The Centre for Integrated Research on Risk and Resilience (CIRRR) brings together researchers from across disciplines to explore transformational responses to climate risk reduction.
Drawing on resilience to understand the related social, political and economic underpinnings of the climate threats, CIRRR aims to improve entry points for policymakers and practitioners to engage in transformational adaptation pathways and local priorities to drive decision-making.
Objectives
CIRRR has three interconnected objectives:
- To drive vulnerability reduction by advancing local and Indigenous understandings of risk and resilience;
- To better connect policymakers and practitioners to knowledge on climate-related risks and transformational adaptation pathways;
- To improve understanding of novel, cascading and transboundary climate-related hazards.
Work streams
CIRRR's objectives are achieved by:
- Supporting, advancing and promoting locally-led research;
- Building effective engagement with the policy and practice communities on climate-related risk and resilience;
- Undertaking transdisciplinary research practices to advance understandings of risk.
CIRRR collaborates with other research centres at King’s, external partners, and NGOs to deliver its goals. We pursue research, academic teaching, professional training and education, networking and alumni events, public seminars and workshops, consultancy and advocacy.
Get in touch
CIRRR is based in the Department of Geography at King’s. We are interested in partnering with and supporting institutions working towards these objectives.
Projects

ACE: Anticipating unseen Climate Extremes
ACE is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship led by Dr Tom Matthews, and involving a team of interdisciplinary researchers, aiming to reduce risks from unprecedented (‘unseen’) climate extremes.

Lloyd's Foundation Project: Improving household preparedness in multi-hazard contexts
This project aims to better understand the factors that result in successful uptake of household preparedness plans, and better equip decision makers with the skills to incorporate natural hazard interrelationships in these plans. The work builds upon the Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll data. The project is currently being worked on by Primary Investigators Joel Gill (Cardiff University) and Faith Taylor (King's); and Postdoctoral researcher Peter McGowran (King's).
Publications
Patients deserve better information on new drugs
Davis, C., Wagner, A. K., Mintzes, B., Scowcroft, H., Woloshin, S. & Naci, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ. e081720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the intersections of roads, sustainable development, and disaster resilience
Robson, E. B., McGowran, P., Ruszczyk, H. A., Malamud, B. D., Simpson, E., Densmore, A. L., Denton, N., Chapplow, N., Gurung, P., Hall, T. E., Harries, R., Jenkins, J., KC, A., Kotter, R., Kumar, A., Limbu, B., Milledge, D., Porter, G., Rosser, N. & Taylor, F. E. & 3 others, Toll, D. G., Winter, M. G. & Woldearegay, K., 1 Oct 2025, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 128, p. 105691 105691.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying and managing fraudulent participants: critical commentary from a qualitative study with older adults
Rees, J., Liu, W., Tinker, A. & Matcham, F., Jun 2025, In: Critical Public Health. 35, 1, 2522977.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years
Markowska, M., Vonhof, H. B., Groucutt, H. S., Breeze, P. S., Drake, N., Stewart, M., Albert, R., Andrieux, E., Blinkhorn, J., Boivin, N., Budsky, A., Clark-Wilson, R., Fleitmann, D., Gerdes, A., Martin, A. N., Martínez-García, A., Nicholson, S. L., Price, G. J., Scerri, E. M. L. & Scholz, D. & 11 others, Vanwezer, N., Weber, M., Alsharekh, A. M., Al Omari, A. A., Al-Mufarreh, Y. S. A., Al-Jibreen, F., Alqahtani, M., Al-Shanti, M., Zalmout, I., Petraglia, M. D. & Haug, G. H., 24 Apr 2025, In: Nature. 640, 8060, p. 954-961 8 p., 106112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The psychological experiences of loneliness in later life: a qualitative study
Rees, J., Liu, W., Tinker, A. & Matcham, F., Oct 2023, In: European Journal of Psychology Open. 82, 10, p. 402 403 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Evaluating a Smart Textile Loneliness Monitoring System for Older People: Co-Design and Qualitative Focus Group Study
Probst, F., Rees, J., Aslam, Z., Mexia, N., Molteni, E., Matcham, F., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A., Shi, Y., Ourselin, S. & Liu, W., 3 Mar 2024, In: JMIR Aging. 7, e57622.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Conceptualising the context and mechanisms for tackling loneliness in older adults through interventions: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
Ratcliffe, J., Matcham, F., Molteni, E., Antonelli, M., Rees, J., Shi, Y., Liu, J., Ourselin, S., Tinker, A., Zhou, Y. & Liu, W., 2025.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
Report on Webinar Series: Governance of hydroclimatic extremes in South Asia and Europe
Schrijver, A. P., Telle, A., Badhuri, R., Somogyvári, M., Contributing authors:, Ahmed, J. A., Bardalai, D., Barua, A., Bilalova, S., Bréthaut, C., Brons, M., Commelin, M., Cremers, N., Das, P. J., de Brouwer, T., de Redelijkheid, M., de Schrevel, H., Dierickx, P., Joustra, A. & Krüger, T. & 14 others, Lapôtre, C., Mes, E., Mirumachi, N., Mulligan, M., Nijland, H., Reiter-Karam, S., Riguelle, S., Sarma, A. K., Sarma, D., Thonner, A., Unverzagt, K., Valax, E., Vij, S. & Warner, J., 2025, King's College London.Research output: Book/Report › Report
Water governance and policies
Pahl-Wostl, C., Dombrowsky, I. & Mirumachi, N., 12 Jun 2021, Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples. Springer International Publishing, p. 253-272 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Facing Change: Understanding Transitions of River Basin Policies Over Time
Mirumachi, N., White, D. D. & Kingsford, R. T., 1 Jan 2020, Water Resilience: Management and Governance in Times of Change. Springer International Publishing, p. 213-240 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Nine Considerations for Constructing and Running Geomorphological Models
Malamud, B. D. & Baas, A. C. W., 1 Jan 2013, Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 1-14. Elsevier, Vol. 1-14. p. 6-28 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
A methodology to compile multi-hazard interrelationships in a data-scarce setting: an application to the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Thompson, H. E., Gill, J. C., Trogrlić, R. Š., Taylor, F. E. & Malamud, B. D., 24 Jan 2025, In: Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences. 25, 1, p. 353-381 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Political Stakes of Cancer Series – Episode 6: Notes on Stigma: Reflections from India’s largest Cancer Hospital during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Caduff, C. (Other) & Bhangu, S. (Other), 21 Nov 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
‘Tipping points’ confuse and can distract from urgent climate action
Kopp, R. E., Gilmore, E. A., Shwom, R. L., Adams, H., Adler, C., Oppenheimer, M., Patwardhan, A., Russill, C., Schmidt, D. N. & York, R., 3 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature climate change. p. 29–36Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Staying in place: Building liveable futures under climate change.
