Projects (83)

Greenhouse Gas removal in the Iron and Steel Industry Sep 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2022
This is a GGR Topic-specific proposal

Up to 200 billion tonnes of slag may be produced over the next century as a by-product of the iron and steel industry, which could theoretically sequester up to 90 to 155 billion tonnes of CO2 through enhanced... Read More about Greenhouse Gas removal in the Iron and Steel Industry.

CiRcular Economy: SusTainability Implications and guidING progress Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2021
Project website: http://cresting.hull.ac.uk/

Historical Map of Hull Nov 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2017
We request a grant to cover funding for a printed and digital historical map of Hull. This first historical map of this key British port-city will demonstrate Hull’s historic form, scale, development and significance over the centuries. It will be... Read More about Historical Map of Hull.

Understanding floods from catchment to coast Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2017
Runner-Up Award as part of the favourite exhibit at Into the Blue held in Manchester 2016

Project Aura: Visiting Appointments and Post-Graduate Placements Jan 11, 2017 - Mar 31, 2019
Project Aura: Visiting Appointments and Post-Graduate Placements

Green Port Growth Programme funding, matched by University and other public/private funds, to engage internationally leading experts in offshore wind to bring their knowledge, experi... Read More about Project Aura: Visiting Appointments and Post-Graduate Placements.

Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes Aug 31, 2014 - Mar 31, 2019
This project addresses environmental problems and potential benefits posed by alkaline waste materials. These are generated in large quantities by many industrial processes around the world. The project will provide fundamental scientific understandi... Read More about Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes.

The Last Ice Age Apr 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2022
The overarching aim of the project is to enhance knowledge and understanding of the scale, character and significance of the Norwegian natural ice business during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The overseas trade in ice will be an... Read More about The Last Ice Age.

White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Oct 1, 2017 - Sep 30, 2021

Thinking forward through the past: Linking science, social science and the humanities to inform the sustainable reduction of endemic disease in British livestock farming Sep 1, 2018 - Aug 31, 2023
Livestock disease today is a complex, pressing problem that threatens the development of more sustainable, ethical and efficient farming methods. This project will devise a fundamentally new approach to its investigation that advances understandings... Read More about Thinking forward through the past: Linking science, social science and the humanities to inform the sustainable reduction of endemic disease in British livestock farming.

Time of their lives Nov 1, 2013 - Apr 30, 2017
Terms and conditions have been agreed by the Dean

Colonial Science’ and the production of comprehensible territory in Italian Libya Jun 15, 2015 - Dec 31, 2018
As Western commentators scrambled to interpret Libya's part in the ‘Arab spring' of 2011, virtually none recognised the significance of the Italian colonial period in constituting the state they analysed. Now that this state appears to be disintegrat... Read More about Colonial Science’ and the production of comprehensible territory in Italian Libya.

Global infrastructure public-private partnerships and the geopolitics of city-regions Nov 1, 2015 - Oct 30, 2017
In a context of global austerity and regulatory instability, city-regional authorities in many countries are turning to a new generation of global infrastructure public-private partnerships (GIP3s) in order to leverage private investment for major in... Read More about Global infrastructure public-private partnerships and the geopolitics of city-regions.

The effect of monopile-induced turbulence on local suspended sediment patterns around UK wind farms Mar 1, 2016 - Jan 31, 2018

Impact of an extreme rainfall event on solute and sediment dynamics in a mineralised river system Mar 1, 2016 - Nov 30, 2016
The proposed research relates to quantifying the changes in spatial and temporal metal dynamics in an upland mineralised catchment, following the flash flooding from intense rainfall (FFIR) event of 5 - 6 December 2015. The research, which will focus... Read More about Impact of an extreme rainfall event on solute and sediment dynamics in a mineralised river system.

Interreg - Sullied Sediments Jan 1, 2017 - Dec 31, 2020
Our inland waterway ecosystems provide a circulatory system for both our urban and rural communities: a transport system bringing goods and removing waste; while in parallel also providing ‘oxygen’ promoting health of the wildlife and humans, whether... Read More about Interreg - Sullied Sediments.

C-Screening: Cervical cancer screening in older women aged 55 – 64 years old Mar 1, 2016 - Feb 28, 2019
The purpose of this study is to explore cervical screening amongst older women (55-64 years) living in Yorkshire. We will investigate the views and experiences of women regarding cervical screening and explore the attitudes of healthcare professional... Read More about C-Screening: Cervical cancer screening in older women aged 55 – 64 years old.

Carbon Trust TLM Jan 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2019
Array Cable Through Life Monitoring is a joint industry-academia project supported by the Carbon Trust. Project Parteners are JDR Cables, University of Hull, Heriott Watt University, the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult and Xero Energy. The project... Read More about Carbon Trust TLM.

New field-scale calibration for turbidity current impact modelling Sep 1, 2017 - Oct 31, 2017
Subsea infrastructure networks underpin our daily lives, providing critical global communication links and supporting our demand for energy supplies. These strategically important networks are vulnerable to fast-moving seafloor flows of sediment, kno... Read More about New field-scale calibration for turbidity current impact modelling.

THYME: CCF BIO ECONOMY Apr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2021
The THYME Project is a new collaboration between the Universities of York, Hull and Teesside to build the bioeconomy sector across Yorkshire, Humberside and the Tees Valley. In collaboration with regional industry, LEPs and the wider community, the... Read More about THYME: CCF BIO ECONOMY.

Heritage Oriented Mega Events in Europe Oct 1, 2018 - Aug 31, 2022
In the past, many cities used mega-events to support capital and revenue investments and boost tourism while harnessing their competitiveness on a global scale. Until recently, the emphasis has been placed by and large on the creation of new infrastr... Read More about Heritage Oriented Mega Events in Europe.