Research projects
The James Hutton Institute’s research projects drive agricultural innovation, environmental sustainability, and biodiversity conservation, shaping solutions for a changing world.
Our interdisciplinary research spans crop resilience, soil health, land use studies, and climate change adaptation, ensuring a sustainable future for both rural and urban landscapes.
Through collaborative studies and data-driven research, we explore ecosystem services, sustainable agriculture, and natural capital enhancement, delivering impactful findings that inform policy and support community engagement. Discover how our scientific investigations contribute to global sustainability goals and advance resource management for generations to come.
Find out more about The James Hutton Institute’s pioneering research below:
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RestorYation Cairngorms: Enabling inclusivity in biodiversity narratives
Research increasingly asserts that biodiversity enhancement and conservation will be more inclusive and effective if we pay serious and analytical attention to narratives.
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Achieving multi-purpose nature-based solutions
In the context of the climate and biodiversity emergencies, there is a need not only to mitigate against these changes, but also adapt to current and future water-related environmental pressures.
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Climate Change Impacts on Natural Capital
Climate change poses a substantial threat to Scotland’s air, water, soils, geology and all living things – our natural capital. There is therefore an urgent need to research the impacts of climate change on Scotland’s assets.
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Macaulay Development Trust Project in Land Use and Societal Metabolism
Scotland’s Net Zero by 2045: Modeling societal metabolic potentials and scenarios toward emissions reductions.
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Exploring the potential of Regional Farm and Rural Support Groups to stimulate Green Finance Markets
This project aims to assess the potential of existing farmer groups across England to support Green Finance markets and other landscape scale environmental management initiatives.
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Emerging Water Futures: Resilience of Private Water Supplies
Understanding of rural communities’ vulnerability and risk perceptions to water scarcity and variable water quality.
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