Simon West

3.3k citations

33 papers · 1.2k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 15

Impact in

Global and Planetary Change top 5%
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law top 2%
- Environmental Education and Sustainability

Papers in ⓘ

Management Science and Operations Research 11
- Complex Systems and Decision Making 10
Global and Planetary Change 16
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance 16
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services 2

Co-authors: L. Jamila Haider (8 shared papers)Sanna Stålhammar (2 shared papers)Stephen Woroniecki (2 shared papers)Maria Tengö (3 shared papers)Johan Enqvist (3 shared papers)Uno Svedin (3 shared papers)Vanessa A Masterson (3 shared papers)Hendrik Wagenaar (2 shared papers)
Journals: Ecosystems and People (4 papers)Sustainability Science (2 papers)BioScience (1 paper)People and Nature (1 paper)Global Environmental Change (1 paper)
Partner nations: Sweden Australia United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Simon West

28 papers receiving 1.1k citations

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A relational turn for sustainability science? Relational thinking, leverage points and transformations 2020 · 292 citations

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1	A relational turn for sustainability science? Relational thinking, leverage points and transformations Ecosystems and People ·Simon West, L. Jamila Haider, Sanna Stålhammar, Stephen Woroniecki Hit paper breakdown →	2020	292
2	Stewardship, care and relational values Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability ·Simon West, L. Jamila Haider, Vanessa A Masterson, Johan Enqvist, Uno Svedin, Maria Tengö	2018	192
3	Stewardship as a boundary object for sustainability research: Linking care, knowledge and agency Landscape and Urban Planning ·Johan Enqvist, Simon West, Vanessa A Masterson, L. Jamila Haider, Uno Svedin, Maria Tengö	2018	140
4	Beyond “linking knowledge and action”: towards a practice-based approach to transdisciplinary sustainability interventions Policy Studies ·Simon West, Lorrae van Kerkhoff, Hendrik Wagenaar	2019	107
5	Dwelling in the biosphere: exploring an embodied human–environment connection in resilience thinking Sustainability Science ·Benjamin Cooke, Simon West, Wiebren J. Boonstra	2016	70
6	Invasive Narratives and the Inverse of Slow Violence: Alien Species in Science and Society Environmental Humanities ·Susanna Lidström, Simon West, Tania Katzschner, María Isabel Pérez Ramos, Hedley Twidle	2016	44
7	Key advantages of the leverage points perspective to shape human-nature relations Ecosystems and People ·Maraja Riechers, Jacqueline Loos, Ágnes Balázsi, Marina García‐Llorente, Claudia Bieling, Aracely Burgos Ayala, Leila Chakroun, Thomas Mattijssen, Maximilian M. Muhr, Irene Pérez‐Ramírez, Kaisa J. Raatikainen, Sakshi Rana, Miles Richardson, Linda Rosengren, Simon West	2021	38
8	Learning for resilience in the European Court of Human Rights: adjudication as an adaptive governance practice Ecology and Society ·Simon West, Lisen Schultz	2015	37
9	Practical wisdom and virtue ethics for knowledge co-production in sustainability science Nature Sustainability ·Guido Caniglia, Rebecca Freeth, Christopher Luederitz, Julia Leventon, Simon West, Beatrice John, Daniela Peukert, Daniel J. Lang, Henrik von Wehrden, Berta Martín‐López, Ioan Fazey, Federica Russo, Timo von Wirth, Maja Schlüter‬, Coleen Vogel	2023	35
10	Learning to live with social-ecological complexity: An interpretive analysis of learning in 11 UNESCO Biosphere Reserves Global Environmental Change ·Lisen Schultz, Simon West, Alba Juárez‐Bourke, Laia d’Armengol, Pau Torrents, Hildur Harðardóttir, Annie Jansson, Alba Mohedano Roldán	2018	30
11	Relational approaches to sustainability transformations: walking together in a world of many worlds Ecosystems and People ·Simon West, L. Jamila Haider, Tilman Hertz, María Mancilla García, Michele‐Lee Moore	2024	23
12	Negotiating the ethical-political dimensions of research methods: a key competency in mixed methods, inter- and transdisciplinary, and co-production research Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ·Simon West, Caroline Schill	2022	23
13	What constitutes a successful biodiversity corridor? A Q-study in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa Biological Conservation ·Simon West, Rose Cairns, Lisen Schultz	2016	21
14	Putting relational thinking to work in sustainability science – reply to Raymond et al. Ecosystems and People ·Simon West, L. Jamila Haider, Sanna Stålhammar, Stephen Woroniecki	2021	16
15	Balpara: A Practical Approach to Working With Ontological Difference in Indigenous Land & Sea Management Society & Natural Resources ·Otto Bulmaniya Campion, Simon West, Katie Degnian, Mali Djarrbal, Emma Ignjic, Charlie Ramandjarri, Gladys Womati Malibirr, Margaret Guwankil, Peter Djigirr, Florence Biridjala, Solomon O’Ryan, Beau J. Austin	2023	15
16	Introducing a practice perspective on monitoring for adaptive management People and Nature ·Simon West, Ruth Beilin, Hendrik Wagenaar	2019	14
17	Impact Indicators for Biodiversity Conservation Research: Measuring Influence within and beyond Academia BioScience ·Tyrone H. Lavery, Rachel Morgain, James Fitzsimons, Jennie Fluin, Nicholas A. Macgregor, Natasha M. Robinson, Ben C. Scheele, Katherine E. Selwood, Rebecca Spindler, Holly B. Vuong, Simon West, Brendan A. Wintle, David B. Lindenmayer	2020	14
18	Beyond divides: prospects for synergy between resilience and pathways approaches to sustainability Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling ·Simon West, Jamila Haider, Hanna Sinare, Timothy Karpouzoglou	2014	14
19	Meaning and Action in Sustainability Science: Interpretive approaches for social-ecological systems research KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) ·Simon West	2016	12
20	Rethinking Social Barriers to Effective Adaptive Management Environmental Management ·Simon West, Lisen Schultz, Sarah Bekessy	2016	9

About Simon West

Simon West is a scholar working on Management Science and Operations Research, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law and Geography, Planning and Development, having authored 33 papers that have together received 1.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (16 papers), Complex Systems and Decision Making (10 papers), Community Health and Development (3 papers), Animal and Plant Science Education (3 papers), Environmental Education and Sustainability (3 papers), Geographies of human-animal interactions (2 papers), Mental Health and Patient Involvement (2 papers) and Land Use and Ecosystem Services (2 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Global and Planetary Change (546 citations), Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law (251 citations), Geography, Planning and Development (106 citations), Nature and Landscape Conservation (170 citations) and Business and International Management (20 citations). Simon West has collaborated with scholars based in Sweden, Australia and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include L. Jamila Haider, Sanna Stålhammar, Stephen Woroniecki, Maria Tengö, Johan Enqvist, Uno Svedin, Vanessa A Masterson, Hendrik Wagenaar, Lorrae van Kerkhoff and Lisen Schultz. Their work appears in journals such as Ecosystems and People, Sustainability Science, BioScience, People and Nature and Global Environmental Change.

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