麻豆传媒

Area of Expertise 

Amy Proctor is a Social Scientist based in the Centre for Rural Economy, within the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences at 麻豆传媒. Her research interests centre upon the challenges and complexities of rural land and livestock management and the knowledge and expertise which underpin this. She is an experienced interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary researcher, leading on projects which bring together novel combinations of disciplines to tackle wicked problems, often co-designed with land managers and stakeholders. Amy also has interests in understanding the nature and impact of knowledge exchange within research and how stakeholders engage in this process and to what effect.

Amy is Co-I on the £4.5m UKRI-funded project undertaking interdisciplinary research exploring how best to support landholders to undertake peatland restoration as part of the programme. Amy was Co-PI on the £1.5m Wellcome Trust-funded project leading interdisciplinary research exploring how endemic livestock disease is influenced by nature and culture, science and society and the actions of humans and livestock. She was also PI on the European Horizon 2020 project exploring innovations in contract design to enhance delivery of environmental public goods from agriculture.

Amy has also been involved in work for Defra and Natural England, co-designing research with land managers and stakeholders to inform the development of key policies underpinning post-Brexit land management including ELM and the .

External roles

2020-2023 Member of UKRI Strategic Priorities Fund Landscape Decisions Programme Steering Committee

2016-present Review Editor in Veterinary Humanities and Social Sciences for Frontiers in Veterinary Science Journal

For a full list of my publications please see my

Amy's research has focused on agricultural extension and rural expertise. She also has interests in understanding the nature and impact of knowledge exchange within research and how stakeholders engage in this process and to what effect.

Recent Research Projects and Contracts

• UKRI (RESPECT) 2024-2027. Co-Investigator
• Defra Environmental Land Management Scheme Test and Trial: Curlew Contracts, 2019-2020 Co-Investigator
• Natural England Co-Investigator
• EU (EFFECT) 2019-2023, Principal Investigator
• Wellcome Trust (FIELD) 2018-2023 Principal Investigator
• ESRC (CECAN) 2016-2022 Named Researcher
• Defra Project 2 2014-2017 Co-Investigator

PhD Students

• Tom Atkins (2024-ongoing) Adaptive management strategies of amenity grasslands for biodiversity and ecosystem services.
• Naomi Oakley (2020-ongoing, PT) 'Social opportunities and barriers to regenerative land management on England's upland peatlands' 
• Cynthia Nneka Olumba 'An analysis of land degradation neutrality interventions in southeast Nigeria' (awarded 2024)
• Nur Bahiah Mohamed Harris (awarded 2019)

The applied and interdisciplinary strengths of Amy's research expertise sit at the heart of her teaching practice. 

Amy is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and leads and contributes to teaching across a range of degree programmes within SNES. She is passionate about providing learning opportunities for students to help them recognise the importance of having a broader, interdisciplinary viewpoint, developing key academic and professional skills and encouraging experiential learning through exposure to ‘real-world’ settings, practitioners and authentic assessments.

Amy is module leader for the Stage 1 'Sustainability in Practice' module (NES1100). Amy also contributes to teaching on the Stage 2 modules 'Sustainable Solutions' (NES2202) and 'Site Management & Communication Skills' (NES2104). She also acts as Stage 3 dissertation supervisor for Sustainable Land & Business Management and Agri-Business Management Students.

• Articles

  • Mahon N, Finan S, Holloway L, Clark B, Proctor A. . Scottish Geographical Journal 2024, 140(3-4), 508-532.
  • Holloway L, Mahon N, Clark B, Proctor A. . Journal of Rural Studies 2024, 110, 103367.
  • Holloway L, Mahon N, Clark B, Proctor A. . Sociologia Ruralis 2024, 64(2), 180-201.
  • Clark B, Proctor A, Mahon N, Holloway L. . Frontiers in Veterinary Science 2024, 11, 1258906.
  • Clark B, Proctor A, Boaitey A, Mahon N, Hanley N, Holloway L. . Agriculture and Human Values 2024, 41, 1841–1856.
  • Mahon N, Holloway L, Clark B, Proctor A. . Journal of Rural Studies 2023, 103, 103127.
  • Holloway L, Mahon N, Clark B, Proctor A. . Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space 2023, 6(2), 1278-1298.
  • Holloway L, Mahon N, Clark B, Proctor A. . Journal of Rural Studies 2023, 97, 95-104.
  • Mahon N, Clark B, Proctor A, Holloway L. . Veterinary Record 2021, 189(10), e941.
  • Barbrook-Johnson P, Proctor A, Giorgi S, Phillipson J. . Evaluation 2020, 26(3), 315-332.
  • Lowe P, Phillipson J, Proctor A, Gkartzios M. . World Development 2019, 116, 28-37.
  • Phillipson J, Proctor A, Emery S, Lowe P. . Land Use Policy 2016, 54, 321-330.
  • Klerkx L, Proctor A. . Land Use Policy 2013, 30(1), 13-24.
  • Phillipson J, Lowe P, Proctor A, Ruto E. . Journal of Environmental Management 2012, 95(1), 56-65.
  • Proctor A, Donaldson A, Phillipson J, Lowe P. . Environment and Planning A 2012, 44(7), 1696-1711.
  • Enticott G, Donaldson A, Lowe P, Power M, Proctor A, Wilkinson K. . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 2011, 366(1573), 1955-1965.
  • Proctor A, Phillipson J, Lowe P, Donaldson A. Ecologists as Farm Advisors: Using Knowledge gained on the job. In Practice 2011, 74, 16-18.
  • Gibbs D, Deutz P, Proctor A. . Regional Studies 2005, 39(2), 171-183.

• Book Chapters

  • Phillipson J, Proctor A, Lowe P, Donaldson A. . In: Henry, C, ed. Veterinary Business and Enterprise: Theoretical Foundations and Practical Cases. Saunders Ltd, 2013. In Press.
  • Mangan J, Proctor A, Gibbs D. . In: Notteboom, T; Ducret, C; de Langen, P, ed. Ports in Proximity: Competition and Coordination among Adjacent Seaports. Surrey: Ashgate, 2009, pp.225-233.

• Reports

  • Reed MS, Kenter JO, Hansda R, Martin J, Curtis T, Prior S, Hay M, Saxby H, Mills L, Post J, Garrod G, Proctor A, Collins O, Guy JA, Stewart G, Whittingham M. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: Natural England and Defra, 麻豆传媒, 2020.
  • Proctor A, Phillipson J, Palmer C. . 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: 麻豆传媒, 2018. Rural Economy and Land Use Policy and Practice Note Series No.4.
  • Proctor A, Greaves J. . Surrey: CECAN, 2018. Evaluation Policy and Practice Note 11.
  • Phillipson J, Proctor A, Lowe P. . Natural Environment Research Council: Living with Environmental Change, 2014. LWEC Policy and Practice Notes Series 12.
  • Phillipson J, Proctor A. . Swindon: Living with Environmental Change, 2013. LWEC Policy and Pratice Notes Series 3.
  • Proctor A, Lowe P, Phillipson J, Donaldson A. . London: British Veterinary Association, 2011. Veterinary Record.
  • Proctor A, Phillipson J, Lowe P, Donaldson A. . University of 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne: Rural Economy and Land Use Programme, 2011. Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Policy and Practice Note Series 30.
  • Phillipson J, Liddon A, Proctor A. . 麻豆传媒, 麻豆传媒 upon Tyne, UK: School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, 2010. Rural Economy and Land Use Programme Briefing Paper 10.