PhD student on societal recovery and adaptation of local communities following volcanic eruption. I am currently working on the recovery process and adaptation strategies of local communities affected by a volcanic eruption. Noting a large gap in the understanding of post-disaster period, I aim to understand the different stages and strategies which lead the recovery…

PhD student on the European Union Emissions Trading System #Brendan Moore is a PhD Researcher in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia. His research focuses on the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and its political effects on European climate change policy. He is exploring how the…

PhD student in natural hazards and disaster risk reduction. My educational and professional background has followed two main strands: one in the health and social care sector and the other in geosciences and natural hazards. After a BSc in Human Cybernetics (University of Reading 1997), I worked in social care settings before gaining an MA…

PhD student, Jellyfish Bloom Risks and Management Implications in Northern Europe Prior to the start of my PhD, I completed an undergraduate course in Marine Biology / Zoology, transferring onto a Masters of Marine Biology (mmBiol) at Bangor University, achieving a first class. During the Masters course, I developed a focus on how metabolic and…

PhD student, Governance of Social Practice for Sustainability. I have always had an interest in environmental issues, I’m told in fact that I used to make and put up anti-whaling posters in primary school. That interest has broadened over the years to include policy and social issues but the core has remained the same. Building…

PhD student in community currencies of the recession era I am a “home-grown” PhD researcher as, prior to starting my PhD research on ‘Sustainable Consumption in an Era of Economic Downturn’ in October 2012, I completed my Integrated Masters degree at the UEA. My integrated degree was in Environmental Sciences and the modules I undertook…