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PhD student

Research interests

  • Marine Policy
  • Marine Renewable Energy
  • Marine Spatial Planning
  • Natural Advantage Innovation and Opportunities

 

At the Scottish Marine Institute I am a member of the Centre for Sustainable Coasts, the Ecology Department and the research themes in Marine Renewables and People and the Sea.


Education / career

 

project

Marine Spatial Planning, innovation and renewable energy: supporting a transition to sustainable regional economies

 

Project description and objectives

  • How can broad scale development in energy policy be reconciled with local needs for employment, investment and social cohesion?

  • Does marine spatial planning offer a potential process for reconciling energy policy, sustainable development and community aspirations? 

  • How is the rhetoric for the 'green economy' applied in terms of regional innovation strategy for peripheral coastal communities and marine renewables?

 

Supervisors

 

Project funders

  • Highlands and Islands Enterprise
  • Scottish Funding Council
  • European Regional Development Fund

 

University

University of the Highlands and Islands

 
my contact details

John Bainbridge SAMS

John Bainbridge

Scottish Marine Institute

Oban

Argyll PA37 1QA

Scotland, UK

E: john.bainbridge@sams.ac.uk

M: +44 (0) 796 7007 346