Dr Meri Juntti


Dr Meri Juntti
NameDr Meri Juntti
Job titleAssociate Professor of Environmental Governance
Research institute
Primary appointmentLaw and Social Sciences
Email addressM.Juntti@mdx.ac.uk
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4022-5023
Contact categoryAcademic staff

Biography

Biography

The main aim of my teaching and research is to support the necessary societal transformation for sustainability. My research focusses on environmental governance, more specifically the manner in which the environment and environmental values are represented in policy and planning and how this influences governance outcomes. My empirical work spans the two thematic areas of sustainable rural development and urban nature.

I am the co-leader of the Sustainable Development Research Cluster and a member of the University’s Environmental Steering Group. I hold an honorary position in the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL and am a member of the Board of Trustees of the London Development Trust.

Teaching

I lead the MA Global Governance and Sustainable Development.

I lead the following modules:

-          SSC4604 global governance for sustainable development

-          SSC4606/PRS4530 environmental law and governance

-          SSC4994 dissertation

I presently supervise two PhD students:

Arzoo Hassan – Recognition justice in flood risk management

Manasa Sarawan – Climate change adaptation strategies of the Irular people: an intersectional analysis

I am the Academic Integrity Tutor of the Department of Law and Social Sciences

I deliver Carbon Literacy Training (®Manchester Metropolitan University) in the Departments of Natural Sciences and Law and Social Sciences.

Education and qualifications

Grants

Prizes and Awards

Research outputs

Urban resilience from agriculture: a case study of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam

Thi, Q. and Juntti, M. 2024. Urban resilience from agriculture: a case study of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. in: Cripps, K. and Thondre, P. (ed.) Higher Education and SDG2: Zero Hunger Emerald.

The global biodiversity challenge

Juntti, M., Castellino, J. and Forero, O. 2024. The global biodiversity challenge. Planning Theory & Practice. 25 (1), pp. 103-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649357.2024.2322879

Blue carbon: challenges for definition, valuation and governance

Luisetti, T., McHarg, E., Smith, G., Parker, R., Juntti, M. and Benson, L. 2023. Blue carbon: challenges for definition, valuation and governance. in: Treatise on Estuarine and Coastal Science Elsevier.

Factors influencing the realisation of the social impact of urban nature in inner-city environments: A systematic review of complex evidence

Juntti, M. and Ozsezer-Kurnuc, S. 2023. Factors influencing the realisation of the social impact of urban nature in inner-city environments: A systematic review of complex evidence. Ecological Economics. 211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2023.107872

The social impact of urban nature in regeneration indicators & guidance 2020-2021

Juntti, M. and Ozsezer, S. 2022. The social impact of urban nature in regeneration indicators & guidance 2020-2021. London Development Trust.

Desertification: competing knowledge claims and land-management agendas

Juntti, M. 2022. Desertification: competing knowledge claims and land-management agendas. in: Harris, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics Routledge. pp. 579-592

Beyond agriculture: Alternative geographies of rural land investment and place effects across the United Kingdom

Livingstone, N., Gallent, N., Hamiduddin, I., Juntti, M. and Stirling, P. 2021. Beyond agriculture: Alternative geographies of rural land investment and place effects across the United Kingdom. Land. 10 (11). https://doi.org/10.3390/land10111153

Practice based learning example: Brief Cases at Middlesex

Juntti, M. 2019. Practice based learning example: Brief Cases at Middlesex. Work Based Learning e-Journal International. 8 (2), pp. 106-109.

A framework to assess integration in flood risk management: implications for governance, policy, and practice

Cumiskey, L., Priest, S., Klijn, F. and Juntti, M. 2019. A framework to assess integration in flood risk management: implications for governance, policy, and practice. Ecology & Society. 24 (4). https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-11298-240417

Urban environmental quality and wellbeing in the context of incomplete urbanization in Brazil: integrating directly experienced ecosystem services into planning

Juntti, M., Costa, H. and Nascimento, N. 2021. Urban environmental quality and wellbeing in the context of incomplete urbanization in Brazil: integrating directly experienced ecosystem services into planning. Progress in Planning. 143, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2019.04.003

Payments for ecosystem services and the rural economy

Juntti, M. 2019. Payments for ecosystem services and the rural economy. in: Scott, M., Gallent, N. and Gkartzios, M. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Rural Planning London, UK Routledge. pp. 209-218

New money in rural areas: Land Investment in Europe and its place impacts

Gallent, N., Hamiduddin, I., Juntti, M., Livingstone, N. and Stirling, P. 2018. New money in rural areas: Land Investment in Europe and its place impacts. London Palgrave Pivot.

New Money in Rural Areas: assessing the impacts of investment in rural land assets

Gallent, N., Hamiduddin, I., Juntti, M., Livingstone, N. and Stirling, P. 2018. New Money in Rural Areas: assessing the impacts of investment in rural land assets. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).

Interrogating sustainable productivism: lessons from the ‘Almerían miracle’

Juntti, M. and Downward, S. 2017. Interrogating sustainable productivism: lessons from the ‘Almerían miracle’. Land Use Policy. 66, pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.04.016

A mixed methods approach to urban ecosystem services: Experienced environmental quality and its role in ecosystem assessment within an inner-city estate

Juntti, M. and Lundy, L. 2017. A mixed methods approach to urban ecosystem services: Experienced environmental quality and its role in ecosystem assessment within an inner-city estate. Landscape and Urban Planning. 161, pp. 10-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2017.01.002

European integration and rural development: actors, institutions and power [Book Review]

Juntti, M. 2016. European integration and rural development: actors, institutions and power [Book Review]. Town Planning Review. 87 (1), pp. 107-108. https://doi.org/10.3828/tpr.2016.8

Introduction to rural planning: economies, communities and landscapes. 2nd ed.

Gallent, N., Hamiduddin, I., Juntti, M., Kidd, S. and Shaw, D. 2015. Introduction to rural planning: economies, communities and landscapes. 2nd ed. New York, NY, USA Routledge.

Desertification

Juntti, M. 2013. Desertification. in: Harris, P. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of Global Environmental Politics Routledge. pp. 506-519

Implementing cross compliance for agriculture in the EU: relational agency, power and action in different socio-material contexts

Juntti, M. 2012. Implementing cross compliance for agriculture in the EU: relational agency, power and action in different socio-material contexts. Sociologia Ruralis. 52 (3), pp. 294-310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9523.2012.00564.x

Evidence, politics and power in public policy for the environment

Juntti, M., Russell, D. and Turnpenny, J. 2009. Evidence, politics and power in public policy for the environment. Environmental Science & Policy. 12 (3), pp. 207-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2008.12.007

Introduction to rural planning: Economies, communities and landscapes

Gallent, N., Juntti, M., Kidd, S. and Shaw, D. 2008. Introduction to rural planning: Economies, communities and landscapes. Routledge.

Unravelling desertification: policies and actor networks in Southern Europe

Wilson, G. and Juntti, M. (ed.) 2005. Unravelling desertification: policies and actor networks in Southern Europe. Brill.

Conceptualizing desertification in Southern Europe: stakeholder interpretations and multiple policy agendas

Juntti, M. and Wilson, G. 2005. Conceptualizing desertification in Southern Europe: stakeholder interpretations and multiple policy agendas. European Environment. 15 (4), pp. 228-249. https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.381

Interpreting and reinterpreting agri-environmental policy: communication, trust and knowledge in the implementation process

Juntti, M. and Potter, C. 2002. Interpreting and reinterpreting agri-environmental policy: communication, trust and knowledge in the implementation process. Sociologia Ruralis. 42 (3), pp. 215-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9523.00212
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