Adams, H. & Coughlan, K., 2025, (Unpublished) 16 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
A scoping review on human-centered design approaches and considerations in the design of technologies for loneliness and social isolation in older adults
Probst, F., Ratcliffe, J., Molteni, E., Ashurst, J., Matcham, F., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A., Shi, Y., Ourselin, S. & Liu, W., 2 Dec 2024, In: Design Science . 10, e39.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Chiefs and floods: Hybrid governance and flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana
Agyei-Mensah, S., Owusu, G. & Berkhout, F., 28 Nov 2024, Australian National University, Canberra: Global Water Forum.Research output: Book/Report › Report
Conceptual framing to link climate risk assessments and climate-migration scholarship
McLeman, R., Wrathall, D., Gilmore, E., Thornton, P., Adams, H. & Gemenne, F., Mar 2021, In: CLIMATIC CHANGE. 165, 1-2, 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Defining severe risks related to mobility from climate change
Gilmore, E. A., Wrathall, D., Adams, H., Buhaug, H., Castellanos, E., Hilmi, N., McLeman, R., Singh, C. & Adelekan, I., Jan 2024, In: Climate Risk Management. 44, 100601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Determinants of recovery from post-COVID-19 dyspnoea: analysis of UK prospective cohorts of hospitalised COVID-19 patients and community-based controls
PHOSP-COVID Study Collaborative Group, Pfeffer, P. E., Abel, K., Ahmad, S., Ahmed, R., Ali, M., Allen, R. J., Almeida, P., Anderson, D., Armstrong, L., Armstrong, N., Ashworth, M., Ayoub, A., Baggott, R., Bailey, L., Baldwin, D., Ballard, C., Banerjee, A., Bates, A. & Begum, M. & 276 others, Bell, D., Bell, R., Berry, C., Bhui, K., Bramham, K., Breen, G., Brookes, C., Broome, M., Brown, A., Brown, J., Brown, J., Brown, M., Burns, A., Butt, A., Byrne, S., Carson, G., Carter, P., Chalder, T., Chambers, R. C., Chan, F., Chen, J., Cheng, Y., Chiribiri, A., Choudhury, N., Chowienczyk, P., Clark, D., Clark, C., Clarke, J., Cole, J., Coleman, C., Connolly, B., Connor, L., Cook, A., Cooper, B., Cooper, J., Cooper, S., Craig, T., Cross, A., David, A., Davies, E., Davies, G. A., Davies, G. A., Davies, K., Davies, M. J., Dawson, J., Donaldson, A., Dong, T., Dougherty, A., Dowling, R., drury, H. J. C., Dunn, S., Edwards, S., Elliott, A., Elliott, K., Evans, D., Evans, H., Evans, J., Evans, R., Evans, R., Evans, R., Evans, T., Finch, J., Fisher, H., Flynn, M., Ford, A., Francis, R., Fu, X., Gill, M., Goodwin, C., Gooptu, B., Gregory, H., Gregory, R., Grieve, D., Griffiths, L., Gupta, A., Hall, L., Harris, E., Harris, V. C., Harrison, P., Hart, N., Harvey, A., Harvey, M., Hayday, A., Henderson, M., Ho, L. P., Holden, S., Holland, M., Holmes, M., Hosseini, A., Hotopf, M., Howard, L. S., Hughes, A. D., Hughes, J., Hughes, R., Husain, M., Ismail, K., Jackson, T., Jacob, J., James, W. Y., Jenkins, R. G., Johnson, C., Johnson, S., Jolley, C. J., Jones, D., Jones, G., Jones, H., Jones, I., Jones, L., Jones, M. G., Jones, S., Jose, S., Kaltsakas, G., Kelly, S., Kerr, S., Khan, F., King, B., Knight, S., Kon, S., Kon, S., Laing, C., Lasserson, D., Lawson, C., Lee, D., Lee, J. H., Lewis, D., Lewis, J., Li, X., Lim, L., Lloyd, A., Lord, J. M., Major, E., Malim, M., D-C. Man, W., Mandal, S., Mangion, K., Marks, M., Marsh, S., Marshall, B., Marshall, M., Martin, J., Martinez, L. M., McMahon, M. J., Mehta, P., Miller, C., Mills, C., Mitchell, J., Mohamed, A., Mohammed, S., Morley, A., Morrow, A., Moss, A. J., Moss, P., Neal, A., Newby, D. E., Newman, J., Nicholson, T., O'Brien, C., Ostermann, M., Owen, J., Pariante, C., Parker, S., Patel, B., Patel, M., Patel, S., Payne, S., Pearce, L., Peng, Y., Pennington, C., Plant, H., Plein, S., Porter, J., Porter, J., Powell, N., Pratt, J., Price, A., Price, C., Price, D., Prickett, A., Quigley, J., Qureshi, I. N., Rahman, N. M., Reddy, A., Rees, M., Rees, T., Reynolds, W., Richards, A., Richardson, E., Richardson, M., Roberts, K., Robertson, E., Robinson, E., Robinson, L., Rodger, J., Ross, A., Rowe, A., Rowland, A., Rowland, J., Russell, R., Sage, E. K., Saunders, K., Saunders, R. M., Saunders, P., Scott, J. T., Shah, A., Shah, K., Shah, P., Shankar-Hari, M., Sharma, M., Sharpe, C., Shaw, A., Shaw, K., Simpson, J., Singh, C., Singh, S., Singh, S., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smith, S., Smith, J., Smith, L., Spencer, L. G., Stephenson, L., Stewart, I., Stockdale, S., Stone, R., Tan, A. L., Taylor, A., Taylor, C., Taylor, J., Terry, S., Thomas, C., Thomas, D. C., Thomas, S., Thomas, A. K., Thompson, T., Thompson, A. A. R., Tilley, J., Tomlinson, J., Turner, S., Turner, K., Wade, P., Wainwright, T., Walker, S., Walsh, J. A., Walsh, S., Ward, T. J. C., Watson, E., Watson, L., Watson, J., McCall, J. W., Welch, C., Wessely, S., West, S., White, S., Whitney, J., Whittaker, S., Wild, J., Williams, B., Williams, N., Williams, J., Willoughby, J., Wilson, A., Wilson, D., Wilson, I., Wood, C., Woods, J., Wright, C., Wright, L., Wright, S., Xu, M., Yip, K. P., Young, B., Young, S., Young, A., Zhao, B. & Zheng, B., Jun 2023, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 29, 100635.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Chiefs and floods: Hybrid governance and co-production of flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana
