The TRANSECTS project is exploring how offshore energy industries – such as offshore wind and oil & gas – are shaping everyday life in coastal communities in Aberdeen, Orkney, and the Humber region. As part of the Transitions in Energy for Coastal Communities over Space and Time (TRANSECTS) project, an interactive online mapping survey invites … Read more
Learning from Living Shores: Coastal Change, Risk and Community on the North Carolina Coast 20 May 2026 In this blog, Coast-R co-leads Briony McDonagh and Stuart McLelland reflect on a recent trip to the North Carolina coast where they saw a range of Living Shoreline projects in action. In April 2026, we were lucky enough to spend a … 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
Reflection on the changing landscape of UK marine environmental governance 27 June 2026 In this blog, Coast-R co lead Dr David Bailey brings longstanding expertise and personal insight to this reflection on the changing landscape of UK marine environmental governance. He explores the frustrations, uncertainties and unexpected opportunities that have emerged in the wake of … 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
1-2pm, Wed 29 January 2026, online January’s webinar ‘Extreme weather on the edge of the world and Risky Cities’ brought together two Coast-R Network speakers, each sharing insights from current research on flood risk, coastal resilience, and extreme weather: Professor Neil MacDonald (University of Liverpool; Coast-R Network) presented the Clandage project, “Extreme weather on the … 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
Dr Amy McCarron is a Research Fellow 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 University of Aberdeen. What will you be doing as part of the TRANSECTS project? A big part of my … Read more
Dr James Robinson is an Environmental Social Scientist and Postdoctoral Research Associate at Queen Mary University of London. James works on the Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities (RACC) project, exploring how coastal legacy waste is governed in Scotland and England. To explore these questions, I’ve been interviewing local authority officers and other stakeholders involved … Read more
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