Externally Funded Research Projects - School of Geography

		School of Geography

Current Externally Funded Research Projects

For information on other research projects active within the School, please follow the links from the research theme web pages or individual staff pages.

Research Title	Funded by	Principal Investigator
Student Positioning and Access to Collections for E-learning and Research (SPACER)	JISC	Michael Jackson
Shrink smart	European Union	Vlad Mykhnenko
Design of learning spaces in 3D virtual worlds (DELVE)	JISC	Nick Mount
Flood risk management consortium	EPSRC	Colin Thorne
Carbon capture and storage consortium	NERC	Michael Steven
Landscape and environment programme	AHRC	Stephen Daniels
Geography of emerging and re-emerging epidemics Geographical Processes and Disease Emergence Poliomyelitis: A World Geography	Wellcome Trust	Matthew Smallman-Raynor
Multidisciplinary investigations of climate change in Mexico	Leverhulme Trust	Georgina Endfield
Fluvial assessments for geomorphological settings	Environment Agency	Colin Thorne
RESTORPEAT The RESTORPEAT aim is to promote sustainable use of renewable natural resources	European Union	Jack Rieley
Interaction of hydraulic & geotechnical processes in controlling bank stability	US Dept. of Agriculture	Colin Thorne
FORESCENE: Development of a forecasting framework based on robust and scientifically sound scenarios to support the EU Sustainable Development Strategy	European Union	Roy Haines-Young
Implementation of Ecosystem Accounting	European Environment Agency	Roy Haines-Young
Early human settlement in the Americas	NERC	Sarah Metcalfe
GeoSpatial Widgets	Visual Learning Lab	Gary Priestnall
Mapping Performance Culture: Nottingham	AHRC	Gary Priestnall
SPatial Literacy IN Teaching (SPLINT)	HEFCE	Gary Priestnall
China-UK Scenario Analysis Technology for River Basin Flood Risk Management in the Taihu Basin	OSI/GOF/NERC/DEFRA/UNDESA	Colin Thorne
A Whole-site First-assessment Toolkit for combined Mineral Resource and Archaeological assessment in Sand and Gravel deposit (FASTRAC)	English Heritage	Gary Priestnall
Framing Ecosystem Services & Human Wellbeing (Fresh)	ESRC/NERC	Roy Haines-Young
Spaces of Business Education & the (Re)Production of Financial Theory in Practice	ESRC	Sarah Hall
Amateur meteorology and the production of contemporary climate knowledge	British Academy	Carol Morris
QUERCC: Quantifying ecosystem roles in the carbon cycle	NERC	Giles Foody
Genetics, genomics and genetic modification in agriculture: emerging knowledge- practices in making and managing farm livestock	ESRC	Carol Morris

Recently Completed Externally Funded Research Projects

Research Title	Funded by	Principal Investigator
'Conversing with other nations' the cultural geography of 19th century English arboreta	AHRC	Charles Watkins
Mustard gas contaminated soil	NERC	Paul Nathanail
Faraday: Remediation of the polluted environment	DTI	Paul Nathanail
Countryside quality counts	Countryside Agency	Roy Haines-Young
Climate Histories of Cornwall 1700-1950	British Academy	Michele Clarke
Drying out? Water, society and climate in Central Mexico	RGS	Sarah Metcalfe
Foreign direct investment in Donetsk	Nuffield Foundation	Adam Swain
North Atlantic oscillation impacts on sand drift	Leverhulme Trust	Michele Clarke
Prediction of Rivers at a Variety of Scales	University of Nottingham Hydraulic Research Wallingford, UK	Colin Thorne

Current Studentships

Abdullah Abdullah - Birzeit University studentship
Ngahzaifa Ab Ghani - Universiti Malaysia Pahang and the Government of Malaysia
Mulemwa Akombelwa - Commonwealth studentship
Shahabuddin Amerudin - Universiti Teknologi Malaysia and The Government of Malaysia studentship
Anthony Baabereyir - Government of Ghana studentship
Sarah Bateman - ESRC/NERC studentship
Chiung-Wen Chang - The Taiwan Ministry of Education studentship
James Corah - ESRC studentship
Ruth Craggs - AHRC studentship
Stephen Dangerfield - EPSRC studentship
Zoe Gardner - AHRC studentship
Mas Suriaia Wativ Haji Ab Hamid - Brunei Government studentship
Amanda Huskinson - ESRC studentship
Vera Karasova - Intergraph studentship
Tony Mathew - ORS studentship
Nick Merriman - Valuation Office studentship
Darmae Nasir - STRAPEAT project studentship
Hannah Neate - AHRC studentship
Jim Nixon - EPSRC/DTA studentship
Brian Painter - EPSRC case studentship/Logica CMG
Christopher Parker - EPSRC studentship
Graham Riminton - ESRC and GWCT
Ken Scally - Alcontrol Laboratories
Saalam Sikder - HR Wallingford studentship
Lucy Veale - AHRC studentship
Thomas Wainwright - ESRC studentship
Sarah Webster - AHRC studentship