Agyei-Mensah, S., Owusu, G., Awuni, C., Howard, B., Fuseini, I., Buytaert, W. & Berkhout, F., 10 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 26, 6, p. 656-672 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Learning in conversation—A feasibility pilot study involving dental students and older people
Gallagher, J. E., Awojobi, O., Ahilan, A., Al Dahwy, A., Faryabi-Araghi, K., Hassan, V., Hills, R., Khan, P., Kwaskowski, T., Li, G. & Tinker, A., Feb 2024, In: European Journal of Dental Education. 28, 1, p. 259-266 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Weather, heritage, and memory
Adamson, G. & Rapson, J., 1 Nov 2024, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change. 15, 6, e913.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Social limits to climate change adaptation: temporalities in behavioural responses to climate risks
Berkhout, F., Dec 2024, In: Current opinion in environmental sustainability. 71, 10 p., 101471.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Introduction to qualitative research methods - Part i
Bhangu, S., Provost, F. & Caduff, C., Jan 2023, In: Perspectives in Clinical Research. 14, 1, p. 39-42 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Before the Holocene humid period: Life-sized camel engravings and early occupations on the southern edge of the Nefud desert
Guagnin, M., Shipton, C., Stileman, F., Jibreen, F., Alsulaimi, M., Breeze, P. S., Stewart, M., Hatton, A., Drake, N., Jha, D. K., Al-Tamimi, F., Al-Shamry, M., Al-Shammari, M., Kay, A., Groucutt, H. S., Alsharekh, A. M. & Petraglia, M., 1 Dec 2023, In: Archaeological Research in Asia. 36, 100483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Paleolithic occupation of arid Central Asia in the Middle Pleistocene
Finestone, E. M., Breeze, P. S., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Drake, N., Bergmann, L., Maksudov, F., Muhammadiyev, A., Scott, P., Cai, Y., Khatsenovich, A. M., Rybin, E. P., Nehrke, G., Boivin, N., Petraglia, M. & Peresani, M. (Editor), 21 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PloS one. 17, 10, e0273984.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Defining paleoclimatic routes and opportunities for hominin dispersals across Iran
Shoaee, M. J., Breeze, P. S., Drake, N. A., Hashemi, S. M., Vahdati Nasab, H., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Stevens, T., Boivin, N., Petraglia, M. D. & Iovita, R. (Editor), 1 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PloS one. 18, 3 March, e0281872.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preservation of plant-wax biomarkers in deserts: implications for Quaternary environment and human evolutionary studies
Jha, D. K., Patalano, R., Ilgner, J., Achyuthan, H., Alsharekh, A. M., Armitage, S., Blinkhorn, J., Boivin, N., Breeze, P. S., Devra, R., Drake, N., Groucutt, H. S., Guagnin, M., Roberts, P. & Petraglia, M., Apr 2024, In: JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. 39, 3, p. 349-358 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preface
Francis, R. A., Millington, J. D. A., Perry, G. L. W. & Minor, E. S., 1 Jan 2021, The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology. Taylor and Francis AS, p. xxvii-xxixResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › peer-review
Giving voice by doing with not doing through: Collaborating with tactile sign language interpreters in interpretative phenomenological analysis research involving older deafblind people
Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J. & Tinker, A., Jan 2025, In: Qualitative Social Work. 24, 1, p. 44-60 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ecologies of sustainable development goals: a mid-term perspective
Mustafa, D., Matson, P., Roberts, E. & Sharpe, J., Apr 2024, In: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING REVIEW. 46, 2, p. 107-121 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Terrorism
Mustafa, D., 1 Jan 2009, International Encyclopedia of Human Geography: Volume 1-12. Elsevier, Vol. 1-12. p. V11-209-V11-214Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Politics of Water in South Asia
Mustafa, D., Karner, M. A. & Kuemmerle, H., 1 Jan 2023, Handbook of South Asia: Political Development. Taylor and Francis AS, p. 100-119 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Hydro-heritage for healing? Examining the gendered experience of water in post-conflict Swat, Pakistan
Mustafa, D., Khan, M. S., De Nardi, H., Caron, J., Naz, A., Shinwari, M. & Gul, A., 27 Sept 2023, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unexpected growth of an illegal water market
Klassert, C., Yoon, J., Sigel, K., Klauer, B., Talozi, S., Lachaut, T., Selby, P., Knox, S., Avisse, N., Tilmant, A., Harou, J. J., Mustafa, D., Medellín-Azuara, J., Bataineh, B., Zhang, H., Gawel, E. & Gorelick, S. M., Nov 2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 11, p. 1406-1417 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Can we close the flood adaptation gap? Exploring flood adaptation constraints and limits
Aerts, J. C. J. H., Bates, P., Botzen, W., de Bruin, J., Hall, J., van den Hurk, B., Kriebrich, H., Merz, B., Muis, S., Mysiak, J. & Berkhout, F., 16 Jul 2024, In: Nature Water. 2, p. 719-728Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Delayed, abrupt and unjust: An institutionalist perspective on limits to climate change adaptation
