Research areas
As Operations Director of the Marine Alliance for Science and Technology for Scotland (MASTS), Dr James is responsible, together with the MASTS Directorate, for the day to day delivery of a Scottish Funding Council Research Pool with an initial investment of £75m involving the majority of Scotland's marine science capacity. Our role is to facilitate and improve the co-ordination of marine science across 17 Scottish Universities, a Government laboratory and a non-departmental public body. Dr James, through the MASTS Directorate, can provide links to the MASTS research network which engages ~700 researchers active in all areas of marine science. He is a former Vice Chair of the European Marine Board, a current Non-Executive member of the UK Marine Science Co-ordination Committee and a member of the Scottish Marine Strategy Forum. His own research interests include fisheries, aquaculture, marine renewables and biogenic reefs. In 2020 he was appointed by UKRI as a Champion for the Sustainable Management of UK Marine Resources Programme - 2020-2014. This £12.4m SPF programme will bring marine scientists together with social and economic researchers to address strategic policy priorities in the management of UK marine resources and foster stronger working relationships between science and policy. He also co-leads the NERC - Scottish Universities Partnership for Environmental Research, Doctoral Training Partnership.
PhD supervision
- SohiniÌýDudhat
- CharisÌýHanna
Selected publications
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Open access
Travezaño Ambrosio, A., Mendo, J., Sarmiento-Nafate, S., Villalobos Toledo, J., Gozzer-Wuest, R., Grillo-Núñez, J., James, M., Gomez-Oré, I., Delgado, R., Fernández, J., Loza-Choque, K., Fuentevilla, C. & Mendo, T., 1 Apr 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Marine and Fishery Sciences (MAFIS). 39, 2, 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Hanna, C., Terzić, K., James, M. & Spencer, K., 9 Mar 2026, Proceedings of the 21st international conference on computer vision theory and applications. SciTePress, Vol. 2. p. 518-525 8 p. (Proceedings of VISIGRAPP).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Mendo, T., Mujal-Colilles, A., Hjorleifsson, E., Lattanzi, P., Marsaglia, L., James, M., Rufino, M. M., Holah, H., Tully, O., Rodriguez-Gutierrez, J., Jonsson, P., Mugerza, E., Egekvist, J., Emery, T., Ladd-Jones, H., Course, G., Rodriguez, J., Mateo, M., von Dorrien, C. & Carvalho, A. N. & 2 others, , Aug 2026, In: Marine Policy. 190, p. 1-10 10 p., 107139.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Lavender, E., Scheidegger, A., Albert, C., Biber, S., Brodersen, J., Aleynik, D., Cole, G., Dodd, J., Wright, P. J., Illian, J., James, M., Smout, S., Thorburn, J. A. & Moor, H., 28 Nov 2025, In: Science Advances. 11, 48, p. 1-12 12 p., eadx0255.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Hague, R. A. C., Rimmer, J. E. V. & James, M. A., 6 May 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 5, p. 1-18 18 p., e0317706.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Thorburn, J., Gagnon, É., Martin, J., Henry, L.-A., Wright, P. J., Dodd, J., James, M. & Neat, F., Apr 2025, In: Environmental Biology of Fishes. 108, 4, p. 483-500 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Harlow, L., Ovchinnikova, K. & James, M., 28 Jul 2025, In: PLoS ONE. 20, 7, p. 1-14 14 p., e0327824.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mendo, T., Mujal-Colilles, A., Stounberg, J., Glemarec, G., Egekvist, J., Mugerza, E., Rufino, M., Swift, R. & James, M., 11 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ICES Journal of Marine Science. Advance Article, 12 p., fsad209.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Mendo, T., Ransijn, J., Durbach, I., Gibson, T., James, M., Swift, R. & Muench, A., Nov 2024, Lowestoft: Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas). (Fisheries Sensitivity Mapping and Displacement Modelling (FiSMaDiM); no. 3)
Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Open access
Lavender, E., Biber, S., Illian, J., James, M., Wright, P. J., Thorburn, J. & Smout, S., 1 Oct 2023, In: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 10, p. 2626-2638 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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