Contact Dr Kenisha Garnett
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754292
- Email: k.garnett@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Environmental Policy
- Managing Corporate Sustainability
- Natural Capital
- Waste Management and Resource Efficiency
Background
Dr Kenisha Garnett's expertise is in futures analysis, strategic risk assessment, and stakeholder and public engagement. Her current research is developing underpinning robust foresight and futures methodologies that link evidence-based strategic risk with value judgements to assess system resilience and the robustness of policies and approaches for the green economy.
Kenisha has led the development of medium and large-scale scenarios projects and delivered horizon scanning programmes, focused on the long-term sustainability of environment and food systems. She works with organisations to develop strategic visions and roadmaps that identify policy options that work best in a particular (desirable) scenario, and for subsequent use by decision-makers to champion plans for sustainability / innovation. Kenisha's expertise is at the intersection of society and the environment, combining fundamental and applied engineering with social science skills and a sound knowledge of deliberative strategies for stakeholders (including communities) involvement in the development of public policy.
Kenisha has a PhD in Waste Management Policy and Stakeholder Engagement, MA in Social Science Research Methods, MSc(Eng.) in Environmental Engineering and Project Management, and a BEng. in Civil Engineering.
Research opportunities
Long-term sustainability of complex systems (e.g. environment, food, science and technology, defence and security)
Futures, foresight, stakeholder analyses
Emerging issues, trend analyses, tipping points and transformative change
Policy, strategy, organisational resilience.
Current activities
Recent projects
2023 - 2027. Supplier to the Futures Framework Agreement. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology / Go-Science.
2023. Co-Creating Strategy for UK-Thailand Cooperation in Science, Research and Innovation (SRI). National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Thailand.
2022 - 2026. NERC CENTA2 PhD studentship. Early warning system for food supply chain resilience to environmental disruption. Part-funded by UK Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland.
2022 - 2025. Strategic foresight project. UK Government Agency.
2022 - 2025. NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowship (job share). Identifying and delivering shared environmental solutions for plantation crops.
2022 - 2023. EU Foresight System for the Environment (FORENV). European Commission (DG Environment).
2022 - 2023. Future infrastructure implications. UK Government Agency.
2021 - 2022. Foresight for the Bio-circular Green Economy. Going Global Partnership Programme. British Council (Thailand).
2019 - 2020. Developing a research agenda on Foresight for Food in Thailand. Food Innopolis. Global Challenges Research Fund QR.
2019 - 2020. Decision tool to assess consequences of decisions implicit in future development plans: case of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc in the UK. Research England SPF.
2019 - 2020. Foresight for food; train the trainers project (Thailand). Food Innopolis. British Council University-Industry Links.
Clients
Recent
British Council Thailand
Food Innopolis
European Commission (DG Environment)
FCDO
Food Standards Agency / Food Standards Scotland
Previous
European Food Safety Agency (EFSA)
Defra
Environment Agency
Scottish Environmental Protection Agency
Natural Resources Wales
Welsh Government
CAMERAS
Syngenta
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Garnett K, Wilson A & Wilkinson E. (2025). Using Horizon Scanning to Build Policy Resilience: Case of Waste Crime. FUTURES & FORESIGHT SCIENCE, 7(1)
- Pawlett M, Girkin NT, Deeks L, Evans DL, Sakrabani R, .... (2024). The contribution of natural burials to soil ecosystem services: Review and emergent research questions. Applied Soil Ecology, 194
- Jones K, Njeru EM, Garnett K & Girkin N. (2024). Assessing the Impact of Voluntary Certification Schemes on Future Sustainable Coffee Production. Sustainability, 16(13)
- Garnett K, Delgado J, Lickorish FA, Pollard SJT, Medina-Vaya A, .... (2023). Future foods: Morphological scenarios to explore changes in the UK food system with implications for food safety across the food chain. Futures, 149(May)