Berkhout, F., Dow, K. & Thomas, A., 7 May 2024, In: Climate Risk Management. 44, 100611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities
Baumgartner, J., Rodriguez, J., Berkhout, F., Doyle, Y., Ezzati, M., Owuso, G., Quayyum, Z., Solomon, B., Winters, M., Adamkiewicz, G. & Robinson, B. E., 2023, In: Wellcome Open Research. 7, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Women, Power and Cancer
Caduff, C., 2023, In: The Lancet.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The United Nations 2023 Water Conference: Lessons from the Aral Sea Basin
Assubayeva, A., Sharipova, B., Mirumachi, N. & Everitt, L., 2024Research output: Book/Report › Report
Faster UK drug approvals by relying on other countries
Cherla, A., Davis, C., Mossialos, E. & Naci, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ. p739.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Communication of anticancer drug benefits and related uncertainties to patients and clinicians: document analysis of regulated information on prescription drugs in Europe
Davis, C., Wagner, A. K., Salcher-Konrad, M., Scowcroft, H., Mintzes, B., Pokorny, A. M. J., Lew, J. & Naci, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ. e073711.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Habitat fragmentation and the sporadic spread of pastoralism in the mid-Holocene Sahara
Manning, K., Breeze, P. S., Drake, N., Dunne, J., Casanova, E. & Evershed, R. P., 1 Jun 2023, In: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. 309, 108070.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being
Schreckenberg, K., Wells, G., Ryan, C., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Poudyal, M., Lele, S., Robinson, B. E., Keane, A., Homewood, K., Jones, J., Torres-Vitolas, C. A., Fisher, J., Ahmad, S., Mulligan, M., Dawson, T., Adams, H., Setty, S. & Daw, T., 1 Dec 2023, In: One Earth. p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs
Schreckenberg, K., Poudyal, M., Kraft, F., Wells, G., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Lele, S., Daw, T., Torres-Vitolas, C. A., Setty, S., Adams, H., Ahmad, S., Ryan, C., Fisher, J., Robinson, B., Jones, J., Homewood, K., Bluwstein, J., Keane, A. & Macamo, C. & 1 others, Mugi, L. M., 15 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Scientific Data.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Understanding the psychological experiences of loneliness in later life: qualitative protocol to inform technology development
Rees, J., Liu, W., Ourselin, S., Shi, Y., Probst, F., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A. & Matcham, F., 19 Jun 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 6, e072420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wearables, sensors and the future of technology to detect and infer loneliness in older adults
Rees, J., Matcham, F., Probst, F., Ourselin, S., Shi, Y., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A. & Liu, W., 2023, In: Gerontechnology. 22, 2, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A synthesis of ecosystem metabolism of China's major rivers and coastal zones (2000–2020)
Zhang, M., Francis, R. A. & Chadwick, M. A., 1 Mar 2023, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 10, 2, e1628.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Chemical contamination of drinking water: Emerging risks and latest concerns
Ibrahim Abdelaziz Sbeih, T., Mirumachi, N., Maret, W., Stewart, T., Bowyer, R., Chadwick, M., Griffiths, A., Schillereff, D., Zhang, C. & Jemalem Ginting, J., 2023Research output: Book/Report › Report
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Events

Angry weather – attributing extreme events to climate change
Dr Friederike Otto, co-founder of World Weather Attribution, will discuss studies on estimating human influence on extreme weather events.
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CIRRR Christmas Lecture - Resilient cities: Risk, limits and thresholds
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Past Projects
Humanitarian Futures programme
An independent centre at King’s with a focus on knowledge exchange between science, community and policy makers on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. This group has a strong international focus and broad interest in humanitarian policy and practice.
Building resilience against climate extremes and disasters (BRACED)
BRACED investigates the role of climate science in building resilience livelihoods in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.
PEARL: Preparing for extreme and rare events in coastal regions
The PEARL project aims to develop adaptive risk management strategies for coastal communities, focusing on extreme hydro-meteorological events. It uses a multidisciplinary approach to integrate social, environmental and technical research and innovation. It also considers the fundamentals in the risk governance cycle, focusing on the enhancement of forecasting, prediction and early warning capabilities.
Landslide multi-hazard risk assessment, preparedness and early warning in South Asia integrating meteorology, landscape and society (LANDSLIP)
LANDSLIP is a large multi-team four-year project led by King’s and the British Geological Survey, focussed on reducing impacts of hydrologically-related landslide multi-hazards and building resilience to landslides in vulnerable and hazard-prone areas of India and South Asia.
