The Climate, Hazards and Environmental Change Research Cluster
Engaging in multi-disciplinary research on climate change, hazards, disasters and sustainability.
About us
The members of the Climate, Hazards and Environmental Change Research Cluster draw on perspectives from multiple disciplines to undertake research on climate change, hazards, disasters, environmental change and sustainability.
Our research has focused on a variety of topics, including:
- Climate change adaptation
- Quaternary environmental change
- Wildfires
- Flood risk management
- Environmental archaeology and paleoecology
- Coastal floods and tsunamis
- Cold environments.
Our researchers have worked on a wide variety of field site locations including in the UK, Ireland, India, Russia, Dominican Republic, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Japan and the United States.
Impact, engagement and collaboration
We are committed to research with impact and to collaborations with local communities, policy makers and industry. As university teachers and researchers, we are also committed to research-informed teaching, and to providing our students with opportunities to engage with and participate in research.
Our research informs our teaching contributions to degree programmes across the School of Sciences, including in Geography, Environmental Science, Wildlife Conservation and Biology.
We are also affiliated with the University's Centre for Research on Science and Society and the .
Historical perspectives on wildfires in Ireland
The Last Hurrah: exploring climate change through theatre
Cork flood defences dispute
HiFlo-DAT Hazard Database
Get in touch
If you're interested in our research, please contact our Cluster Director, Dr Jim Jeffers. Alternatively, speak to any member of our group.
Cluster Director
- Dr Jim Jeffers: j.jeffers@bathspa.ac.uk