Dr. Sue Oreszczyn,
BSc (London -UCL), PhD (Open)

Development Policy and Practice
Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Phone number: + 44 (0)1908 653433
Fax Number: + 44 (0)1908 654825
Email: Sue Oreszczyn

Position: Research Fellow

Biography:

After graduating from University College London with a degree in physical geography, Sue has researched on areas of key importance for managing our environment in a sustainable way. This has included a PhD in systems approaches to landscape management, in particular, hedgerow conservation, and participatory research on stakeholder attitudes and perceptions to agri-environmental issues. She has been involved in a number of projects concerned with understanding the views and issues associated with GM crops that concern all stakeholders, from those at the policy level, such as senior policymakers, environmental NGO’s and consumer groups, through to the public and the farmers working at the ground level.

She is currently deputy co-ordinator on the European funded project Cooperative research on environmental problems in Europe (CREPE). Below is a list of projects she has worked on:

Current research projects:

• ‘Co-operative Research on Environmental Problems in Europe’ (CREPE). Funded under the European Commission, 7th Framework, Science in Society Programme. http://crepeweb.net/
  
  

Previous research projects:

• 'Attitudes to the use of organic resources on land'. WRT 0510. Funded by Defra. http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=15241
  
  
• ‘Farmers understandings of GM crops within local Communities - funded by the ESRC Science in Society programme. http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/esrcfarmer.htm
  
  
• Precautionary Expertise for GM Crops’. Funded by the European Commission, Quality of Life programme. http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/peg/index.htm
  
  
• ‘Test of a Framework for Presenting value based Concerns about GM Crops in a Policy-relevant Format.’ Funded by the Open University. http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/bpgprojects.htm#four
  
  
• ‘Policy Influences on Technology for Agriculture’. Funded by the European Commission TSER Programme http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/pita/index.htm
  
  
• ‘A Scoping Study for Sustainable Herefordshire as a Sustainable Land-based Community’. Funded by Project Carrot, a partnership between the Bulmer Foundation, the Pershore Group of Colleges and Advantage West Midlands. http://www.projectcarrot.org/publications/sssh.pdf

Research interests:

Sue’s research interests include attitudes, values and learning concerning new agricultural technologies; linking policy research and practice; systems approaches to landscape management and evaluation and agri-environmental issues; environmental perceptions and decision making. She has a particular interest in participatory methodologies and the use of visual techniques in research, such as scenario mapping and cognitive mapping.

Teaching:

Sue is the co-ordinator of the faculty doctoral training programme with Julius Mugwagwa. She is also DPP's Graduate School Coordinator.

Current PhD students:

Elvin Nyukuri
Project title: Understanding climate change and vulnerability among forest based communities.

Namita Singh
Project title: The impact of the Community Video model on participatory community development.

Selected Publications:

Referred Journal Articles:

• Oreszczyn, S., Lane, A. and Carr, S. (2010). The role of networks of practice and webs of influencers on farmers' engagement with and learning about agricultural innovations. Journal of Rural Studies, 26(4), pp. 404–417.
  
  
• (2008) Oreszczyn, S. & Carr, S. Improving the link between policy research and practice: Using a scenario workshop as a qualitative research tool in the case of genetically modified crops. Qualitative Research, 8 (4) 473–497.
  
  
• (2006) Morris, D., Oreszczyn, S. Blackmore, C., Ison, R. & Martin, S. Local initiatives for sustainable land-use; a case-study of Herefordshire. Local environment 11, (6) 683-699
  
  
• (2005) Oreszczyn, S. ‘GM Crops in the United Kingdom: precaution as process.’ Science and Public Policy, 32, 4.
  
  
• Oreszczyn, S. (2005) ‘GM Crops in the United Kingdom: precaution as process.’ Science and Public Policy, 32, 4.
  
  
• (2002) Levidow, L. Oreszczyn, S., Assouline, G. and Joly, P. Industry responses to the European controversy over agricultural biotechnology. Science and Public Policy Vol. 29, No. 4, 267-275.
  
  
• (2000) Oreszczyn, S. A Systems Approach to the Research of Peoples Relationship with Hedgerows. Landscape and Urban Planning, 50, 107-117.
  
  
• (2000) Oreszczyn, S and Lane, A. The Meaning of Hedgerows in the English Landscape: Different stakeholder perspectives and the implications for future hedge management. Journal of Environmental Management, 60, 101-118.

