Dr William Harvey
Dr William Harvey
William’s research is primarily focused upon the collection, use, and application of proxy datasets (pollen, diatoms, charcoal, dung-fungal spores) to reconstruct environmental variables relating to ecology, forestry, biodiversity, climate, and archaeology across Mesoamerica. William’s research also covers the development and application of systematic evidence evaluation techniques for environmental science and archaeology.
William is an associate researcher of the Oxford Long-Term Ecology Lab., University of Oxford. He obtained his first degree (BSc) in Physical Geography (1st Class Hons) from Aberystwyth University, University of Wales, his second degree (MSc) in Quaternary Science from Royal Holloway, University of London, and his third degree (DPhil) in Zoology from the University of Oxford.
William is also a research associate at the School of Archaeology, University of Oxford. He has lectured at both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University on techniques in environmental sampling, palaeoecological techniques (palynology, diatoms, macroscopic/microscopic charcoal, Sporormiella), animal dissections (mammals, birds, and fish), multivariant statistical methods (e.g. Principal Component Analysis, Canonical Correspondence Analysis, etc.), and systematic evidence evaluation techniques. He has supervised both undergraduate dissertations and DPhil projects at the University of Oxford from the departments of Zoology and Archeology.
William successfully defended his D.Phil. thesis in 2019: The Central American Isthmus: ecological dynamics of the middle-late Holocene
He was supervised by Katherine J. Willis, Sandra Nogué, and Nathan D. Stansell.
Selected Publications
Torreggiani, I, Geurds, A., Harvey, W.J., 2023. Human Resilience in Fluvial Environments in Pre-Hispanic Central Nicaragua. In: Elkin, D., & Delaere, C. (Eds). Underwater and Coastal Archaeology in Latin America. University Press of Florida. Gainesville. ISBN 978-0-8130-6982-1
Päivinen, R., Petrokofsky, G., Harvey, W.J., Petrokofsky, L., Puttonen, P., Kangas, J., Mikkola, E., Byholm, L. and Käär, L., 2023. State of forest research in 2010s–a bibliographic study with special reference to Finland, Sweden and Austria. Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 38(1-2), pp.23-38. doi.org/10.1080/02827581.2023.2189296
Stanturf, J., Harvey, W.J., Petrokofsky, G., Darabant, A., Petrokofsky, L., Adhikari, S., Arora, G., Bannister, J., Derkyi, M., Foli, E., Guariguata, M.R., Quevedo Fernandez, M.L., Trujillo-Miranda, A.L., 2023. Forest Related Nature-Based Solutions – Review of terms and concepts – from afforestation to forest landscape restoration. Report to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety, and Consumer Protection (BMUV). International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Vienna, Austria. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-903345-19-5
Harvey, W.J., Petrokofsky, L., Malik, A., Carter, T., Wade, L.S., Jordon, M. and Petrokofsky, G., 2022. Report on Animal Welfare of Dairy Cows in Indoor Loose Range Housing: A Systematic Review. pp.1-46. Full Report.
