Overview

Hannah is a PhD Researcher, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council via the South West Doctoral Training Partnership. She is supervised by Professor Neil Adger and Dr Saffron O’Neill, both from the University of Exeter, as well as Professor Julie Barnett, from the University of Bath. Hannah joined the department from the Environment Agency where she directly supported the creation of the current national strategy for flood risk management in England.

She specialises in flood risk and her PhD research focuses on the climate justice dimensions of flood and coastal risk management approaches in Devon. Hannah is a human geographer (but seeks to be integrated) and brings a social science perspective to the human-environmental challenge of flooding.

Hannah undertakes various Postgraduate Teaching Associate roles at the university and is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (Advance-HE).

Broad research specialisms:

Flood risk; adaptation; health; wellbeing; flood and coastal risk management; climate justice; resilience; vulnerability; integrated geography 

Qualifications

MRes Sustainable Futures
MSc Water: Science and Governance
BSc Geography: Human and Physical 

Links

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Research

Research interests

Flood risk; adaptation; health; wellbeing; flood and coastal risk management; climate justice; resilience; vulnerability; integrated geography

Research Groups:

Hannah co-convenes the Geography Department’s Environment and Sustainability Research Group alongside Professor Neil Adger. Hannah arranges weekly sessions of the group during term time. If you would like to present, please get in touch with her via email.

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