• (2009) Hincliffe, S. Oreszczyn, S, Levidow, L. Knowledge practices: Doing cooperative research with civil society organisations. 9th NESS Conference: Knowledge, learning and action for sustainability. UCL, London, June 2009
  
  
• (2009) Thomas, C. Lane, A., Oreszczyn, S., Schiller, F.,Yoxon, M. Recycling Organic Waste Resources to Land – communicating the issues. ISWA/APESB World Congress 2009, 12-15 October, Lisbon.
  
  
• (2008) Thomas, C., Schiller, F., Yoxon, M., Oreszczyn, S. Research on attitudes for policy development in organic resource management. Waste 2008, Stratford-upon-Avon 16-17 September 2008.
  
  
• (2006) Oreszczyn, S. and Lane, A.B., Farmer Communities of Practice and High Tech Futures at The Rural Citizen: Governance, Culture and Wellbeing in the 21st Century, University of Plymouth, April 2006. 6pp. CDROM ISBN 1-84102-155-5
  
  
• (2005) Lane, A. & Oreszczyn, S. Should farmers be landscape planners too? In McCollin, D. & Jackson, J. I. (2005) Planning People and Practice: The landscape ecology of sustainable landscapes. University of Northampton.
  
  
• (2005) Oreszczyn, S & Lane A. Farmer responses to new agricultural technologies. 9 pp. Paper presented at Flows & Spaces in a Globalised World stream at the September 2005 RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, London.
  
  
• (2003) Carr, S. and Oreszczyn, S. Critical Systems Heuristics: a tool for the inclusion of ethics and values in complex policy decisions. Proceedings of the 4th Eursafe Congress, 20-22 March 2003, Toulouse, France.
  
  
• (2002) Morris, R.M., Oreszczyn, S.M., Stoate, C. and Lane, A.B. Farmers Attitudes, Perceptions and the Management of Field Boundary Vegetation on Farmland. In: Frame, J (ed) Conservation Pays? Reconciling environmental benefits with profitable grassland systems Occasional Symposium No. 36 British Grassland Society, 151-5
  
  
• (2001) Oreszczyn, S. and Lane, A.B. Hedgerows of different cultures: implications from a Canadian and English cross-cultural study. In C. J. Barr and S. Petit (eds.) Hedgerows of the World: their ecological functions in different landscapes. IALE(UK), 43-52. http://www.iale.org.uk/how.html
  
  
• (2001) Carr, S. and Oreszczyn, S. Test of a systemic framework for incorporating ethics and values into biotechnology policy decisions. In M. Pasquali (ed.) EurSafe 2001 - Food Safety, Food Quality and Food Ethics. Third Congress of the European Society for Agricultural and Food Ethics. 3-5 October 2001, Florence, Italy. University of Milan.

• (2009) Thomas, C., Lane, A., Oreszczyn, S., Schiller, F., Yoxon, M. Attitudes to the Use of Organic Waste Resources on Land,  Full Project Report. WR0510 Defra Waste & Resources Evidence Programme. http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=15241
  
  
• (2007) Oreszczyn, S., Lane, A. and Carr, S. New technologies and scientific developments: Exploring better ways to support farmers’ decisions. The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/esrcfarmer.htm
  
  
• (2006) Oreszczyn, S. What farmers say about influences on their decisions about farming, new technologies and GM crops: a report on the farm visits. The Open University, Milton Keynes. http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/esrcfarmer.htm
  
  
• (2005) Oreszczyn, S. What farmers’ say about new technologies and GM crops: A report on the initial telephone interviews. The Open University, Milton Keynes.
  
  
• (2004) Oreszczyn, S. UK: Precaution as Process. Biotechnology Policy Group, The Open University, Milton Keynes.
  
  
• (2003) Oreszczyn, S. PEG Workshop Report: GM Futures? Scenarios for GM Crops in the UK. Biotechnology Policy Group, The Open University, Milton Keynes. (http://technology.open.ac.uk/cts/peg/index.htm).
  
  
• (2001) Morris, R.M., Oreszczyn, S., Blackmore, C.P. and Ison, R.L. A Scoping Study for Sustainable Herefordshire as a Sustainable Land-based Community. The Open University.
  
  
• (2001) Oreszczyn, S. with PITA Partners PITA Project, Annex C2: Policy Influences on Technology for Agriculture, Cognitive Maps of Company Monographs. TSER Programme European Commission-DG XII, Project No. PL 97/1280 Contract No. SOE1-CT97-1068
  
  
• (2001) Carr, S. and Oreszczyn, S. PITA Project, Annex E7: Policy Influences on Technology for Agriculture, United Kingdom PSREs in Agrochemicals, Seeds and Plant Biotechnology. TSER Programme European Commission-DG XII, Project No. PL 97/1280 Contract No. SOE1-CT97-1068