That’s the question asked by the SEAS project team, led by Dr Jajati Mandal of the University of Salford, in this blog which shares learnings gathered through his Coast-R Small Grants Funded project. The brown shrimp, Crangon crangon, has been picked from Morecambe Bay’s mudflats for generations. Although this may not have been a big … Read more
With the Coast-R network reaching its halfway point, we took the opportunity to bring researchers across the ReCCS programme and our Small Grant Fund projects together at this year’s RGS-IBG conference in London. Dr Kate Smith reports on our two sessions, where ten of our projects shared work in progress, from beach monitoring to legacy landfill … Read more
In this blog, the Coast-R University of Liverpool team, Charlotte Lyddon, Neil Macdonald, Marta Meschini and Andy Plater, reflect on our Year 3 Annual Forum. On June 25th, we hosted the Coast-R Year 3 Annual Forum at the Spine in Liverpool. This year, our central theme focused on “Investment for Rejuvenating Coastal Communities.” We were … Read more
RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2026 1 – 4 September 2026 The Coast-R Network is organising a double session on 3 September at this year’s RGS-IBG Annual International Conference, sponsored by the Coastal & Marine Research Group, the Climate Change Research Group and the Participatory Geographies Research Group. The sessions feature presentations from ReCCS and Coast-R Small Grants … Read more
27 June 2026 Dr Ed Brookes is a knowledge translation fellow in coastal communities at the University of Hull, working to support both the Coast-R Network and Hull’s Risky Cities project. Here he gives his reflections on attending Flood and Coast 2026. Last month I joined colleagues from across the University of Hull’s Energy and … Read more
Dr Marta Meschini is a Project Officer on the Coast-R Network, funded by the ReCCS programme. She is based at the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Liverpool. The Coast-R Network is a UK-wide initiative funded within the £14.8 million Resilient Coastal Communities and Seas Programme (ReCCS). It is led by six founding … Read more
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
1:30-2:30pm, Thursday 30 April 2026, online Kate Smith, Coast-R Co-lead and Emma Platt-Lowe, Coast-R Programme Manager, presented Coast-R’s second round of Small Grants Funding, provided information useful to those who are interested in applying, and replied to participant’s questions during the Q&A. View the Webinar Recording Meet the Speakers Dr Kate Smith Kate’s research interests … Read more
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