Expressive Mapping of Resilient Futures (E-MoRF)
The Expressive Mapping of Resilience (E-MoRF) project aims to mainstream innovative, low-cost ways of representing these community voices on the map, coupled with simple ways for decision makers to incorporate this data into their existing systems to result in more inclusive planning for resilience. Led by Dr Faith Taylor, this work focuses upon mapping community perspectives of resilience.
Transformation and Resilience on Urban Coasts (TRUC)
This project examines the production and management of vulnerability to extreme events generated through large scale coastal urbanisation processes.
Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) is a three year research and capacity building programme, funded by the Department of International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council. Led by Professor Mark Pelling, the work seeks to open up an applied research and policy agenda for risk management in urban sub-Saharan Africa.
Deltas, vulnerability and climate change: Migration and adaptation (DECCMA)
The adaptive strategies available to deltas residents (eg disaster risk reduction, land use management or polders) may not be adequate to cope with pervasive, systematic, or surprise changes associated with climate change. Hence large movements of deltaic people are often projected under climate change. DECCMA is an approximately five-year programme of applied research on the adaptation options, limits and potential in deltaic environments to current weather variability and extremes, as well as climate change.
A forecast of the timing, locations, sequence and likeliest destinations of populations displaced by sea level rise and coastal extremes
The adaptive strategies available to deltas residents (e.g. disaster risk reduction, land use management or polders) may not be adequate to cope with pervasive, systematic, or surprise changes associated with climate change. Hence large movements of deltaic people are often projected under climate change.
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)
The overall aim of ESPA Deltas is to provide policy makers with the knowledge and tools that enable them to evaluate the effects of policy decisions on ecosystem services and people's livelihoods. This links science to policy at the landscape scale and engages national level policy processes that bring impacts to the community level.
Precarious Places: social cohesion, resilience and place attachment of refugees in Lebanon
Examining place attachment in refugees and their host communities to inform programming on social inclusion and conflict mediation.
Projects

ACE: Anticipating unseen Climate Extremes
ACE is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship led by Dr Tom Matthews, and involving a team of interdisciplinary researchers, aiming to reduce risks from unprecedented (‘unseen’) climate extremes.

Lloyd's Foundation Project: Improving household preparedness in multi-hazard contexts
This project aims to better understand the factors that result in successful uptake of household preparedness plans, and better equip decision makers with the skills to incorporate natural hazard interrelationships in these plans. The work builds upon the Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll data. The project is currently being worked on by Primary Investigators Joel Gill (Cardiff University) and Faith Taylor (King's); and Postdoctoral researcher Peter McGowran (King's).
Publications
Patients deserve better information on new drugs
Davis, C., Wagner, A. K., Mintzes, B., Scowcroft, H., Woloshin, S. & Naci, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ. e081720.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Interdisciplinary perspectives on the intersections of roads, sustainable development, and disaster resilience
Robson, E. B., McGowran, P., Ruszczyk, H. A., Malamud, B. D., Simpson, E., Densmore, A. L., Denton, N., Chapplow, N., Gurung, P., Hall, T. E., Harries, R., Jenkins, J., KC, A., Kotter, R., Kumar, A., Limbu, B., Milledge, D., Porter, G., Rosser, N. & Taylor, F. E. & 3 others, Toll, D. G., Winter, M. G. & Woldearegay, K., 1 Oct 2025, In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction. 128, p. 105691 105691.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identifying and managing fraudulent participants: critical commentary from a qualitative study with older adults
Rees, J., Liu, W., Tinker, A. & Matcham, F., Jun 2025, In: Critical Public Health. 35, 1, 2522977.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Recurrent humid phases in Arabia over the past 8 million years
Markowska, M., Vonhof, H. B., Groucutt, H. S., Breeze, P. S., Drake, N., Stewart, M., Albert, R., Andrieux, E., Blinkhorn, J., Boivin, N., Budsky, A., Clark-Wilson, R., Fleitmann, D., Gerdes, A., Martin, A. N., Martínez-García, A., Nicholson, S. L., Price, G. J., Scerri, E. M. L. & Scholz, D. & 11 others, Vanwezer, N., Weber, M., Alsharekh, A. M., Al Omari, A. A., Al-Mufarreh, Y. S. A., Al-Jibreen, F., Alqahtani, M., Al-Shanti, M., Zalmout, I., Petraglia, M. D. & Haug, G. H., 24 Apr 2025, In: Nature. 640, 8060, p. 954-961 8 p., 106112.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The psychological experiences of loneliness in later life: a qualitative study
Rees, J., Liu, W., Tinker, A. & Matcham, F., Oct 2023, In: European Journal of Psychology Open. 82, 10, p. 402 403 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting abstract › peer-review
Evaluating a Smart Textile Loneliness Monitoring System for Older People: Co-Design and Qualitative Focus Group Study
