OUR PUBLICATIONS
(i) Books
Skene K.R. (2020). Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis: Can Technology Really Save the World? Routledge, Abington, UK (Winner of 2020 American Library Association CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award)
Skene, K.R. and Murray, A. (2017). Sustainable Economics: Context, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st-Century Practitioner. Routledge, Abingdon, UK.
Skene, K.R. (2011). Escape from Bubbleworld: Seven Curves to Save the Earth. Ard Macha Press.
Skene K.R. (2009). Putting Colour into your Curriculum: Flexible Classroom Activities for Science Teachers. Ard Macha Press.
Skene K.R. (2009). Shadows on the Cave Wall: A New Theory of Evolution. Ard Macha Press.
(ii) Reports and Chapters
Skene, K.R. (2022). Chapter 2. Steering the circular economy: a new role for Adam Smith's invisible hand. In: A. Stefanakis and I. Nikolaou (Eds.), Sustainability and the Circular Economy. Elsevier, London. Pp. 21-33.
Skene, K.R. (2022). Chapter 6. The circular economy: a critique of the concept. In: A. Alvarez-Risco (Ed.). Advances in the Circular Economy. Springer, London.
Skene, K.R. (2021). COP26: An Open Letter. Biosphere Research Institute. Click here.
Kučera, A., Samec, P., Bajer, A., Skene, K.R., Vichta, T., Vranová, V., Meena, R.S. and Datta, R. (2020). Forest Soil Water. In: R.S. Meena and R. Datta (Eds.), Soil Moisture Importance. Intech Open, London.
Malcolm, J. and Skene, K.R. (2020). Using the SDGs to promote change and nurture connectivity in an undergraduate design module. In: E. Sengupta, P. Blessinger and T.S. Yamin (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Strategies for Sustainable Development (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 19, pp. 41-56). Bingley: Emerald Publishing.
Skene, K.R. and Murray, A. (2012). The Circular Economy: A Literature Review. Centre for Low Carbon Futures, York.
Skene, K.R. and Murray, A. (2012). The Circular Economy: A Definitional Paper. Centre for Low Carbon Futures, York.
Skene, K.R. (2003). Plant-insect interactions in ultramafic habitats. In: Recent Research Developments in Entomology, Vol. 4: 59-75.
Raven, J.A. and Skene, K.R. (2003). Chemistry of the oceans: the environment of early life. In: L.J. Rothschild and A.M. Lister (Eds.), Evolution on Planet Earth – The Impact of the Physical Environment. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 55-64.
(iii) Most significant peer-reviewed journal publications
(iv) Visual exhibits (in collaboration with Gina Czarnecki)
Silvers Alter
Arts Catalyst Production, Clean Rooms, London, 2000;
Oldham Museum and Art Gallery, Natural History Museum, London, 2003;
Humancraft Union Fish Building, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005.
Infected (2000) Commissioned by Capture commissions A.C.E. Produced by David Metcalfe Associates.
Microwave Festival, Hong Kong, 2001;
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, 2003;
The Place Theatre, London, 2002.
Contagion Wellcome Trust Sciart 2005-2008
In 2005, the Sciart scheme funded us as one of 14 new projects through Development Awards and Production and Research Awards. This was the first such award made to the University of Dundee.
Brisbane Festival, The Block, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2008.
(i) Books
Skene K.R. (2020). Artificial Intelligence and the Environmental Crisis: Can Technology Really Save the World? Routledge, Abington, UK (Winner of 2020 American Library Association CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Award)
Skene, K.R. and Murray, A. (2017). Sustainable Economics: Context, Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st-Century Practitioner. Routledge, Abingdon, UK.
Skene, K.R. (2011). Escape from Bubbleworld: Seven Curves to Save the Earth. Ard Macha Press.
Skene K.R. (2009). Putting Colour into your Curriculum: Flexible Classroom Activities for Science Teachers. Ard Macha Press.
Skene K.R. (2009). Shadows on the Cave Wall: A New Theory of Evolution. Ard Macha Press.
(ii) Reports and Chapters
Skene, K.R. (2022). Chapter 2. Steering the circular economy: a new role for Adam Smith's invisible hand. In: A. Stefanakis and I. Nikolaou (Eds.), Sustainability and the Circular Economy. Elsevier, London. Pp. 21-33.
Skene, K.R. (2022). Chapter 6. The circular economy: a critique of the concept. In: A. Alvarez-Risco (Ed.). Advances in the Circular Economy. Springer, London.
Skene, K.R. (2021). COP26: An Open Letter. Biosphere Research Institute. Click here.
Kučera, A., Samec, P., Bajer, A., Skene, K.R., Vichta, T., Vranová, V., Meena, R.S. and Datta, R. (2020). Forest Soil Water. In: R.S. Meena and R. Datta (Eds.), Soil Moisture Importance. Intech Open, London.
Malcolm, J. and Skene, K.R. (2020). Using the SDGs to promote change and nurture connectivity in an undergraduate design module. In: E. Sengupta, P. Blessinger and T.S. Yamin (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Strategies for Sustainable Development (Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning, Vol. 19, pp. 41-56). Bingley: Emerald Publishing.
Skene, K.R. and Murray, A. (2012). The Circular Economy: A Literature Review. Centre for Low Carbon Futures, York.
Skene, K.R. and Murray, A. (2012). The Circular Economy: A Definitional Paper. Centre for Low Carbon Futures, York.
Skene, K.R. (2003). Plant-insect interactions in ultramafic habitats. In: Recent Research Developments in Entomology, Vol. 4: 59-75.
Raven, J.A. and Skene, K.R. (2003). Chemistry of the oceans: the environment of early life. In: L.J. Rothschild and A.M. Lister (Eds.), Evolution on Planet Earth – The Impact of the Physical Environment. Academic Press, San Diego. Pp. 55-64.
(iii) Most significant peer-reviewed journal publications
- Skene, K.R. (2022). How can economics contribute to environmental and social sustainability? The significance of systems theory and the embedded economy. Frontiers in Sustainability, p.107. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frsus.2022.980583/full?&utm_source=Email_to_authors_&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=T1_11.5e1_author&utm_campaign=Email_publication&field=&journalName=Frontiers_in_Sustainability&id=980583
- Skene, K.R. (2022). What is the unit of empowerment? An ecological perspective. British Journal of Social Work 52 (1): 498–517. Available here.
- Seják, J., Pokorný, J., Seeley, K. and Skene, K.R. (2022). Why ecosystem services should be counterbalanced by nature’s thermodynamic costs. Ecosystem Services, 57: 101469. Available here.
- Sabater, B. and Skene, K.R. (2022). Plant Thermodynamics. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9241335/
- Skene, K.R. (2021). The Dark Shadows of the Jolly Green Giants: Urgent Policy and Research Priorities in Renewable Energy Technologies. Sustainability and Climate change 14 (5): 335-357. https://doi.org/10.1089/scc.2021.0035
- Skene, K. R. (2021). Sustainability policy and practice: Is Nature an appropriate mentor? Environment, Development and Sustainability, pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-021-01432-x
- Skene, K.R. (2021). No goal is an island: the implications of systems theory for the Sustainable Development Goals. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-020-01043-y
- Kučera, A., Skene K.R. and Kupec, P. (2020). Soil hydric properties and carbon stock in a semi-arid region of Iraqi Kurdistan: the importance of historical pedogenesis, climate and locality in atmospheric decarbonization. Ecological Indicators. Vol. 119 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106813
- Skene, K.R. (2020). In pursuit of the framework behind the biosphere: S-curves, self-assembly and the genetic entropy paradox. Biosystems, 190: 104101.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2020.104101
- Skene, K. R. and Malcolm, J. (2019). Using the SDGs to nurture connectivity and promote change. The Design Journal, 22(sup1), 1629-1646.
- Skene, K.R. (2018). Circles, spirals, pyramids and cubes: why the circular economy cannot work. Sustainability Science, 13: 479-492. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-017-0443-3
- Murray, A., Skene, K. and Haynes, K. (2017). The circular economy: an interdisciplinary exploration of the concept and application in a global context. Journal of Business Ethics, 140: 369-380. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2693-2
- Skene, K.R. (2017). Thermodynamics, ecology and evolutionary biology: A bridge over troubled water or common ground? Acta Oecologica, 85: 116-125.
- Skene, K.R. (2015). Life’s a gas: a thermodynamic theory of biological evolution. Entropy, 17: 5522-5548.
- Skene K.R. (2013). The energetic of ecological succession: a logistic model of entropic output. Ecological Modelling, 250: 287-293.
- Vranová, V., Rejšek, K., Skene, K.R., Janous, D. and Formanek, P. (2013). Methods of collection of plant root exudates in relation to plant metabolism and purpose: a review. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 176: 175-199.
- Skene, K.R. (2011). Form, function, forests and fossils: sustainability revisited. Contemporary Review, 293: 462-472.
- Vranová, V., Zahradnickova, H., Janous, D., Skene, K.R., Matharu, A.S., Rejšek, K. and Formanek, P. (2011). The significance of D-amino acids in soil, fate and utilization by microbes and plants: review and identification of knowledge gaps. Plant and Soil, 354: 21-39.
- Vranová, V., Rejšek, K., Skene, K.R. and Formanek, P. (2011). Non-protein amino acids: plant, soil and ecosystem interactions. Plant and Soil, 42: 31-48.
- Skene, K.R. (2010). After the Copenhagen Conference: carbon is not the planet’s greatest threat. Contemporary Review, 292: 15-22.
