Dr Sally Rangecroft

About me:

I am an interdisciplinary academic with a physical geography background, with expertise in using and developing collaborative tools and holistic approaches to address real-world global challenges, especially focusing on water security (quantity and quality) and direct and indirect anthropogenic impacts on the natural system.

I studied geography at Loughborough University and then completed a Masters by Research in Environment Sciences at Bangor University, Wales before moving to Cornwall to complete my PhD in rock glaciers, climate change and water resources in the Bolivian Andes with the University of Exeter. I then moved to the University of Birmingham for my first postdoctoral research position looking at the anthropogenic impacts on hydrological drought, including interdisciplinary drought research in South Africa (CreativeDrought). I started my second postdoctoral research position at the University of Plymouth in July 2019 researching water security with glacier retreat in the Peruvian Andes (SIGMA Peru), before moving to the University of Exeter as a lecturer in physical geography.

Broad research specialisms

Water security (quantity and quality); Water-food-energy nexus; Glacier retreat; Climate change; Droughts; Citizen science; Education & outreach; Anthropogenic impacts on the natural system.

Key research interests

• Changing cryosphere and implications for people
• Glacial retreat, water security and climate change
• Droughts and anthropogenic impacts on the natural system
• Citizen science for data collection, outreach & communication, and climate literacy
• Interdisciplinary research to address water security issues in the field - especially the interface between physical geography and social science

Interests:

• Changing cryosphere and implications for people
• Glacial retreat, water security and climate change
• Droughts and anthropogenic impacts on the natural system
• Citizen science for data collection, outreach & communication, and climate literacy
• Interdisciplinary research to address water security issues in the field - especially the interface between physical geography and social science

Qualifications:

PhD, School of Geography, University of Exeter, UK (2010 - 2014). NERC funded CASE Studentship PhD “Rock glaciers and Climate Change in the Dry Andes of Bolivia: Implications on future water resources”.

PGCE, Cornwall SCITT, Secondary School Geography (2018 - 2019)

MRes (Masters by Research), Environmental Sciences, Bangor University, Wales, UK (2009 - 2010)

BSc Geography (1st class honours), Loughborough University (2005 - 2009)

Academic Positions

Lecturer, College of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Exeter, UK (Sept 2021 – present)

Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK (2019 - present)

Research Fellow, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, UK (2015 - 2018)

Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, Canada (September 2017)