Dr Ed Brookes is a Knowledge Translation Fellow (Coastal Communities) at the University of Hull. With a background in cultural geography, Ed supports coastal resilience and climate adaptation work — including the UKRI-funded Risky Cities project and the Coast-R Network— helping translate research into practical insights for communities, practitioners and policy. In my current role … Read more
The Coast-R Network and the Resilient UK Coastal Communities and Seas programme have announced the first eight projects to receive support through the Coast-R Small Grants Fund. This inaugural round of the small grants fund has focused on Early Career Researchers (ECRs) leading innovative, community engaged research to address the challenges facing coastal communities across the UK, and has awarded £156,930. Prof. Briony McDonagh, … Read more
Andrew Manson, a recent Geography graduate and intern in the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull, reflects on the written evidence submitted to the ongoing Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs Committee (EFRA) Inquiry on Climate and Weather Resilience in England. What is the Inquiry about? The Inquiry focuses on the UK’s ability … Read more
In September 2025, the Environment Food and Rural Affairs Committee launched a call for evidence on coastal erosion and landslips as part of its long-term inquiry into Climate and Weather Resilience. Here, Coast-R lead Briony McDonagh summarises the evidence submitted by the Coast-R Network team, ReCCS projects – including ARISE and RACC – and ReCCS … Read more
Interest in rewilding our coasts has surged in recent years, as communities and scientists alike recognise the power of restoring saltmarshes, seagrass meadows, and mudflats to revive nature and protect shorelines from climate impacts. Dr Charlotte Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Marine Conservation at the University of Hull and member of the Coast-R Network team, tells … Read more
Dr Katherine Simpson of the University of Glasgow and Lewis Coenen-Rowe of Culture for Climate Scotland reflect on two interactive workshops from our recent Annual Forum and look towards next steps. In early September, as part of the Coast-R Network Annual Conference in Glasgow, we brought together around 120 people from across disciplines, sectors, and … Read more
Refrains: enough is enough Less discussion, more decision-making. Less talk, more action. Less theory, more practice. These were strong refrains in the presentations, workshops, and informal conversations across the Coast-R Annual Forum in Glasgow in September 2025. We have enough data, we hold enough knowledge and it’s time—and beyond timely—to start doing more! And so … Read more
Petra Codato is a third year PhD researcher working on coastal transition, and based in the Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull. She is funded by the Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Centre for Water Cultures and her supervisors are Briony McDonagh, Gill Hughes and Kate Smith. My focus is on how to use participatory … Read more
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
Prof Briony McDonagh, Coast-R Network lead, reflects on the successes of the Network’s first year, and looks forward to the next programme milestones. 1st July marked the beginning of Year 2 of the Coast-R Network programme, which will be led by colleagues at the University of Glasgow. In the last couple of weeks, we have … Read more
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