Dr James Bonner
K E Associate Impact Champion
Marketing
Personal statement
Personal statement
I am a Research and Knowledge Exchange Fellow working across a number of inter and transdisciplinary projects and collaberations. These include related to water, active mobility, place and greenspace, drawing on methodologies developed in my doctoral research on social, cultural and ecological values of water.
I am particularly interested in the intersection of social and ecological issues in the projects I am involved in, the philsopical and methodogical questions and implications of those issues, and increasingly the application of arts-based and mobile methods and practices in my work.
My academic work builds on my background as a researcher/consultant with experience across a range of sustainability themes including social and environmental accounting, living wages and urban mobility.
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Prize And Awards
- StrathLABS Launch Citizen Science Award
- Recipient
- 3/10/2024
- Impactful Early Career Academic at SBS Teaching and Knowledge Exchange Excellence Awards 2023/2024
- Recipient
- 30/5/2024
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Publications
- Every Tree Tells a Story : the treescape and citizen wellbeing
- Dodd Sarah, Wilson Juliette, Zeinali Shahrzad, Dick Gillian, Currie Etive, Johnson Michael, Bonner James
- Ecological Frontiers (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecofro.2025.10.015
- Cycling as a methodological practice of mobility : opening up relationships and encounters with place
- Bonner James
- Cycling and Society Glasgow 2025. (2025)
- Global bike bus/ bicibus research
- Harrington Deirdre, O'Hare Karen, Bonner James
- (2025)
- From the Rhins to the Rhine : Cycling Connections on the Kirkpatrick C2C to EuroVelo Route 15…
- Bonner James, Harrington Deirdre, Drakopoulou Dodd Sarah, Wilson Juliette
- (2025)
- Using water walks as a research method to gather data in water‐related social research
- Holstead Kirsty, Grecksch Kevin, Bonner James, Major Laura, Robertson Donald
- Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water Vol 12 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1758
- Slow Travel in Practice
- Bonner James, Harrington Deirdre
- (2024)
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Professional Activities
- GSA Design Innovation Student project - Reimagining Care
- Participant
- 28/11/2025
- How does StrathLab help you?: filming
- Interviewee
- 26/11/2025
- Capillary Fringe: Coding and paper drafting
- Participant
- 21/11/2025
- Postcarding on the roots of sustainability: supporting the launch of the Strathclyde Social and Environmental Strategy @ Technology and Innovation Centre
- Recipient
- 20/11/2025
- Capillary Fringe: Postcard archiving and coding
- Organiser
- 17/11/2025
- Strathclyde Fellowship Retreat
- Participant
- 14/11/2025
Projects
- Urban Retrofit and Active Mobility Living Lab: Developing research and innovation opportunities in the community
- Joshi, Manish (Principal Investigator) Bonner, James (Researcher)
- The purpose of embedding a researcher with Agile City is to better understand the organisation’s approach, methodology and theory of change with regards to developing a ‘living lab’, in the urban context that supports retrofit, sustainability and active mobility. This living lab can potentially be a catalyst for innovation, innovative practices and accelerating the journey towards net zero for community buildings and spaces across the UK.
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- Capillary Fringe
- Tabas, Andrew (Co-investigator) Robertson, Donald (Co-investigator) Young, Laura (Co-investigator) cousin, Hubert (Co-investigator) Bonner, James (Co-investigator) Johnson, Brady (Co-investigator) Bennet, Bridget (Co-investigator) Alejandre, Julze (Co-investigator) Orci-Fernandex, Luisa (Co-investigator)
- Water is a defining feature of Scotland, integral to its landscapes, economy, and cultural identity. Scotland’s vision to become a 'Hydro Nation' highlights water as a strategic resource deeply intertwined with social and cultural meanings. Water plays an important role across sectors including tourism, agriculture, renewable energy, public health, and environmental stewardship; however, its sustainable availability faces increasing pressures from climate change, growing demand, and complex long-term management challenges. Addressing these multifaceted challenges demands an inclusive approach that engages communities, industries, and policymakers across Scottish society. Understanding societal perceptions, values, and interactions with water in all its forms is therefore essential for realising the Hydro Nation ambition and ensuring resilient water management into the future.
This research project brings together a diverse, interdisciplinary team of researchers from across Scottish Universities' and academic disciplines around the core research interest of 'water'. - 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Water Wheels Wellbeing Festival
- Bonner, James (Principal Investigator) Harrington, Deirdre (Principal Investigator)
- Supporting the community festival in Stranraer that seeks to promote and inform practices in health and wellbeing dimension of water recreation and engagement and active mobility, particularly cycling. Organisational support as well as advising on the design and undertaking a range of monitoring and evaluation exercises adopting various qualitative and quantitative approaches
- 28-Jan-2025 - 28-Jan-2026
- Every Cycle Tells A Story: postcarding and curating
- Bonner, James (Principal Investigator)
- The development and implementation of a variety of postcarding activities and associated events gathering stories of cycling using the 'Every Cycle Tells A Story' postcards
- 03-Jan-2022
- Living Wage Employers: evidence of UK business cases
- Coulson, Andrea (Principal Investigator) Bonner, James (Researcher)
- 6 case studies of the business case for being a UK Living Wage Employer as accredited by the Living Wage Foundation
- 01-Jan-2014 - 07-Jan-2014
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Contact
Dr
James
Bonner
K E Associate Impact Champion
Marketing
Email: james.bonner@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted