Paul Rooney

Background

About Paul Rooney

In 2022 I was listed in the ENDS Power List of the top 100 most influential environmentalists as nominated by colleagues, clients and competitors. The ENDS Report is the UK's number one source of intelligence for environmental professionals, delivering news, analysis and reference across the carbon, environmental and sustainability agenda.* I am a Chartered Environmentalist, a full member of the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management, a Chartered Geographer and Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy / Advance HE • I am a permanent deacon (ordained minister) in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool. Related to this, I am the Assistant Director for the Permanent Diaconate in the archdiocese, Vice Chair of the Northern Diaconal Formation Partnership and a member of the National Executive for the Permanent Diaconate. Archbishop’s trustee for Nugent, the social welfare arm of the Archdiocese of Liverpool. Team leader and Trustee for St Helens Street Pastors. • Head of Department, 1st September 2019 to 2022 *Deputy Head, Department of Geography and Environmental Science, 1st October 2013 - 31st July 2019 * Acting Head, Department of Geography,1st October 2012 - 31st August 2013.* appointed Lecturer, and subsequently (2003) Senior Lecturer at Liverpool Hope University.* 2010, ongoing - Enterprise Fellow. Awarded by Liverpool Hope University in recognition of an outstanding and sustained contribution to enterprise activities undertaken in the field of environmental management. 2006 ongoing - founder and Director of the UK Sand Dune and Shingle Network - see http://coast.hope.ac.uk/* 2004 – 2006 Learning and Teaching Fellow with special responsibility for ‘Supporting Student Success’. The Fellowship included the roles of Award Director for ‘Personal Development Planning’ (PDP) and coordinator for ‘Personal Tutoring’ across the University.* 1995 - - Project Officer, Sefton Coast LIFE Project (A Conservation Strategy for the sand dunes of the Sefton Coast, north west England)- an EU co-financed nature conservation project, with the partners English Nature, the National Trust and Sefton Council.* 1989 - 1995 - Senior Coast and Countryside Ranger, Sefton Council * 1987 - 1989 - Ranger, Sefton Coast Management Scheme. Specialties: Nature conservation, coastal management, coastal dunes, shingle, higher education teaching and research, environmental management, sustainability, environmental impact assessment, rare and protected species management.