Dr Stuart Monro FRSE
Chair, Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS)
Stuart Monro, Chair of SAMS, has a first-class degree in geology at Aberdeen University and PhD from Edinburgh University. His early career with the BGS involved mapping and applying geological data to environmental issues. He was Scientific Director of the Scottish Consortium for Rural Research, fostering collaboration in rural research and founding Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth helping the public engage with the processes that shaped the Earth, Earth Science tutor with the Open University (OU), Trustee of the National Museums Scotland and the first Independent Co-Chair of the Scottish Science Advisory Council. He was a member of the OU Council, the Court of Edinburgh University and its vice-convener, Deputy Chair and subsequently Acting Senior Lay Member of Court at St Andrews University and involved in drafting the 2017 Scottish Code of Good Higher Education Governance. He is an Honorary Professor at Edinburgh University and served twice as President of the RSSA and the Edinburgh Geological Society and as a non-executive Director of Edinburgh Science. He has an OBE for services to science, the Distinguished Service Award of the Geological Society, honorary doctorates from the Open, Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh and St Andrews universities and an honorary fellowship from the RSGS.
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Resources
Diversity of communities: In addressing environmental questions related specifically to Scotland there are a range of communities who see the challenge for the point of view of their own interest group. Do we discuss environmental issues within siloes?
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Advice Papers
In order to tackle climate change, we need more meaningful engagement founded on the policies that can contribute to behaviour and culture change.
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Events
How can James Hutton’s approach to understanding Earth inform the decisions we make about its future today? Three hundred years on from the birth of James Hutton, how can his approach to understanding Earth inform the decisions we make about its future? Join renowned Professor Iain Stewart FRSE and expert panellists in this evening exploration […]
