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...
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All Projects (54)
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...
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GCRF- PPF 20 Forecasting Ebola Spillovers Feb 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2018
Since the 1970s, the Ebola virus recurrently emerges from the Afrotropics. The 2014 epidemic alone
affected around 40,000 people and cost over $5bn. As viruses cannot survive outside their host species, the transfer
from species that na...
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Citizen-led pre-concentration and analysis of water pollution at the point-of-need Jun 4, 2018 - Jul 27, 2018
ACTF summer studentship (eight weeks, £200 stipend per week).
Ensuring everyone across the globe has access to clean water and sanitation is one of UN Sustainable Development Goals. The contamination of water by toxic metals (such as A...
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FRRAN: Flood Risk, Resilience and Adaptation Network Apr 1, 2018 - Mar 31, 2020
Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2020
Project website: http://circularplastics.hull.ac.uk/
PEGASUS: Producing EnerGy and preventing hAzards from SUrface water Storage in Peru Feb 1, 2019 - Nov 30, 2021
The Peruvian Andes is home to 71% of the world's tropical glaciers, and the meltwater they supply is an essential resource for people downstream who depend on it for irrigation and sanitation. Further, hydropower plants driven by glacial meltwater pr...
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Cities of Culture Research Network: Turning Evaluation into Policy Jun 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2022
The project aims to build a network of UK universities and a small number of our European counterparts engaged in City/Capital of Culture research. The theme is turning evaluation into policy and the network would engage with key cultural policy mak...
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Legacy wastes in the coastal zone: environmental risks and management futures Jan 6, 2020 - Jul 5, 2024
Bid for NERC Highlights Round 5. Project led by Newcastle University with partner organisations - Exeter, Leeds, Cardiff, Hull, Glasgow, CEH Edinburgh.
A ‘New Civil Politics’ of Climate Change? An examination of contemporary climate communication, actions and policies in the UK Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2022
The proposed research will examine whether, and in what form, a new ‘civil politics’ of climate change is emerging from recent populist climate events in the UK and around the world. These events include school climate strikes and declarations of a c...
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By the rising tide of Humber: Flooding Andrew Marvell's Hull Oct 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2020
https://risingtide.hull.ac.uk/
This project engages new and young audiences with the story of ‘tide of Humber’ poet, Andrew Marvell (1621-78), highlighting Marvell’s relationship with Hull and the Humber in the lead-up to Marvell’s 400...
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Citizen Inquiry: Barriers, Challenges and Enablers for public engagement Feb 1, 2020 - May 31, 2020
This project will work with science researchers in two high profile areas of the University of Hull (the Plastics Collaboratory and the EEI) and with various stakeholder groups across the region, to explore the barriers and challenges that inhibit e...
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Accelerated Supergene Processes in Repository Engineering Mar 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2024
EPSRC responsive mode led by Cardiff and Leeds
ECPE PPF: To investigate a plastic free alternative to single use plastic sacks for co-mingled recyclate reflecting technical, social economic and environmental constraints Jan 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2020
Scarborough Borough Council like other councils across England provide a single use plastic sack for residents to store and present their recycling in. This is because the density of housing and space available does not permit the use of a wheeled bi...
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Risky Cities: Living with water in an uncertain future climate Aug 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2023
https://riskycities.hull.ac.uk/
Estuarine and coastal cities are acutely vulnerable in the face of climate uncertainty. 40% of the world's population lives within 100km of the sea and coastal populations are directly at risk from risin...
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Digital resources for practical learning in the GEES disciplines Jun 1, 2021 - May 31, 2023
Geography and Environmental Sciences (G&ES) programmes have diverse skill and method requirements needing specialized training ranging from spatial methods such as computer cartography and GIS via field and laboratory methods to qualitative and quant...
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Hedgerows: Mapping the Gaps Nov 1, 2020 - Mar 14, 2022
The study will create an interactive map of the East Riding region with hedgerows and gaps mapped using geographic information systems and machine learning. Publicly available imagery will be used to ‘train’ a machine learning algorithm to recognise...
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Exploring ‘the domestic’ in contemporary hospice architecture: a critical examination of the architecture and design of in-patient palliative care facilities in England. Sep 20, 2021 - Jan 19, 2025
Although 40 million people worldwide need palliative care annually, there is a lack of understanding about how the architecture and design of palliative care environments helps or hinders this care.
I will conduct a new critical examination of...
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Ready 4 Floods & Coastal Change - Digital Education Tools (Help Sally) Feb 22, 2021 - Jun 30, 2022
This project follows on from WT3481387 telling a second flood narrative using 360 video. The project will further expand the project through the creation of educational materials (led by Lancaster) and interactive elements.