Working Together for Resilience

Eight new projects funded to strengthen coastal resilience across the UK 

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Llanelli Coastline

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

Rewilding our coasts

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Blakeney Salt Marsh with boat in foreground

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

Coast-R Webinar – Sharing and building on climate adaptation solutions using DAFNI

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Coast - R Banner image with title of the webinar - Sharing and building on climate adaptation solutions using DAFNI

2-3pm, Weds 25 February 2026, online February’s Webinar ‘Sharing and building on climate adaptation solutions using DAFNI’ saw Dr. Tom Kirkham and Dr. Kyle Stevenson of the STFC discussing the DAFNI (Data Analytics for National Infrastructure) platform, explaining how it is being used within climate adaptation, highlighting opportunities for people to get involved: The webinar … Read more

Back from the Brink: Rethinking Interfaces for Coastal Resilience

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Three people sat pondering a challenge

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

Looking back on the first year of the Coast-R Network

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Floods Minister, Emma Hardy MP meets Prof Briony McDonagh at the Flood and Coast conference

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

Coast-R at the UK Coastal Research Conference 2025

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Charlotte Lyddon at the UK Coastal Research conference with Coast-R Network poster

The UK Coastal Research Conference took place in Liverpool from 1–3 July 2025. Dr Charlotte Lyddon represented the Coast-R Network and reports back on the event, which brought together coastal researchers and practitioners from across the country. I really enjoyed the opportunity to connect with attendees throughout the event to share the motivations, aims, and … Read more

Reporting on the TRANSECTS 2nd Annual Meeting 2025

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TRANSECTS teams members by the coast

Assoc Prof Karen Alexander, Project lead for TRANSitions In Energy For Coastal Communities Over Time And Space (TRANSECTS), reports on their second Annual Meeting. The whole research team gathered in Stromness, Orkney (and online) to reflect on progress, share insights and plan the road ahead. Meeting Sessions Held at the International Centre for Island Technology, … Read more

ARISE event: Co-Developing our Coastal Resilience Community of Practice

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Looking out to sea past a row of colourful beach huts

The ARISE team have run several meetings of the Community of Practice with a focus on the sustainability of coastal lives, coastal living and the coastal environment in Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Kent. They are keen to share insights and co-develop a plan for the future of the Community. The Coastal Resilience Community of Practice … Read more

Call-out for contributors to the RACC Solutions Hackathon

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Participants in a hackathon event gathered around a table

Join the Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities project team and collaborators from across the country. Help identify solutions to increase coastal communities and ecosystem resilience to the compound risks of climate change, coastal flooding/erosion, and the UK’s historic waste disposal. What is the issue? As sea levels rise and severe weather events become more … Read more

Reporting on the TRACC retreat in Greenwich

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A sandy beach with a turquoise beacon

The team from the Transformative Research Actions for resilient Coastal Communities (TRACC) project met in Greenwich from 10-12 March for their second project retreat. The TRACC project will explore and implement new transformative place- and values-based ways of governing coastal resilience and sustainability across Mid-North Wales, the Firth of Clyde (Scotland), Lough Foyle (Ireland), and … Read more

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