Dr Jo Garrett

Research Associate

Dr Jo Garrett is a postdoctoral research associate valuing Nature Based Solutions in monetary terms for the REGREEN and RECONECT projects.

Jo’s research is focused on the interactions between human health, well-being, and nature, previously working on a collaboration with the Chinese University of Hong Kong on coastal environments and human health, and the Horizon 2020 funded BlueHealth project. Much of Jo’s work applies quantitative data analysis to large-scale survey and/or geographical datasets.

Jo has always been interested in the marine environment and completed her BSc in Marine Biology at Swansea University in 2010 followed by an MSc in Environmental Biology.

She joined the University of Exeter in 2012 to carry out a European Social Fund PhD with the title “Interdisciplinary study into the effect of a marine renewable energy testing facility on underwater sound in Falmouth Bay”. This involved recording underwater sound over 18 months during trialling of the Fred Olsen wave energy converter, BOLT Lifesaver, at the Falmouth Bay Test Site.

Jo has also worked on a number of different research topics with Professor Kevin Gaston including light pollution, ecosystem services in Cornwall and urban greenspace.

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Research project

BlueHealth

An international consortium investigating how aquatic environments can affect public health in Europe. The project’s interdisciplinary research has combined large-scale survey data with localised interventions to understand the effects these environments might have on health.
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Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe

A pan-European initiative to coordinate research into the links between the marine environment and human health.
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The marine environment and human wellbeing

The PhD examines the importance and value of coasts for human well-being and makes steps towards developing an approach upon which to base future policy evaluations.