Prof. Briony McDonagh
@BrionyMcDonagh
Creative community engagement for climate action. Prof of Env Humanities @UniofHull; Director @EEIatHull & Centre for Water Cultures; PI @risky_cities
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https://www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us/research/groups/the-leverhulme-centre-for-water-cultures 10-10-2013 16:38:16
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As gravity currents underpin the processes involved in many natural disasters, including avalanches, lava flows and landslides, I’m delighted that Energy and Environment Institute is hosting the Particulate Gravity Currents Conference, including many international speakers hull.ac.uk/research/insti…
Amazing work by Energy and Environment Institute and Wilberforce Institute PGR Laura Birkinshaw #socialjustice #waterhistories #watercultures
Delightful afternoon Epworth Old Rectory with Hannah Worthen talking at the MWiB garden party about our The British Academy funded research into women’s everyday experiences of #Methodism in Britain since 1945. Particularly lovely to meet participants in real life #covidresearch
Check out the latest Risky Cities blog post by Stewart Mottram and Ed Brookes which reflects on our recent partnership with Ferens Art Gallery and how we can draw upon the arts to open up conversations about water and flood resilience.
riskycities.hull.ac.uk/city-of-water-…
We’re looking forward to #FloodandCoast24 – join us on stand A11 between 4-6 June to talk about our research into flood and community resilience, or come to our 6 June workshop sharing how to engage diverse groups in flood recovery through board games
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Fab week in North Carolina talking all things watery & climate with colleagues at UNCW & UNC 💧🌊🚰 Great to spend time with folks UNC Institute for the Environment, UNC History, UNCW_CMS and from Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office supporting UK-North Carolina relations. Excited about future research collabs & student mobility
Enjoyed the 18th AESOP Young Academics Conf at @Polimi, presenting on 'Contested Floodscapes' in Track 5. Big thanks to the track chairs & coordinators for insightful feedback. Thrilled by the discussions on urban planning for co-existence! 🌍🏙️ #AESOP2024 #UrbanFloodResilience
Thank you so much, Dave! It was an honor to represent University of Hull and Yorkshire Universities at both conferences. I'm grateful for the opportunity to showcase our institutions’ commitment to excellence and innovation in sustainability. Looking forward to continuing the contributions.
Safe travels to @UniofHull colleagues at today's University of Leeds Sustainability student sustainability research conference. Our #PhD researcher Blessing Mucherera is selected for the opening panel and later, Caitlin Matthews will present ‘Considering Gender within Net Zero and Climate Resilience’ 1/3
New paper published exploring Hull’s histories of living with water and flood, from the town's foundation in the 1260s through to c. 1700. The research is part of our wider work utilising learning histories inc through our Risky_Cities project
liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/wh…
JOB ALERT: A 12-15 month PDRA working with me on the hydraulic/hydrological modelling component of a Digital Twin for flooding based on Hull (using CAESAR with ZOOM groundwater model). Its NERC funded working with colleagues at the BGS, Imperial and UWE. jobs.hull.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…
Delighted to be one of these projects with FLOODTWIN our Flooding based Digital Twin for Hull and the Humber. Energy and Environment Institute University of Hull along with British Geological Survey Wouter Buytaert Lindsey McEwen and others.
Co-authored by me with Ed Brookes @learnbyhand Stewart Mottram Prof. Briony McDonagh & Gill Hughes, read this to learn more about the amazing work of Risky_Cities and how we used historic flood petitions for present day climate engagement.
Today in Victoria County History central office we’ve been exploring the VCH archives created in the early 20th C in preparation for planned but never published VCH Westmoreland Vols. 1&2 . Here’s a 🧵about what we’ve found!
