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
The Coast-R Network has announced awards to five coastal resilience projects through the second round of its Small Grants Fund, supporting innovative, place-based initiatives led by UK third sector organisations. Five grants, totalling over £110,000, have been awarded to projects that demonstrate original approaches, strong partnerships and a commitment to sharing learning in ways that … Read more
Dr Alex Sadler is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Essex, working on the Advancing Resilience and Innovation for a Sustainable Environment (ARISE) project. What does your research focus on? While I am helping out with a variety of initiatives across the project, my main focus is on implementing a policy network analysis. Specifically, … 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
Dr Matthew Howell of the University of Swansea explores the inclusivity of the shared user pathway across Carmarthenshire, Wales through his Coast-R Small Grant Fund project: ‘Engaging with the Coast: Facilitating Community Dialogue around Usage of and Access to Coastal Shared User Pathways’. Using Llanelli Millennium Coastal Pathway as a case study, the following blog … Read more
Community Food Researcher Laura Dunn and Research Fellow Dr Louise Hunt from the University of Plymouth talk about their Coast-R Small Grant Fund project: ‘Fish Fingers and Fresh Ideas’. When people think about innovation, a fish finger probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. But in Plymouth, the Plymouth Fish Finger has become … 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
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
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