Research Programme

Extremes in Science & Society

People

Dr Vanicka Arora

Dr Vanicka Arora

Lecturer in Heritage, History

Professor Jane Callaghan

Professor Jane Callaghan

Director Child Wellbeing & Protection, Social Work

Dr Marty Chamberlain

Dr Marty Chamberlain

Lecturer in Criminology, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Neil Crawford

Dr Neil Crawford

Lect. in Int. Politics & Public Policy, Politics

Dr Jennifer Dickie

Dr Jennifer Dickie

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Professor Iain Docherty

Professor Iain Docherty

Dean of Institute for Advanced Studies

Professor Lena Dominelli

Professor Lena Dominelli

Professor of Social Work, Social Work

Dr Michelle Donnelly

Dr Michelle Donnelly

Lecturer in Law, Law

Dr Sandra Engstrom

Dr Sandra Engstrom

Senior Lecturer, Social Work

Ms Chris Gray

Ms Chris Gray

PhD Researcher, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Sarah Greenwood

Dr Sarah Greenwood

Lecturer in Global Change Biology, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Dr Sami Gunasinghe

Dr Sami Gunasinghe

Student Administration Coordinator (TEG), Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Mr Saminda Gunasinghe

Mr Saminda Gunasinghe

PhD Researcher, Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology

Dr Stefanie Hills

Dr Stefanie Hills

Lecturer in Digital Media, Communications, Media and Culture

Professor Peter Hunter

Professor Peter Hunter

Professor, Scotland's International Environment Centre

Dr Alenka Jelen

Dr Alenka Jelen

Associate Professor, Communications, Media and Culture

Dr Ian Jones

Dr Ian Jones

Lecturer in Environmental Sensing, Biological and Environmental Sciences

Professor Alistair Jump

Professor Alistair Jump

Dean of Natural Sciences, NS Management and Support

Professor Simon Marsden

Professor Simon Marsden

Professor, Law

Dr Fiona Millar

Dr Fiona Millar

Programme Manager - Hydro Nation Chair, Research Services

Outputs

Book Chapter

McKeown C (2025) The Pain of Thinking at Light Speed: Posthuman Play as Response to “I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". In: Incomputable Earth Technology and the Anthropocene Hypothesis Incomputable Earth. Theory in the New Humanities. London: Bloomsbury. https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/incomputable-earth-9781350264977/?fbclid=IwAR3ZgAMg-dSHwWHw3d6PocnrgY-FDOcTJO3P1hvEJ7yWuZkk1rcH9c0i86w_aem_AYjLWS0moR_CAj3kISkqPsCxhizEQR_nQw8MMFcChjQME1xVsSdZMqJdijev2BHYGm12B6Qweu1WdcROgNtDCvsY


Conference Paper (unpublished)

Connon I, Egan M, Hamilton-Smith N, Mackay N, Miranda D & Webster CW (2024) Embracing Emerging Technologies in Policing: Key Considerations. AI and Surveillance in Policing and Law and Order: Opportunities, Threats, Perspectives and Cases, Gothenburg, Sweden, 16.10.2024-18.10.2024.


Book Chapter

Grayson H (2023) Spillover: Writing Ruin in the Wake of Ebola. In: Ekorong A, Premat C & Jovensel Ngamaleu A (eds.) Poétiques et politiques du témoignage dans la fiction contemporaine. Comparatisme et Société / Comparatism and Society, 45. Bern, Switzerland: Peter Lang Verlag. https://doi.org/10.3726/b20239


Conference Paper (published)

Branco-Illodo I, Gallage S & Heath T (2023) Is Gift-giving Only for the Privileged? Exploring Gift-giving Through the Lens of Consumer Vulnerabilities. In: Proceedings of Academy of Marketing 2023 Annual Conference and Doctoral Colloquium: From Revolution to Revolutions, volume 55. Academy of Marketing Conference, Birmingham, 03.07.2023-06.07.2023. Academy of Marketing, pp. 206-207. https://academyofmarketing.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Updated-Proceedings-Book.pdf


Book Chapter

Arora V (2023) The Politics of Post-Disaster Reconstruction of Heritage [Reconstruction as recovery:The politics behind why heritage is funded internationally, nationally, and locally]. In: Jigyasu R & Chmutina K (eds.) Routledge Handbook on Cultural Heritage and Disaster Risk Management. 1 ed. Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Routledge.


Article

Workman M, Heap RJ, Mackie E & Connon I (2023) Decision making for net zero policy design and climate action: Considerations for improving translation at the research-policy interface: A UK Carbon Dioxide Removal Case Study.. Frontiers in Climate, 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fclim.2023.1288001


Book Chapter

Connon I (2023) ‘Get Me Oot this Pleiter!’. In: A Collection of Creative Anthropologies-Drowning in Blue Light and Other Stories. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan.


Article

Nikinmaa L, Lindner M, Cantarello E, Gardiner B, Bredahl Jacobsen J, Jump AS, Parra C, Plieninger T, Schuck A, Seidl R, Timberlake T, Waring K, Winkel G & Muys B (2023) A balancing act: principles, criteria and indicator framework to operationalize social-ecological resilience of forests. Journal of Environmental Management, 331, Art. No.: 117039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.117039


Projects

NSF-GEO-NERC: How important are sea-level feedbacks in stabilizing marine-based ice streams?
PI: Dr Tom Bradwell
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

ForeSight: Predicting and monitoring drought-linked forest growth decline across Europe
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Integrating demographic modelling and ethnoecological practices to support sustainable management of non-timber forest products in Nepal
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Royal Society

From fuel to pot: an interdisciplinary partnership to address the role of solid fuel use in food preparation in the household in Kenya and Malawi.
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council

Viral Haemorrhagic Fever: Modern Approaches for developing bedside Rapid Diagnostics
PI:
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)

Water and Fire: Understanding and reducing risk with 15 “Best Bets” for enhancing capacity for transformative adaptation with vulnerable township residents on the Cape Flats in Cape Town, South Africa.
PI: Professor Derek McGhee
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council

Assessing individual and local scale forest vulnerability to mortality from the 2019 extreme drought in Central Europe
PI: Professor Alistair Jump
Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council

Impact Evaluation of SSERC Young STEM Leader Programme
PI: Dr Alison Hennessy
Funded by: Scottish Schools Education Research Centre

Covid19 & Community Resilience With A Focus On Preparedness Flooding
PI: Dr Tony Robertson
Funded by: Scottish Flood Forum (SFF)

Building a Movement: Community Development and Community Resilience in Response to Extreme Events
PI: Dr Sandra Engstrom
Funded by: National Centre for Resilience Scotland

Reducing Disaster Risk to Life and Livelihoods by Evaluating the Seismic Safety of Kathmandu's Historic Urban Infrastructure
PI: Professor Ian Simpson
Funded by: The British Academy