Em P Richard Bradshaw M.A., Ph.D., Docent
Emeritus Professor Geography and Planning
Research
Research Interest 1
Long-term vegetation dynamics and landscape change. Management and conservation of forest systems. Impacts of climatic change. Scandinavian nature. Co-ordinator of the European Pollen Database. Co-ordinator of the European BIODIVERSA project FIREMAN 2009-2013. Institutional leader of DYNAMITE research and teaching cooperation programme with Lund University, Sweden 2009-2013. Visiting Professor at Lund University Centre for Studies of Carbon Cycle and Climate Interactions 2011-2012.
Research Grants
Drivers and Feedbacks of Changes in Arctic Terrestrial Biodiversity
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
August 2020 - January 2025
DYNAmic Models in Terrestrial Ecosystems and Landscapes (DYNAMITE)
STINT (SWEDEN)
September 2009 - September 2013
Fire management to maintain biodiversity and mitigate economic loss (FIREMAN)
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2009 - June 2013
Evolution of trees as drivers of terrestrial biodiversity (EVOLTREE).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
April 2008 - September 2010
Dynamics of community composition
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL
July 2013 - June 2017
Research Collaborations
Heikki Seppa
External: University of Helsinki
Forest dynamics
Ronald Bialyzot
External: University of Marburg
Data-model comparison of the Holocene spread of beech and Spruce in Scandinavia
Matts Lindbladh
External: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Joint research project
Kendrick Brown
External: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland
Dr. Kendrick Brown is a Marie Curie International post-doctoral fellow under my supervision. We are studying the Holocene history of biomass burning in Europe.
Mikael Ohlson
External: Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Land use and ecosystem function in boreal forests. Research project funded by Norwegian Science Research Council.