As part of StoryArcs’ collaboration with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), Story Fellow Dr Gary Hayes was embedded in the ‘Economics of Biodiversity’ programme. This programme ‘aims to inform decision-making by addressing critical gaps in our current understanding of the economic values, benefits and costs that society associates with, and derives from, biodiversity’ (Economics of Biodiversity). 

Dr Hayes produced a dynamic and vibrant video synthesising the programme’s seven projects. The video was presented to over 200 delegates at the Royal Geographical Society’s International Conference. 

This project is an essential element of StoryArcs’ research into Story as a living skillset, demonstrating the ability of narrative to communicate complex scientific and economic concepts and data. Story can speak to the most pressing issues of our time. Thanks to the work of Story Fellows like Dr Hayes, we are beginning to articulate and advocate for Story as a skill and as a vital process in our ecosystem and society.