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Dr. Ruth Brennan
Research Fellow, Zoology

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ruth Brennan, 'FISHING FOR SURVIVAL IN THE 'BLUE ECONOMY'- FOUND POEMS FROM THE IRISH ISLANDS', ACME: An International Journal for Critical Geographies., 2022, - Poetry, 2022 TARA - Full Text URL

Chambers JM, Wyborn C, Ryan ME, Reid RS, Riechers M, Serban A, Bennett NJ, Cvitanovic C, Fernandez-Gimenez ME, Galvin KA, Goldstein BE, Klenk NL, Tengö M, Brennan R, et al. , Co-productive agility and four collaborative pathways to sustainability transformations., Global Environmental Change , 72, 2022, p102422 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Ruth Brennan, Making space for plural ontologies in fisheries governance: Ireland's disobedient offshore islands, Maritime Studies, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI TARA - Full Text

Marine Protected Area Advisory Group, Expanding Ireland's Marine Protected Area Network: A report by the Marine Protected Area Advisory Group, 2021 Report, 2021 URL

Chambers JM, Wyborn C, Ryan ME, Reid RS, Riechers M, Serban A, Bennett NJ, Cvitanovic C, Fernandez-Gimenez ME, Galvin KA, Goldstein BE, Klenk NL, Tengö M, Brennan R, et al., Six modes of co-production for sustainability. , Nature Sustainability, 4, 2021, p983 - 996 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

From protest to participation: Learning from experience in Irish inshore fisheries management in, editor(s)Pascual-Fernández J., Pita C., Bavinck M. , Small-Scale Fisheries in Europe: Status, Resilience and Governance, Cham, Springer, 2020, [Mike Fitzpatrick, Ruth Brennan, Emmet Jackson ] Book Chapter, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Reflections on methodological tensions in doing qualitative research at the science-policy-community interface in, editor(s)Gustavsson M, White C, Phillipson J and Ounanian K , Researching People and the Sea: methodologies and traditions, London, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, [Ruth Brennan] Book Chapter, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Brennan RE, The conservation 'myths' we live by: reimagining human-nature relationships within the Scottish marine policy context, AREA , 50, (2), 2018, p159 - 168 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Shaping Blue Growth: Social Sciences at the Nexus Between Marine Renewables and Energy Policy. in, editor(s)Foulds C and Robison R , Advancing Energy Policy: Lessons on the integration of Social Sciences and Humanities, Palgrave Macmillan, 2018, pp31 - 46, [Kerr S, Watts L, Brennan RE, Howell R, Graziano M, O'Hagan AM, van der Horst D, Weir S, Wright G and Wynne B.] Book Chapter, 2018 URL DOI

Holm P and Brennan RE, Humanities for the Environment 2018 Report-Ways to Here, Ways Forward, Humanities, 7, (1), 2018, p1-10 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Brennan R, Re-storying marine conservation: Integrating art and science to explore and articulate ideas, visions and expressions of marine space, Ocean & Coastal Management, 162, 2018, p110 - 126 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Brennan RE and Portman ME, Situating Arab-Israeli artisanal fishermen's perceptions of marine litter in a socio-institutional and socio-cultural context. , Marine Pollution Bulletin, 115, 2017, p240 - 251 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Katsanevakis S, Mackelworth P, Coll M, Fraschetti S, Mačić V, Giakoumi S, Jones P, Levin N, Albano PG, Badalamenti F, Brennan R, Claudet J, Culibrk D, D'Anna G, Deidun A, Evagelopoulos A, García-Charton J, Goldsborough D, Holcer D, Jimenez C, Kark S, Sørensen T, Lazar B, Martin G, Mazaris A, Micheli F, Milner-Gulland E, Pipitone C, Portman M, Pranovi F, Rilov G, Smith R, Stelzenmüller V, Vogiatzakis I, Winters G, Advancing marine conservation in European and contiguous seas with the MarCons Action., Research Ideas and Outcomes , 3, 2017, pe11884- Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Marine and coastal ecosystem stewardship in, editor(s)Bieling C. and Plieninger T. , The Science and Practice of Landscape Stewardship, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2017, [Alexander K., Brennan R. and Kenter J] Book Chapter, 2017 DOI

Billing S, Tett, P Brennan R and Miller R, Societal, policy and academic 'visions' for the future of the marine environment and its management, exemplified in the Northern and Western Islands of Scotland, Humanities , 6, (4), 2017, p81- Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Portman ME and Brennan RE, Marine litter from beach-based sources: case study of an Eastern Mediterranean coastal town, Waste Management, 69, 2017, p535 - 544 Journal Article, 2017 DOI

Potts T., O'Higgins T., Brennan R., Cinnirella S., Steiner Brandt U., Suárez de Vivero J.L., van Beusekom, J., Troost T., Paltriguera L., Gunduz Hosgor, A. , Detecting critical choke points for achieving Good Environmental Status, Ecology and Society, 20, (1), 2015, p29- Journal Article, 2015 DOI

