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Published & in progress papers and resources

Below is a complete list of papers I have authored and co-authored

Published Papers

Meschini, M., & Apine, E. (2025). Building a Shared Perspective on Hesketh Out Marsh Through Co-Production. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14833036

Meschini M., Dunning R., Jay S. (2024). Back to the future: the story of, and lessons from, the managed realignment of Hesketh Out Marsh. North West Geography, volume 24 (2)

Meschini, M., & Robinson, L. (2024). Transitioning to nature-based solutions to manage risks from flooding and erosion at the coast: understanding different perceptions on what is needed to achieve this. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13829296

Stojanovic, T. A., & Meschini, M. (2023). Using Soft Systems Modelling to understand decision-making about coastal schemes. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7715617

Lee, C., Caroselli, E., Machado Toffolo, M., Mancuso, A., Marchini, C., Meschini, M., Goffredo, S. (2023): Eight years of community structure monitoring through recreational citizen science at the “SS Thistlegorm” wreck (Red Sea). PLOS ONE, 18: e0282239. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282239

Machado Toffolo, M., Simoncini, G.A., Marchini, C., Meschini, M., Caroselli, E., Franzellitti, S., Prada, F. and Goffredo, S. 2022: Long-term Effects of an Informal Education Program on Tourist Environmental Perception. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9:830085. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.830085

Meschini, M., Machado Toffolo, M., Marchini, C., Caroselli, E., Prada, F., Mancuso A., Franzellitti, S., Locci, L., Davoli, M., Trittoni, M., Nanetti, E., Tittarelli, M., Bentivogli, R., Branchini, S., Neri, P., Goffredo, S. 2021: Reliability of data collected by volunteers: a nine-year citizen science study in the Red Sea. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9: 694258. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2021.694258

Meschini, M., Prati, F., Simoncini, G.A., Airi, V., Caroselli, E., Prada, F., Marchini, C., Machado Toffolo, M., Branchini, S., Brambilla, V., Covi C., Goffredo, S. (2021): Environmental Education in Marine Coastal Resorts Mitigates Tourism Impact on Ecosystems: Analysing a 3-year follow-up Citizen Science Project. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8: 584644. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.584644

Meschini, M., Machado Toffolo, M., Caroselli, E., Franzellitti, S., Marchini, C., Prada, F., Boattini, A., Brambilla, V., Martinez, G., Prati, F., Simoncini, G., Visentin, M., Airi, V., Branchini, S., Goffredo, S. (2021): Educational briefings in touristic facilities promote tourist sustainable behaviour and customer loyalty. Biological Conservation, 259: 109122. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109122

Branchini, S., Meschini, M., Covi, C., Piccinetti, C., Zaccanti, F., & Goffredo, S (2015): Participating in a citizen science monitoring program: implications for environmental education. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0131812. doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0131812

Papers in progress

Meschini, M., Apine, E., Dunning, R.J., Stojanovic, T., Robinson, L.A. (2025) (Under review). From paper to practice: enhancing environmental decision-making through integrating social, temporal, and systems aspects in the DPSIR+ framework. Journal of Environmental Management

Machado Toffolo, M., Meschini, M., Marchini, C., Caroselli, E., Prada, F., Mancuso, A., Lee, C., Zanon, M.V., Goffredo, S. (2025) (Under review). Citizen science data reliability enhancing scientific research: insights from an 11-year study in the Mediterranean Sea. Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Apine E., Becker, A., Meschini, M., Matsoukis C., Payo Payo, M. (2025) (under review). Interdisciplinarity in coastal research: reflections and insights from early career researchers. Coastal Futures

Meschini, M., Robinson, L. A. (in preparation). Navigating complexity: Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping in coastal governance. Environmental Science and Policy

Del Canto, N., Nasuto, A., Meschini, M., Dunning, R. J. (in preparation). The ambivalence effect of nature-based solutions on flood risk in coastal house prices. Journal of Environmental Management

Meschini, M., Apine, E., Payo Payo, M., Matsoukis, C., Becker, A., Dunning, R.J., Stojanovic, T., Welivita, I., Jude, S., Graves, A., Plater, A., Evans, C., Robinson, L.A., Brown, J., Amoudry, L. (in preparation). Co-producing coastal resilience: the role of transdisciplinarity in addressing future climate. Nature Sustainability

Meschini, M., Robinson, L. A., Culhane, F., Goffredo, S. (in preparation). Exploring a bottom-up approach to understanding people’s relationships with nature and their values of natural environment.

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