Prof. Jonathan Hillier
Chair of Mathematical Modelling & Global Food Systems
- University of Edinburgh, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 650 6095
- Email: Jonathan.Hillier@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems
The University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush Campus - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Background
My work focusses on modelling the environmental impacts of food production. I believe that one of the greatest challenges of our times is how to give upwards of 8 billion people access to sufficient, healthy food without depleting our natural resources or polluting our land, air, and waters.
Much of my work is on greenhouse gases and soils and I am interested in the theoretical through to the very applied. I was the original developer of the Cool Farm Tool - in collaboration with Unilever and the Sustainable Food Lab, with whom I co-founded the Cool Farm Alliance. The role of decision support systems to support environmentally informed decisions on the part of farmers and consumers is a key interest of mine.
I am also a member of the EU Nitrogen Expert Panel, a cross-sector panel comprising science, policy and industry representatives, focused on effective good practice of nitrogen management in agriculture.
Research Projects
Research Projects on Edinburgh Research Explorer
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science, University of Wales, Bangor Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of York
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
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The environmental impacts of pelagic fish caught by Scottish vessels
In:
Fisheries research, vol. 236
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2020.105850
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Assessing the economic and mitigation benefits of climate-smart agriculture and its implications for political economy: a case study in Southern Africa
In:
Journal of Cleaner Production
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125161
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops
In:
Global Change Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15120
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Characterising the biophysical, economic and social impacts of soil carbon sequestration as a greenhouse gas removal technology
In:
Global Change Biology, vol. 26, pp. 1085-1108
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14844
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Deriving Emission Factors and Estimating Direct Nitrous Oxide Emissions for Crop Cultivation in China
In:
Environmental Science and Technology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b01285
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
A global, empirical, harmonised dataset of soil organic carbon changes under perennial crops
In:
Scientific Data
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-019-0062-1
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
More crop per drop: exploring India’s cereal water use since 2005
In:
Science of the Total Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.304
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Cost-effective opportunities for climate change mitigation in Indian agriculture
In:
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 655, pp. 1342-1354
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.11.225
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Environmental impacts of dietary shifts in India :: a modelling study using nationally-representative data
In:
Environment International
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.004
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print) -
Evaluation of four modelling approaches to estimate nitrous oxide emissions in China’s cropland
In:
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 652, pp. 1279-1289
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.336
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)