Meet the Team
Our core team combines research strengths in English Literature, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, and Environmental Science.
Project Lead

Dr Stewart Mottram
Reader in English
Stewart specialises in environmental approaches to English literature.
Project Co-Is

Professor Briony McDonagh
Professor of Environmental Humanities
Briony has a background in historical geography and environmental history, and current research interests in the green-blue humanities.

Professor Thomas Coulthard
Professor of Physical Geography
Thomas has a research background in modelling environmental systems, specialising in distributed and cellular modelling of fluvial and landscape systems.

Dr Chris Skinner
Visiting Research Fellow, Energy and Environment Institute
Chris specialises in the numerical modelling of flooding and is a passionate environmental storyteller and founder of the Earth Arcade and SeriousGeoGames projects, producing games, activities and exhibits.