Interdisciplinary project team

The research will be delivered through an interdisciplinary approach involving a new and novel group of project partners that capitalises on the conceptual and methodological expertise of the team members.

Our project will integrate arts, humanities and social science research methods, with hydrological, meteorological, agricultural and ecological science knowledge, through multi-partner collaboration.

The project team weaves together different threads in the following ways:

Narrative enquiry

• Professor Mike Wilson - creative industries/storytelling
• Professor Joanne Garde-Hansen - media and memory
• Dr Caitlin DeSilvey - cultural geography
• Professor Lindsey McEwen - water resource management/oral history
• Dr Antonia Liguori
• Dr Liz Roberts - cultural geography

Drought science modelling

• Dr Ragab Ragab, Dr James Blake, Dr Muhammad Afzal, Dr Yan Weigang, Dr Egon Dumont, Dr Virginie Keller - hydrology
• Dr Jill Thompson - ecology
• Dr Ivan Grove - agronomy
• Dr Andrew Black - drought-flood continuum
• Dr Sarah Ayling - ecology
• Mhari Barnes

Drought impact domains, engaging stakeholders in decision-making

Specific team members will take responsibility for co-ordinating six domains across seven catchments:

• Dr Phil Staddon - health and wellbeing
• Dr Martina McGuinness - business and agriculture (working with Ivan Grove)
• Dr Colin Booth - built environment
• Dr Mark Everard - ecosystem services
• Professor Lindsey McEwen - public and community engagement
• Professor Mike Wilson/Professor Joanne Garde-Hansen - social and cultural systems

Catchment leads

Each case-study catchment has a lead project team member:

• River Frome - Professor Lindsey McEwen
• River Don - Dr Martina McGuinness
• River Fowey - Professor Mike Wilson and Dr Caitlin DeSilvey
• River Pang - Professor Lindsey McEwen
• Afon Ebbw - Professor Lindsey McEwen
• River Eden - Dr Andrew Black
• Bevills Leam - Professor Mike Wilson

The lead will manage the Local Advisory Group of local catchment stakeholders that will meet every six months.

Key bridge people

Key bridge people with significant experience in interdisciplinary/engagement working:

• Professor Lindsey McEwen, Dr Emma Weitkamp, Dr Margarida Sardo - science communication
• Dr Andrew Black - cross hydrological science continuum, with social sciences
• Dr Adam Corner - Climate Outreach and Information Network
• Dr Caitlin DeSilvey - engagement
• Dr Natasha Constant - anthropology, ecology and community engagement

Summary Table - Affiliations of the project team (PDF)

Interdisciplinary team biographies

Find out more about each of the interdisciplinary team members via their biographies.