Probst, F., Rees, J., Aslam, Z., Mexia, N., Molteni, E., Matcham, F., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A., Shi, Y., Ourselin, S. & Liu, W., 3 Mar 2024, In: JMIR Aging. 7, e57622.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Conceptualising the context and mechanisms for tackling loneliness in older adults through interventions: A Critical Interpretive Synthesis
Ratcliffe, J., Matcham, F., Molteni, E., Antonelli, M., Rees, J., Shi, Y., Liu, J., Ourselin, S., Tinker, A., Zhou, Y. & Liu, W., 2025.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
Report on Webinar Series: Governance of hydroclimatic extremes in South Asia and Europe
Schrijver, A. P., Telle, A., Badhuri, R., Somogyvári, M., Contributing authors:, Ahmed, J. A., Bardalai, D., Barua, A., Bilalova, S., Bréthaut, C., Brons, M., Commelin, M., Cremers, N., Das, P. J., de Brouwer, T., de Redelijkheid, M., de Schrevel, H., Dierickx, P., Joustra, A. & Krüger, T. & 14 others, Lapôtre, C., Mes, E., Mirumachi, N., Mulligan, M., Nijland, H., Reiter-Karam, S., Riguelle, S., Sarma, A. K., Sarma, D., Thonner, A., Unverzagt, K., Valax, E., Vij, S. & Warner, J., 2025, King's College London.Research output: Book/Report › Report
Water governance and policies
Pahl-Wostl, C., Dombrowsky, I. & Mirumachi, N., 12 Jun 2021, Handbook of Water Resources Management: Discourses, Concepts and Examples. Springer International Publishing, p. 253-272 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Facing Change: Understanding Transitions of River Basin Policies Over Time
Mirumachi, N., White, D. D. & Kingsford, R. T., 1 Jan 2020, Water Resilience: Management and Governance in Times of Change. Springer International Publishing, p. 213-240 28 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Nine Considerations for Constructing and Running Geomorphological Models
Malamud, B. D. & Baas, A. C. W., 1 Jan 2013, Treatise on Geomorphology: Volume 1-14. Elsevier, Vol. 1-14. p. 6-28 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
A methodology to compile multi-hazard interrelationships in a data-scarce setting: an application to the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal
Thompson, H. E., Gill, J. C., Trogrlić, R. Š., Taylor, F. E. & Malamud, B. D., 24 Jan 2025, In: Natural Hazards And Earth System Sciences. 25, 1, p. 353-381 29 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Political Stakes of Cancer Series – Episode 6: Notes on Stigma: Reflections from India’s largest Cancer Hospital during the Covid-19 Pandemic
Caduff, C. (Other) & Bhangu, S. (Other), 21 Nov 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site
‘Tipping points’ confuse and can distract from urgent climate action
Kopp, R. E., Gilmore, E. A., Shwom, R. L., Adams, H., Adler, C., Oppenheimer, M., Patwardhan, A., Russill, C., Schmidt, D. N. & York, R., 3 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature climate change. p. 29–36Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Staying in place: Building liveable futures under climate change.
Adams, H. & Coughlan, K., 2025, (Unpublished) 16 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
A scoping review on human-centered design approaches and considerations in the design of technologies for loneliness and social isolation in older adults
Probst, F., Ratcliffe, J., Molteni, E., Ashurst, J., Matcham, F., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A., Shi, Y., Ourselin, S. & Liu, W., 2 Dec 2024, In: Design Science . 10, e39.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Chiefs and floods: Hybrid governance and flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana
Agyei-Mensah, S., Owusu, G. & Berkhout, F., 28 Nov 2024, Australian National University, Canberra: Global Water Forum.Research output: Book/Report › Report
Conceptual framing to link climate risk assessments and climate-migration scholarship
McLeman, R., Wrathall, D., Gilmore, E., Thornton, P., Adams, H. & Gemenne, F., Mar 2021, In: CLIMATIC CHANGE. 165, 1-2, 24.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Defining severe risks related to mobility from climate change
Gilmore, E. A., Wrathall, D., Adams, H., Buhaug, H., Castellanos, E., Hilmi, N., McLeman, R., Singh, C. & Adelekan, I., Jan 2024, In: Climate Risk Management. 44, 100601.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Determinants of recovery from post-COVID-19 dyspnoea: analysis of UK prospective cohorts of hospitalised COVID-19 patients and community-based controls
PHOSP-COVID Study Collaborative Group, Pfeffer, P. E., Abel, K., Ahmad, S., Ahmed, R., Ali, M., Allen, R. J., Almeida, P., Anderson, D., Armstrong, L., Armstrong, N., Ashworth, M., Ayoub, A., Baggott, R., Bailey, L., Baldwin, D., Ballard, C., Banerjee, A., Bates, A. & Begum, M. & 276 others, Bell, D., Bell, R., Berry, C., Bhui, K., Bramham, K., Breen, G., Brookes, C., Broome, M., Brown, A., Brown, J., Brown, J., Brown, M., Burns, A., Butt, A., Byrne, S., Carson, G., Carter, P., Chalder, T., Chambers, R. C., Chan, F., Chen, J., Cheng, Y., Chiribiri, A., Choudhury, N., Chowienczyk, P., Clark, D., Clark, C., Clarke, J., Cole, J., Coleman, C., Connolly, B., Connor, L., Cook, A., Cooper, B., Cooper, J., Cooper, S., Craig, T., Cross, A., David, A., Davies, E., Davies, G. A., Davies, G. A., Davies, K., Davies, M. J., Dawson, J., Donaldson, A., Dong, T., Dougherty, A., Dowling, R., drury, H. J. C., Dunn, S., Edwards, S., Elliott, A., Elliott, K., Evans, D., Evans, H., Evans, J., Evans, R., Evans, R., Evans, R., Evans, T., Finch, J., Fisher, H., Flynn, M., Ford, A., Francis, R., Fu, X., Gill, M., Goodwin, C., Gooptu, B., Gregory, H., Gregory, R., Grieve, D., Griffiths, L., Gupta, A., Hall, L., Harris, E., Harris, V. C., Harrison, P., Hart, N., Harvey, A., Harvey, M., Hayday, A., Henderson, M., Ho, L. P., Holden, S., Holland, M., Holmes