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Finn Barlow-Duncan

Position
iCASP Programme Coordinator, UK Freshwater Quality Research Programme Stakeholder Engagement Manager
Areas of expertise
Programme and project management, impact management, event design and facilitation, stakeholder engagement, policy impacts, integrated catchment management. Interests include water quality, land and water management, catchment sensitive farming, nature based solutions
Faculty
Faculty of Environment
School
School of Geography

Finn is currently the programme coordinator for the integrated catchment solutions programme (iCASP) and the Stakeholder Engagement Manager for the UK Freshwater Quality Research Programme (UKFWQ).

Finn is responsible for identifying opportunities within the region where iCASP can have a positive and lasting impact, brokering relationships between scientists and practitioners, developing and delivering co-designed projects, and monitoring and tracking their success. He has designed and delivered over 150 impact orientated  workshops and events and leads on policy engagement activities. Through the UKFWQ programme he co-ordinates activity across 5 research projects to ensure their outputs speak to users’ needs, delivering both policy and environmental impacts. He has developed an active and growing FWQ community of practice with over 840 users across the UK, providing monthly knowledge exchange webinars. He previously worked for Natural England, as a Catchment Sensitive Farming partnership project manager.