newcastle September 10-12
(2009) Estimating the non-market benefits of environmental stewardship, Facilitating Three workshops in Cheltenham, Penrith and Peterborough as part of a project funded by Defra.
(2008) Exploring the Interactions between land-based industries and communities in rural England Presentation and the 'Rural Futures' conference organised jointly by the Rural Futures Unit at University of Plymouth in April.
(2008) Participatory research methods and rural studies in "Towards transformative knowledges/practices for sustainable rural futures" session (Rural Geography Research Group) RGS-IBG Annual Conference 27-29 August. With Ingram J., Jones, O. & Reed, M
(2006) University Teaching Fellow, notably for work on linking teaching and research
(2007) Led submission on Research in Teaching (RiT) developments as part of the University of Gloucestershire's strategic development in Learning and Teaching.
International presentations
(2011) Convened and chaired a session on Adaptive Management and Commons in the 13th Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons. Presentations were given from delegates in Austria, Denmark, Japan and the Cape Verde Islands.
(2011) Drainage, Biodiversity and a landscape solution: reviewing a UK delivery model, Presentation at the 13th Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons, Hyderabad, India.
(2011) Policy Discussion on Commons: lessons from recent policy experiences in the UK and Europe, interactive workshop within the 13th Global Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons.
(2010) Member of a Knowledge Transfer field trip to Northern Spain concerning Common Land across Europe and its management and governance 16-20 May
(2008) Social contribution of land-based industries to rural communities. Presentation to the Rural Economy Department at the University of Alberta, Canada. October.
(2008) Assessing the connections between academics' experiences of 'research' and 'teaching': investigating disciplinary and institutional variations. Presentation to the International Society for the Study of Teaching and Learning, Edmonton, Canada, 17-19 October, with Healey, M. (DNSS, University of Gloucestershire).
(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. July.
(2006) Ring in the new: multifunctional approaches to common land management in England and Wales. Presentation to the IASCP Europe Regional Meeting, Brescia, Italy University of Brescia.
(2006) Managing Commons with no Traditional Function: balancing multiple land uses on common property resources in lowland England. Presentation to the IASCP International Conference, Bali, Indonesia, Centre for Agarian Studies.
Public service activity in the UK and the Republic of Ireland
Member of the National Common Land Stakeholder Advisory Group convened by Defra.
Member of the Partnership Steering Group of the Foundation for Common Land.
Chair of the Strawberry Banks and Three Groves Wood Reserve Management Committee, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