- Sakrabani R, Garnett K, Knox JW, Rickson J, Pawlett M, .... (2023). Towards net zero in agriculture: Future challenges and opportunities for arable, livestock and protected cropping systems in the UK. Outlook on Agriculture, 52(2)
- Luís A, Garnett K, Pollard SJT, Lickorish F, Jude S, .... (2021). Fusing strategic risk and futures methods to inform long-term strategic planning: case of water utilities. Environment Systems and Decisions, 41(4)
- Donohoe T, Garnett K, Lansink AO, Afonso A & Noteborn H. (2018). Emerging risks identification on food and feed – EFSA. EFSA Journal, 16(7)
- Garnett K, Cooper T, Longhurst P, Jude S & Tyrrel S. (2017). A conceptual framework for negotiating public involvement in municipal waste management decision-making in the UK. Waste Management, 66
- Dagonneau J, Rocks SA, Prpich G, Garnett K, Black E, .... (2017). Strategic risk appraisal. Comparing expert- and literature-informed consequence assessments for environmental policy risks receiving national attention. Science of The Total Environment, 595
- Garnett K & Parsons DJ. (2017). Multi‐Case Review of the Application of the Precautionary Principle in European Union Law and Case Law. Risk Analysis, 37(3)
- Garnett K, Lickorish FA, Rocks SA, Prpich G, Rathe AA, .... (2016). Integrating horizon scanning and strategic risk prioritisation using a weight of evidence framework to inform policy decisions. Science of The Total Environment, 560-561
- Frijns J, Smith H, Brouwer S, Garnett K, Elelman R, .... (2016). How Governance Regimes Shape the Implementation of Water Reuse Schemes. Water, 8(12)
- Henriques C, Garnett K, Weatherhead EK, Lickorish FA, Forrow D, .... (2015). The future water environment — Using scenarios to explore the significant water management challenges in England and Wales to 2050. Science of The Total Environment, 512-513
- Garnett K & Cooper T. (2014). Effective dialogue: Enhanced public engagement as a legitimising tool for municipal waste management decision-making. Waste Management, 34(12)
- Bramhall MD, Gray L, Corker C, Garnett K & Hill R. (2012). Analysis of Critical Thinking Skills in an International, Cross-Institutional Group of Engineering Master's Students. Industry and Higher Education, 26(4)
Conference Papers
- Gray L, Bramhall M, Corker C & Garnett K. (2012). Analysis of critical thinking skills of international masters students in engineering for a cross-institutional group
- Gray L, Bramhall M, Garnett K & Corker C. (2011). Analysis of critical thinking skills across an international, cross-institutional student group
- Elfving-Hwang J, Moore I & Garnett K. (2010). Skills development and lifelong learning.
- Garnett K & Moore I. (2010). The role of a Centre for Excellence in developing a scholarship of teaching based on pedagogical practice around learner autonomy.
- Moore I, Elfving-Hwang J & Garnett K. (2009). Developing Communities of Practice: the role of a Centre for Excellence in fostering staff communities
- Garnett K, Cooper T, Heath M & Cartwright G. (2008). Public involvement in local waste strategy development and facility planning: exploring opinions from stakeholder groups
- Garnett K, Cooper T, Heath M & Cartwright G. (2008). The expert-public interface in municipal waste management decision making: exploring opinions from stakeholder groups
Books
- Burgess PJ, den Herder M, Dupraz C, Garnett K, Giannitsopoulos M, .... (2018). AGFORWARD Project Final Report
- Burgess PJ, den Herder M, Dupraz C, Garnett K, Giannitsopoulos M, .... (2018). AGFORWARD Third Periodic Report: July 2016 to December 2017
- Burgess PJ, den HM, Dupraz C, Garcia DJS, Garnett K, .... (2016). AGFORWARD Second Periodic Report: January 2015 to June 2016.
- Moore I, Elfving-Hwang J, Garnett K & Corker C (eds). (2010). CPLA case studies: volume 1
- Mackenzie D, Cooper T & Garnett K. (2010). Can Durability Provide a Strong Marketing Platform? In Cooper T(ed.), Longer Lasting Solutions: Alternatives to the Throwaway Society. Gower Publishing Limited.
- Garnett K & Moore I. (2010). The CPLA small scale project scheme: an introduction In Bramhall M, O'Leary C & Corker C (eds), CPLA case studies: volume 2. Sheffield Hallam University. Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy.
- Garnett K(ed.). (2009). CPLA: Centre for Promoting Learner Autonomy: A Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning: Case Studies Volume 1
