Amy Richardson

Navigating coastal, marine and environmental careers: explore and connect

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Two birds sit on a grassy cliff with the sea behind

12:00–13:30pm, Thurs 30 October 2025, online This online event brings together students, recent graduates, early career researchers, and professionals to explore career pathways in the coastal, marine and environmental sectors. Through a panel discussion featuring speakers from a range of organisations – including JBA Consulting, Local Authority Partnership Coastal Partners, and CIWEM (The Chartered Institution … Read more

Supporting coastal and community resilience through our Small Grants Fund

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The bridge across Loch Alsh connecting the mainland and Isle of Skye

We’re delighted to announce that we have launched the first round of the Coast-R Network Small Grants Fund, with awards of between £5,000 and £25,000 to support UK coastal resilience. Round 1 of the Small Grants Fund (SGF) will support small scale, place-based projects involving early career researchers in two-way (or multi-way) research and knowledge … Read more

Spotlight on the TRANSECTS Project: Meet Jack Sheehy

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Offshore wind farm

Dr Jack Sheehy is a postdoctoral research associate with the TRANSECTS project – TRANSitions In Energy For Coastal Communities Over Time And Space. This project aims to assess how marine energy transitions (across whaling, oil and gas, and renewables) impact communities. What will you be doing as part of the TRANSECTS project? I will be … Read more

Greening the grey through eco-engineering

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Prof Larissa Naylor delivering a lecture at Flood and Coast

Our Coast-R Network colleague, Professor Larissa Naylor has taken a key role in developing new CIRIA guidance – Greening coastal infrastructure through eco-engineering (C820). This is the first practitioner-led publication of its kind, focused on enhancing the biodiversity and multifunctionality of engineered coastal assets through eco-engineering approaches. Larissa is Professor of Geomorphology and Environmental Geography … Read more

Spotlight on the TRANSECTS Project: Meet Sofie Illemann Jæger

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View of offshore wind turbines from the eastern coast of Scotland

Dr Sofie Illemann Jæger is a postdoctoral associate with the project “TRANSitions In Energy For Coastal Communities Over Time And Space” (TRANSECTS), one of the four projects funded by the ReCCS programme. She is based at the School of Energy, Geosciences, Infrastructure and Society at Heriot-Watt University. What will you be doing as part of … Read more

Coast-R Network co-lead becomes expert advisor to Council of Europe

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Prof Larissa Naylor at the Council of Europe

Congratulations to Coast-R Network co-lead, Professor Larissa Naylor of the University of Glasgow, who has recently been appointed as expert advisor to the Council of Europe’s Congress of Local and Regional Authorities’ Governance Committee. Larissa will act as sole author on a report entitled ‘How can we cope with coastal erosion (in our changing climate)? … Read more

Connecting with the coastal resilience community at Flood and Coast 2025

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Coast-R Network workshop participants at Flood and Coast

Amy McCarron is a Research Fellow working on the Resilient Coastal Communities and Seas (ReCCS) programme-funded TRANSECTS project. Here, she introduces herself and reflects on attending Flood & Coast 2025 for the first time. My research draws on both historical analysis and participatory approaches to understand lived experiences of change over time. Earlier this summer, … Read more

Coast-R at the UK Coastal Research Conference 2025

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Charlotte Lyddon at the UK Coastal Research conference with Coast-R Network poster

The UK Coastal Research Conference took place in Liverpool from 1–3 July 2025. Dr Charlotte Lyddon represented the Coast-R Network and reports back on the event, which brought together coastal researchers and practitioners from across the country. I really enjoyed the opportunity to connect with attendees throughout the event to share the motivations, aims, and … Read more

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