VOcul

Understanding the Value of Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital for Decision Makers: VOCul
Researchers from the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP), part of the University of Exeter Business School, are leading the project working alongside co-investigators from the National Trust and Forestry England, two of the UK’s largest landholders, as well as a range of project partners including the Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers, Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, Historic England, National Trails UK, The Heritage Alliance, Lake District National Park, Natural England and South Downs National Park.
An ambitious cross-disciplinary project is exploring the relationship between the natural and historic environments, and finding ways to identify the value this brings, allowing decisions makers to make better decisions about management and investment in cultural heritage assets in the outdoors.
Working closely with other projects funded under the Culture and Heritage Capital Programme, the researchers are supporting the development of a Culture and Heritage framework for decision making by improving the understanding of the value to people provided by culture and heritage, exploring the challenges faced by land managers and contributing to a robust evidence base and best practice guidelines for incorporating culture and heritage into national accounts and management decisions.





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Our Team

Amy Binner
Principal Investigator Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital Project, Lead User Co-Design

Ethan Addicott
Co-I, Environmental Economics and Natural Capital Accounting

Hannah Fluck
CoI, Leads co-development of Taxonomy of Outdoor Culture and Heritage

Tom Dommett
Co-Investigator, Head of Historic Environment, NT

Lawrence Shaw
Co-Investigator, lead baseline creation of current capital assets

Rebecca Clark
Co-Investigator, applied natural capital decision making

Ingrid Samuel
Co-Investigator, Heritage Policy

Ian Bateman OBE
Principal Investigator NetZeroPlus | Lead Ecosystem Services

Neha Deopa
Affiliate, Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital

Tatiana Cantillo Garcia
Research Associate

Callum Reilly
Researcher, Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital Project

Aditi Samant Singhar
Researcher, Outdoor Culture and Heritage Capital Project

Phillip Laws
Project Coordinator