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Green-blue approaches for water resilience: an international networking event

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Dr Kate Smith K.Smith7@hull.ac.uk
Lecturer in Flood Risk Management

Project Description

£50,000 of internal QR funding (spend by March 2023 call) to support international networking for water and climate resilience. Awarded Jan 2023.

NB. Costs in budget estimated, not final

We plan to bid for support a 1-2 day physical and online hybrid international conference relating to water resilience (possibly/likely focussing on flooding). The conference would cover (a) green-blue infrastructure and solutions (SUDsLab, real time monitoring of water assets etc), (b) social science led approaches for building community water resilience (including MAGIC, Gill’s work, Lisa’s work) and (c) arts and humanities led approaches to raising climate resilience and driving water action (including Centre for Water Cultures, Risky Cities, Rising Tide of Humber, Christian’s work etc).

This is an opportunity to build capacity and collaboration, particularly with international colleagues and industry partners (particularly ARUP, possibly also Stantec). The conference and connections it brings will directly support the existing ESRC/AHRC application for the Water Cultures in Crisis project (£2.5 million, currently under consideration at EOI stage) but just as importantly, it will build connections and capacity to support both a revised version of this for the main ESRC/AHRC schemes (if we don’t get through the highlight notice call) and for related projects in the research areas highlighted above. This is a priority area for the Uni and a great opportunity to win further funding in an area that’s currently very hot with the research councils and with UK and international governments (this was very clear at COP27!). It will also act as an international and industry showcase for the excellent work going on at UoH, and a jumping off point for a range of water-related UKRI (and other) bids.

We plan to place this in the context of UN Water 2023 in New York (UOH have applied to be an accredited NGO at this).

Type of Project Internally Funded: Research
Status Project Complete
Funder(s) University of Hull
Value £46,573.00
Project Dates Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2023
This project contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 - Life Below Water


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