PhD available: Resilience through Multi-hazard Early warning and Systemic Chemical-risk Understanding for Sustainable Lake Ecosystem (RESCUE)
David Hannah
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Resilience through Multi-hazard Early warning and Systemic Chemical-risk Understanding for Sustainable Lake Ecosystem (RESCUE)
Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2025
Project description
- Work on an exciting interdisciplinary project exploring chemical risks and multi-hazard interactions in Lough Neagh, combining environmental science and human geography approaches.
- Gain hands-on experience in water sampling and quality analysis, stakeholder dialogue, resilience building strategies by developing both technical and social research skills.
- Contribute to addressing urgent environmental challenges, enabling early detection, enhance risk communication, and promote sustainable management of freshwater ecosystem facing ecological and human-induced threats.
Research Aim
The RESCUE project aims to develop a comprehensive understanding of systemic chemical risks and multi-hazard interactions in Lough Neagh to enable early detection, effective communication, and sustainable management of ecological and anthropogenic threats.
Research Objectives
To achieve this aim, the following four objectives have been formulated:
Objective 1: Examine how chemical and biological risks and multi-hazard interactions, such as flooding and HABs, interconnect and propagate within Lough Neagh, impacting its ecological integrity and essential ecosystem services, and the datasets that need to be integrated and aligned (in terms of spatial scale, resolution etc.) to facilitate this.
Objective 2: Identify and validate ecological and anthropogenic indicators from the integrated datasets suitable for the early detection of threats to water quality, biodiversity, and critical ecosystem services, including drinking water and aquatic habitats.
Objective 3: Design and implement a stakeholder-specific early warning framework that integrates water quality and health surveillance data to ensure timely identification and mitigation of risks.
Objective 4: Develop tailored communication strategies to engage diverse stakeholders, such as lake owners, local authorities, and communities, fostering awareness, collaboration, and coordinated action.
Join our CERJ-PARC PhD Cohort
We are delighted to announce the launch of a CERJ-PARC PhD Doctoral Cohort, co-funded by the Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals and the University of Birmingham. The PARC project is developing next-generation risk assessment to protect human health and the environment. It is the largest project of its kind, and a significant scientific and regulatory milestone towards developing a pollutant-free environment.
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/environmental-research-and-justice/phds
Supervisory team
Funding Notes
UK ("Home") students: Successful applicants will receive substantial financial support, including a stipend matched to UKRI rates (25/26: £20,780), fee waivers (25/26: £5,006), and generous project consumables, travel and subsistence allowance. International ("Overseas") students: Successful applicants may apply and receive funding at the equivalent rate of UK students, however the student will be responsible for payment of the outstanding fee balance.
Deadline: Monday, May 12, 2025
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David M. Hannah
Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Sustainability)
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/university/social-responsibility/index.aspx
Director of Birmingham Institute for Sustainability & Climate Action
Professor of Hydrology, School of Geography, Earth & Environmental Sciences,
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston. Birmingham. B15 2TT. UK.
Email: d.m.h...@bham.ac.uk
http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/hannah-david.aspx
For my PA support, please contact: Ruth Bertram v.r.b...@bham.ac.uk
UNESCO Chair in Water Science
https://unesco.org.uk/about/expert-network/chairs/water-science
Royal Society Wolfson Fellow (2019-2024)
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/royal-society-wolfson-fellowship/
Fellow American Geophysical Union (AGU)
https://www.agu.org/honors/union-fellows/past-recipients
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-m-hannah-63069914/
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