, M., Hosseini, A., Hotopf, M., Howard, L. S., Hughes, A. D., Hughes, J., Hughes, R., Husain, M., Ismail, K., Jackson, T., Jacob, J., James, W. Y., Jenkins, R. G., Johnson, C., Johnson, S., Jolley, C. J., Jones, D., Jones, G., Jones, H., Jones, I., Jones, L., Jones, M. G., Jones, S., Jose, S., Kaltsakas, G., Kelly, S., Kerr, S., Khan, F., King, B., Knight, S., Kon, S., Kon, S., Laing, C., Lasserson, D., Lawson, C., Lee, D., Lee, J. H., Lewis, D., Lewis, J., Li, X., Lim, L., Lloyd, A., Lord, J. M., Major, E., Malim, M., D-C. Man, W., Mandal, S., Mangion, K., Marks, M., Marsh, S., Marshall, B., Marshall, M., Martin, J., Martinez, L. M., McMahon, M. J., Mehta, P., Miller, C., Mills, C., Mitchell, J., Mohamed, A., Mohammed, S., Morley, A., Morrow, A., Moss, A. J., Moss, P., Neal, A., Newby, D. E., Newman, J., Nicholson, T., O'Brien, C., Ostermann, M., Owen, J., Pariante, C., Parker, S., Patel, B., Patel, M., Patel, S., Payne, S., Pearce, L., Peng, Y., Pennington, C., Plant, H., Plein, S., Porter, J., Porter, J., Powell, N., Pratt, J., Price, A., Price, C., Price, D., Prickett, A., Quigley, J., Qureshi, I. N., Rahman, N. M., Reddy, A., Rees, M., Rees, T., Reynolds, W., Richards, A., Richardson, E., Richardson, M., Roberts, K., Robertson, E., Robinson, E., Robinson, L., Rodger, J., Ross, A., Rowe, A., Rowland, A., Rowland, J., Russell, R., Sage, E. K., Saunders, K., Saunders, R. M., Saunders, P., Scott, J. T., Shah, A., Shah, K., Shah, P., Shankar-Hari, M., Sharma, M., Sharpe, C., Shaw, A., Shaw, K., Simpson, J., Singh, C., Singh, S., Singh, S., Smith, A., Smith, D., Smith, S., Smith, J., Smith, L., Spencer, L. G., Stephenson, L., Stewart, I., Stockdale, S., Stone, R., Tan, A. L., Taylor, A., Taylor, C., Taylor, J., Terry, S., Thomas, C., Thomas, D. C., Thomas, S., Thomas, A. K., Thompson, T., Thompson, A. A. R., Tilley, J., Tomlinson, J., Turner, S., Turner, K., Wade, P., Wainwright, T., Walker, S., Walsh, J. A., Walsh, S., Ward, T. J. C., Watson, E., Watson, L., Watson, J., McCall, J. W., Welch, C., Wessely, S., West, S., White, S., Whitney, J., Whittaker, S., Wild, J., Williams, B., Williams, N., Williams, J., Willoughby, J., Wilson, A., Wilson, D., Wilson, I., Wood, C., Woods, J., Wright, C., Wright, L., Wright, S., Xu, M., Yip, K. P., Young, B., Young, S., Young, A., Zhao, B. & Zheng, B., Jun 2023, In: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe. 29, 100635.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Chiefs and floods: Hybrid governance and co-production of flood risk adaptation in Tamale, Ghana
Agyei-Mensah, S., Owusu, G., Awuni, C., Howard, B., Fuseini, I., Buytaert, W. & Berkhout, F., 10 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 26, 6, p. 656-672 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Learning in conversation—A feasibility pilot study involving dental students and older people
Gallagher, J. E., Awojobi, O., Ahilan, A., Al Dahwy, A., Faryabi-Araghi, K., Hassan, V., Hills, R., Khan, P., Kwaskowski, T., Li, G. & Tinker, A., Feb 2024, In: European Journal of Dental Education. 28, 1, p. 259-266 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Weather, heritage, and memory
Adamson, G. & Rapson, J., 1 Nov 2024, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Climate Change. 15, 6, e913.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Social limits to climate change adaptation: temporalities in behavioural responses to climate risks
Berkhout, F., Dec 2024, In: Current opinion in environmental sustainability. 71, 10 p., 101471.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Introduction to qualitative research methods - Part i
Bhangu, S., Provost, F. & Caduff, C., Jan 2023, In: Perspectives in Clinical Research. 14, 1, p. 39-42 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Before the Holocene humid period: Life-sized camel engravings and early occupations on the southern edge of the Nefud desert
Guagnin, M., Shipton, C., Stileman, F., Jibreen, F., Alsulaimi, M., Breeze, P. S., Stewart, M., Hatton, A., Drake, N., Jha, D. K., Al-Tamimi, F., Al-Shamry, M., Al-Shammari, M., Kay, A., Groucutt, H. S., Alsharekh, A. M. & Petraglia, M., 1 Dec 2023, In: Archaeological Research in Asia. 36, 100483.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Paleolithic occupation of arid Central Asia in the Middle Pleistocene
Finestone, E. M., Breeze, P. S., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Drake, N., Bergmann, L., Maksudov, F., Muhammadiyev, A., Scott, P., Cai, Y., Khatsenovich, A. M., Rybin, E. P., Nehrke, G., Boivin, N., Petraglia, M. & Peresani, M. (Editor), 21 Oct 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PloS one. 17, 10, e0273984.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Defining paleoclimatic routes and opportunities for hominin dispersals across Iran
Shoaee, M. J., Breeze, P. S., Drake, N. A., Hashemi, S. M., Vahdati Nasab, H., Breitenbach, S. F. M., Stevens, T., Boivin, N., Petraglia, M. D. & Iovita, R. (Editor), 1 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: PloS one. 18, 3 March, e0281872.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preservation of plant-wax biomarkers in deserts: implications for Quaternary environment and human evolutionary studies
Jha, D. K., Patalano, R., Ilgner, J., Achyuthan, H., Alsharekh, A. M., Armitage, S., Blinkhorn, J., Boivin, N., Breeze, P. S., Devra, R., Drake, N., Groucutt, H. S., Guagnin, M., Roberts, P. & Petraglia, M., Apr 2024, In: JOURNAL OF QUATERNARY SCIENCE. 39, 3, p. 349-358 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Preface
Francis, R. A., Millington, J. D. A., Perry, G. L. W. & Minor, E. S., 1 Jan 2021, The Routledge Handbook of Landscape Ecology. Taylor and Francis AS, p. xxvii-xxixResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript › peer-review