- Carfrae, J.A., Skene, K.R., Sheppard, L.J., Ingleby, K. and Crossley, A. (2006). Effects of nitrogen with and without acidified sulphur on an ectomycorrhizal community in a Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis Bong. Carr) forest. Environmental Pollution, 141(1): 131-138.
- McCluskey J., Herdman, L and Skene K.R. (2004). Iron deficiency induces changes in metabolism of citrate in lateral roots and cluster roots of Lupinus albus L.. Physiologia Plantarum, 121: 586-594.
- Skene, K.R. (2004). Key differences in photosynthetic characteristics of nine species of intertidal macroalgae are related to their position on the shore. Canadian Journal of Botany, 82(2): 177-184.
- Taylor, B. and Skene, K.R. (2003). Forensic palynology: spatial and temporal considerations of pollen deposition in forensic investigations. Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences, 35: 193-204.
- Skene, K.R. (2003). The evolution of physiology and development in the cluster root: teaching an old dog new tricks? Plant and Soil, 248: 21-30.
- Wall, J.W., Skene, K.R. and Neilson R. (2002). Nematode community and trophic structure along a sand dune succession. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 35: 293-301.
- Skene, K.R. (2001). Cluster roots: model experimental tools for key biological problems. Journal of Experimental Botany, 52: 479-485.
- Averiss, R.J. and Skene, K.R. (2001). Changes in nutrient heterogeneity in a sand dune succession at Tentsmuir Point, Eastern Scotland. Botanical Journal of Scotland, 53(I): 45-56.
- Hagstrom, J., James, W.M. and Skene, K.R. (2001). A comparison of structure, development and function in cluster roots of Lupinus albus L. under phosphate and iron stress. Plant and Soil, 232: 81-90.
- Hoang, D. and Skene, K.R. (2001). Racines très spéciales pour sols carencés. Recherche, 343: 40-42.
- Skene, K.R. (2000). Cluster roots: their physiology, ecology and developmental biology. Annals of Botany, 85: 899.
- Skene, K.R. (2000). Pattern formation in cluster roots: some developmental and evolutionary considerations. Annals of Botany, 85: 901-908.
- Skene, K.R., Sprent, J.I., Raven J.A. and Herdman, L. (2000). Biological Flora of the British Isles. Myrica gale L.. Journal of Ecology, 88: 1079-1094. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00522.x
- Skene, K.R. and James, W.M. (2000). A comparison of the effects of NAA on cluster root initiation and development in Grevillea robusta and in the genus Lupinus (Leguminoseae). Plant and Soil, 219: 221-229.
- Davison, G, Lambie, C.L., James, W.M., Skene, M.E. and Skene, K.R. (1999). A comparison of heavy metal content in insects associated with ultramafic and non-ultramafic sites in the Scottish Highlands. Ecological Entomology, 24: 1-6.
- Skene, K.R. (1998). Cluster roots: some ecological considerations. Journal of Ecology, 86: 1062-1066.
- Skene, K.R., Raven, J.A. and Sprent, J.I. (1998). Cluster root development in Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae) I. Xylem, pericycle, cortex and epidermal development in a determinate root. New Phytologist, 138: 725-732.
- Skene, K.R., Sutherland, J.M., Raven, J.A. and Sprent, J.I. (1998). Cluster root development in Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae) II. The development of the endodermis in a determinate root and in an indeterminate, lateral root. New Phytologist, 138: 733-742.
- Skene, K.R. and Raven, J.A. (1998). Photosynthetic characteristics of nine species of marine macroalgae on the east coast of Scotland in relation to the intertidal position in which they occur. Botanical Journal of Scotland, 50(1): 55-62.
- Skene, K.R., Kierans, M., Sprent, J.I. and Raven, J.A. (1996). Structural aspects of cluster root development and their possible significance for nutrient acquisition in Grevillea robusta (Proteaceae). Annals of Botany, 77: 443-451.
- Skene, K.R., Sprent, J.I. and Ong, C.K. (1996). Cluster roots of Grevillea robusta – foragers or scavengers? Agroforestry Today, 8(2): 11-12.
(iv) Visual exhibits (in collaboration with Gina Czarnecki)
Silvers Alter
Arts Catalyst Production, Clean Rooms, London, 2000;
Oldham Museum and Art Gallery, Natural History Museum, London, 2003;
Humancraft Union Fish Building, Auckland, New Zealand, 2005.
Infected (2000) Commissioned by Capture commissions A.C.E. Produced by David Metcalfe Associates.
Microwave Festival, Hong Kong, 2001;
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery, 2003;
The Place Theatre, London, 2002.
Contagion Wellcome Trust Sciart 2005-2008
In 2005, the Sciart scheme funded us as one of 14 new projects through Development Awards and Production and Research Awards. This was the first such award made to the University of Dundee.
Brisbane Festival, The Block, QUT, Brisbane, Australia, 2008.