Cinnirella S., Sardà R., Suárez de Vivero J. L., Brennan R., Barausse A., Icely J., Luisetti T., March D., Murciano C., Newton A., O'Higgins T., Palmeri L., Palmieri M. G., Raux P., Rees S., Albaigés J., Pirrone N. & K. Turner, Steps towards a shared governance response for achieving Good Environmental Status in the Mediterranean Sea. , Ecology and Society , 19, (4), 2014, p47- Journal Article, 2014 DOI

Smith G and Brennan RE. 2012, Losing our way with mapping: thinking critically about marine spatial planning in Scotland. , Ocean & Coastal Management , 69, 2012, p210 - 216 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Brennan RE and Valcic B, : Shifting perspectives - how the masks we wear can facilitate and inhibit channels of communication in the social-environmental policy context., Ocean & Coastal Management, 62, 2012, p1 - 8 Journal Article, 2012 DOI

Brennan RE and Rodwell LD, Sustainable Management of wild Irish Atlantic salmon: Keys found through the looking-glass. , Marine Policy, 32, 2008, p1072 - 1079 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Brennan R, . The North Norfolk Coastline: A Complex Legacy, Coastal Management , 35, 2007, p587 - 599 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ruth Brennan, Women in Fisheries Fly their Flags in Brussels, 2020, - Miscellaneous, 2020 URL DOI URL

Ruth Brennan, Managing for diversity: keeping everyone afloat in Irish fisheries., 2020 Report, 2020 TARA - Full Text URL

Ruth Brennan, National Marine Planning Framework Consultation Draft Submission of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, 2020 Report, 2020 DOI URL

Ruth Brennan and Michael Rozanov, 'Managing for Diversity: keeping everyone afloat in Irish fisheries', 2020, - Visual art production, 2020 URL

Ruth Brennan, Women in small-scale fisheries will play a key role in implementing the new EU fisheries control system - why is nobody asking them what they think?, 2020, - Miscellaneous, 2020 URL URL DOI

Ruth Brennan, Thinking about Ireland's National Marine Planning Framework through the lens of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020, - Miscellaneous, 2020 DOI URL URL

Ruth Brennan, Marine Planning Policy Statement Submission of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities, 2019 Report, 2019 URL DOI

Ruth Brennan, Critical reflections on 21 November 2019 Dáil Éireann debate on the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill , 2019, - Miscellaneous, 2019 URL DOI

Ruth Brennan, National Marine Planning Framework Baseline Report Submission of the Trinity Centre for Environmental Humanities , 2018 Report, 2018 DOI URL

Brennan R. and Hurrel S, 'Producing Seascapes: a documentary', Glasgow, Hurrel Visual Arts and Scottish Association for Marine Science, 2016, - Visual art production, 2016 URL

Challenge: Sustainable mariculture at high latitudes in, editor(s)Baztan J., Chouinard O., Jorgensen B., Tett P., Vanderlinden J.P. and Vasseur L. , Coastal Zones: Solutions for the 21st century, Amsterdam., Elsevier, 2015, [Tett P., Black K., Brennan R., Cook E., Davidson K. ] Book Chapter, 2015

Hurrel S. and Brennan R. , 'Clyde Reflections: a film and audio-visual installation', Glasgow, Hurrel Visual Arts and Scottish Association for Marine Science, 2014, - Visual art production, 2014 URL

Clyde Reflections in, editor(s)Griffith D. , Imagining Natural Scotland, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Creative Scotland, 2014, [Hurrel S. and Brennan R. ] Book Chapter, 2014 URL

Hurrel S. and Brennan R, 'Sea Stories online cultural map of the sea', Glasgow, Hurrel Visual Arts and Scottish Association for Marine Science, 2013, - Visual art production, 2013 URL

MacKinnon I. and Brennan R, '. Dùthchas na Mara/Dúchas na Mara/Belonging to the Sea. Exploring the cultural roots of maritime conflict on Gaelic speaking islands in Scotland and Ireland. ', Oban, Scottish Association for Marine Science, 2012, - 48 Visual art production, 2012 URL

Potts T., Brennan R., Pita C. and Lowrie G, Sustainable Seafood and Eco-labelling: The Marine Stewardship Council, UK Consumers, and the UK Fishing Industry, SAMS Report: 270-211 Scottish Association for Marine Science, Oban, UK. , 2011 Report, 2011 URL

Bell E, Brennan R., Nickell T, Potts T, Valcic B, and Wilson H. 2011, Report to LINK: Making the case for the sound management of Marine Protected Areas., scotlink.org/public, Oban, 2011 Report, 2011 URL

Brennan R., Potts T. and Mee L, Report on Social and Economic Objectives for a Scottish Marine Plan. , Edinburgh, Scottish Government Publications, 2010 Report, 2010 URL

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