Dr Kate Smith of our Coast-R Network team was the proud recipient of the Rising Star category of the Women in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (WiFCERM) Awards 2025 at last night’s annual Flood & Coast conference dinner. The Rising Star Award is given to an individual in the earlier stages of their career in flood and coastal … Read more
Professor Briony McDonagh and Professor Larissa Naylor of the Coast-R Network were invited to speak at the opening session of the Flood Resilience in England Inquiry on Wednesday 22 January. The Inquiry was called by the UK Government’s Environmental Audit Committee, focusing on how flood resilience can be strengthened in response to increasing risks from … Read more
A blog from Coast-R Network lead, Prof Briony McDonagh on her 10 key takeaways from the written evidence submitted to the UK Government’s recent Flood Resilience in England inquiry. Back in mid-January, Coast-R colleague Prof. Larissa Naylor (University of Glasgow) and I appeared before the Environmental Audit Committee to offer expert testimony on UK flood … Read more
At the Coast-R Network Launch Event, delegates were invited to participate in a ‘Living Glossary’ Workshop. In this blog from Prof Stephanie Jones and her workshop co-hosts, she discusses the process that led to some surprising outcomes. The fluidity of words can be surprising. As a participant in the Coast-R Living Glossary workshop commented, “ocean … Read more
A new £2m national network has been launched to generate knowledge, action and resilience for UK coastal communities and seas. The COAST-R Network is part funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and DEFRA under their Resilient Coastal Communities and Seas programme and is part of a £14.8m investment in place-based research projects aiming to … Read more
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