Abstracts
Participants to the Workshop held on the 25th of November 2011 gave short presentations on the theme : "How does your research contribute to addressing climate change issues?".
Presentations can be accessed by clicking on the titles
Presentation list
| First Workshop | ||
| Prof. Graham Hutchings (Pro Vice-Chancellor, Research) | ||
| “The Importance of Interdisciplinary Collaboration in a research University” | ||
| Dr. Havard Prosser (Senior Honorary Fellow, Sustainable Places Research Institute) | ||
| “Interdisciplinarity in Climate Change Research” | ||
| Working Group I: Climate Change – The Physical Science Basis | ||
| Frank Trombley | SHARE | Medieval evidence for the El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO): Nile flood data and other synchronisms |
| Paola Moffa Sanchez | EARTH | Ocean changes in the North Atlantic and its impact on climate variability |
| Martin Ziegler | EARTH | An interdisciplinary perspective on the Agulhas Current and its importance in global climate change |
| Sam Bradley | EARTH | Ice sheets: The difference between what we know & how they work |
| Sindia Sosdian | EARTH | Climate Sensitivity and Lessons from the Past |
| Matt Dray | BIOSI | Alterations in leaf chemistry by increasing concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide |
| Merryn Thomas | PSYCH | Understanding Sea-level Change on the Severn Estuary |
| Working Group II Session: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability | ||
| Arthur Getz Escudero | CPLAN | How will African cities feed themselves |
| Ellie Sherrard-Smith | BIOSI | Effects of weather on invasive parasites |
| Abid Mehmood | SPRI | Climate change, adaptation, governance |
| Don A'Bear | BIOSI | Climate change and fungus-invertebrate interactions |
| Adam Seward | BIOSI | Impacts of climate change on long-distance migratory songbirds |
| Renata Medeiros | BIOSI | The smallest Atlantic seabird as a sensitive bio-indicator of climate-driven changes in marine |
| Rob Thomas | BIOSI | A global approach to understanding the impacts of climate change on migratory birds |
| Prof. Helen Walker | CARBS | Sustainable Supply Chain Management |
| Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change | ||
| Nick Hacking | ARCHI | Can socio-technical change be managed? |
| Gabriela Zapata | ARCHI | Situated learning in the context of low carbon building delivery |
| David Sellick | CHEM | Using catalysis to improve the gas mileage of an internal combustion engine whilst lowering emissions |
| Christine Suffolk | PSYCH | Rebound and spillover effects: Occupant behaviour after energy efficiency |
| Jessica Paddock | C3W | Class Food Culture: Exploring 'Alternative' Food Consumption |
| Claire Bloomfield | CPLAN | (No) Appetite for Change: Hospital Food and Sustainable Development |
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