Meet the Team
Our core team combines research strengths in English Literature, Historical Geography, Physical Geography, and Environmental Science.
Project Lead
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Dr Stewart Mottram
Reader in English
Stewart specialises in environmental approaches to English literature.
Project Co-Is
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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.
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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.
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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.