Projects (13)

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 rising sea levels... Read More about Risky Cities: Living with water in an uncertain future climate.

QR policy funds: Climate Resilience scoping Jun 1, 2023 - Jul 31, 2023
HEIF QR policy funding pot £20,737.50

HIKE: The Water Cultures Hull-Utrecht Symposium: Living with Risk, Learning through Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange Aug 9, 2023 - Mar 31, 2025
The purpose of this HIKE Rapid Response Fund application is to support attendance at an international symposium at Utrecht University - ‘Water Cultures: Living with Risk in Coastal, Estuarine, and Oceanic Environments’ (see attached poster). This sym... Read More about HIKE: The Water Cultures Hull-Utrecht Symposium: Living with Risk, Learning through Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange.

HIKE: Risky Cities KE fellowship Jan 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
This KE Fellowship will enhance and upscale knowledge exchange and policy impacts from UKRI-funded projects pioneering arts-led, creative and participatory community engagement for climate and flood resilience (Risky Cities, On the Edge, and Arts, He... Read More about HIKE: Risky Cities KE fellowship.

COAST-R Flexible Fund: COastal communities And Seas Together for Resilience Network Plus Apr 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2028
Network Plus involving Hull, Liverpool and Glasgow as core HEIs, plus other hub and spoke HEIs and partners

COAST-R: COastal communities And Seas Together for Resilience Network Plus Apr 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2028
Total Project cost £2,135,570; Income £1,708,456; UoH £1,205,574.
Network Plus involving Hull, Liverpool and Glasgow as core HEIs, plus other hub and spoke HEIs and partners

HEIF: Rising Tide in the Humber: An online toolkit for teaching flood and climate histories in schools Jan 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
This project uses the past to raise awareness about present-day flooding by highlighting the environmental, social, and cultural impact of a major flood of Hull in 1646. It will create an online toolkit – a website, dynamic map, and 360 VR film – des... Read More about HEIF: Rising Tide in the Humber: An online toolkit for teaching flood and climate histories in schools.

From Noah to Now: A Cultural History of Flooding in English Coastal and Estuary Communities Apr 1, 2024 - Sep 30, 2025
From Noah to Now charts a centuries-long fascination with flooding and the Noah myth in the literature of England’s coastal and estuary communities across time. It sets this deep cultural history within the context of the heightened flood risks facin... Read More about From Noah to Now: A Cultural History of Flooding in English Coastal and Estuary Communities.

Hubert Nicholson: Lost and Found Jun 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020
A guided walk around the area associated with Hubert Nicholson’s East Coast novel Sunk Island (1956) focusing on specific geographical features and including readings from the novel, followed by a ‘Yorkshire Tea’ in Holy Trinity Church and a rehears... Read More about Hubert Nicholson: Lost and Found.

Present & Future Climate Hazard/Embedded Researcher Scheme Aug 10, 2020 - Aug 9, 2022
Twenty million people living near UK estuaries are at risk from compound flooding hazards. Recent near-miss flooding in UK catchments and estuaries (Dec-2013, Jan-2017) could have been much worse with subtle changes in surge-precipitation timings, al... Read More about Present & Future Climate Hazard/Embedded Researcher Scheme.

The University of Hull Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre on Water Cultures Jun 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2027
Water Cultures critically re-examines our relationships with water in the populous, but precarious, zones between land and sea. Coastal, estuary and delta regions are home to 40% of global population, and the opportunities and challenges of living wi... Read More about The University of Hull Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarships Centre on Water Cultures.

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 400th birthday... Read More about By the rising tide of Humber: Flooding Andrew Marvell's Hull.

Gendering the commons Jan 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2022
Interest in the politics of land and property has undergone a recent resurgence with commons celebrated as models for sustainable living and a politics of inclusion. Yet whilst scholars recognise that commons were never public spaces open to all, the... Read More about Gendering the commons.