Andrew Edwards-Jones

Andrew is a Social Scientist with the Sea and Society Group at PML. An experienced interdisciplinary multi-method researcher, he is involved in a range of projects that examine relationships between coastal communities and their marine and coastal environments, including ODA projects in SE Asia. These relationships are explored through various approaches, including public perception research (sustainable tidal energy), stakeholder engagement (mangrove management), policy analysis (coastal management) and evaluation and review (nature-connectedness and health & wellbeing). Current projects include ACCORD (Addressing Challenges of Coastal Communities through Ocean Research for Developing Economies), focusing on collaborative socio-economic work in Vietnam and Malaysia; NexAMS (Nexus Action for Mangroves in Selangor, Malaysia); and SWEEP (The South West Partnership for Environmental and Economic Prosperity), mainly on its ‘Investment in Nature for Health’ project. Andrew also contributed to the GCRF Blue Communities project looking at spatial and functional links between habitats, ecosystem services and pressures in SE Asia case study sites, and worked on ADVENT, a UKERC funded project in which he explored citizen perceptions of tidal energy and local coastal environmental attributes.

Prior to joining PML, Andrew spent 10 years conducting education research at University of Plymouth, which included multi-national ERASMUS+ projects producing teaching and learning materials, supporting outdoor learning, and exploring facets of research-informed teaching. Andrew has a BSc Geology/Astronomy, an MSc Biological Diversity, and is an Associate Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy. He is also an Associate Lecturer at University of Plymouth and teaches NVivo Qualitative Data Analysis Software skills to postgraduate students and research staff across SW UK universities.