Giving voice by doing with not doing through: Collaborating with tactile sign language interpreters in interpretative phenomenological analysis research involving older deafblind people
Simcock, P., Manthorpe, J. & Tinker, A., Jan 2025, In: Qualitative Social Work. 24, 1, p. 44-60 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Ecologies of sustainable development goals: a mid-term perspective
Mustafa, D., Matson, P., Roberts, E. & Sharpe, J., Apr 2024, In: INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING REVIEW. 46, 2, p. 107-121 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Terrorism
Mustafa, D., 1 Jan 2009, International Encyclopedia of Human Geography: Volume 1-12. Elsevier, Vol. 1-12. p. V11-209-V11-214Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
The Politics of Water in South Asia
Mustafa, D., Karner, M. A. & Kuemmerle, H., 1 Jan 2023, Handbook of South Asia: Political Development. Taylor and Francis AS, p. 100-119 20 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Hydro-heritage for healing? Examining the gendered experience of water in post-conflict Swat, Pakistan
Mustafa, D., Khan, M. S., De Nardi, H., Caron, J., Naz, A., Shinwari, M. & Gul, A., 27 Sept 2023, In: Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Unexpected growth of an illegal water market
Klassert, C., Yoon, J., Sigel, K., Klauer, B., Talozi, S., Lachaut, T., Selby, P., Knox, S., Avisse, N., Tilmant, A., Harou, J. J., Mustafa, D., Medellín-Azuara, J., Bataineh, B., Zhang, H., Gawel, E. & Gorelick, S. M., Nov 2023, In: Nature Sustainability. 6, 11, p. 1406-1417 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Can we close the flood adaptation gap? Exploring flood adaptation constraints and limits
Aerts, J. C. J. H., Bates, P., Botzen, W., de Bruin, J., Hall, J., van den Hurk, B., Kriebrich, H., Merz, B., Muis, S., Mysiak, J. & Berkhout, F., 16 Jul 2024, In: Nature Water. 2, p. 719-728Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Delayed, abrupt and unjust: An institutionalist perspective on limits to climate change adaptation
Berkhout, F., Dow, K. & Thomas, A., 7 May 2024, In: Climate Risk Management. 44, 100611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Synthesizing the links between secure housing tenure and health for more equitable cities
Baumgartner, J., Rodriguez, J., Berkhout, F., Doyle, Y., Ezzati, M., Owuso, G., Quayyum, Z., Solomon, B., Winters, M., Adamkiewicz, G. & Robinson, B. E., 2023, In: Wellcome Open Research. 7, 18.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Women, Power and Cancer
Caduff, C., 2023, In: The Lancet.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The United Nations 2023 Water Conference: Lessons from the Aral Sea Basin
Assubayeva, A., Sharipova, B., Mirumachi, N. & Everitt, L., 2024Research output: Book/Report › Report
Faster UK drug approvals by relying on other countries
Cherla, A., Davis, C., Mossialos, E. & Naci, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ. p739.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
Communication of anticancer drug benefits and related uncertainties to patients and clinicians: document analysis of regulated information on prescription drugs in Europe
Davis, C., Wagner, A. K., Salcher-Konrad, M., Scowcroft, H., Mintzes, B., Pokorny, A. M. J., Lew, J. & Naci, H., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: BMJ. e073711.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Habitat fragmentation and the sporadic spread of pastoralism in the mid-Holocene Sahara
Manning, K., Breeze, P. S., Drake, N., Dunne, J., Casanova, E. & Evershed, R. P., 1 Jun 2023, In: QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. 309, 108070.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Hundreds of millions of people in the tropics need both wild harvests and other forms of economic development for their well-being
Schreckenberg, K., Wells, G., Ryan, C., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Poudyal, M., Lele, S., Robinson, B. E., Keane, A., Homewood, K., Jones, J., Torres-Vitolas, C. A., Fisher, J., Ahmad, S., Mulligan, M., Dawson, T., Adams, H., Setty, S. & Daw, T., 1 Dec 2023, In: One Earth. p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nature’s contribution to poverty alleviation, human wellbeing and the SDGs
Schreckenberg, K., Poudyal, M., Kraft, F., Wells, G., Das, A., Attiwilli, S., Lele, S., Daw, T., Torres-Vitolas, C. A., Setty, S., Adams, H., Ahmad, S., Ryan, C., Fisher, J., Robinson, B., Jones, J., Homewood, K., Bluwstein, J., Keane, A. & Macamo, C. & 1 others, Mugi, L. M., 15 Jan 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Scientific Data.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Understanding the psychological experiences of loneliness in later life: qualitative protocol to inform technology development
Rees, J., Liu, W., Ourselin, S., Shi, Y., Probst, F., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A. & Matcham, F., 19 Jun 2023, In: BMJ Open. 13, 6, e072420.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wearables, sensors and the future of technology to detect and infer loneliness in older adults
Rees, J., Matcham, F., Probst, F., Ourselin, S., Shi, Y., Antonelli, M., Tinker, A. & Liu, W., 2023, In: Gerontechnology. 22, 2, 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A synthesis of ecosystem metabolism of China's major rivers and coastal zones (2000–2020)
Zhang, M., Francis, R. A. & Chadwick, M. A., 1 Mar 2023, In: Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water. 10, 2, e1628.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Chemical contamination of drinking water: Emerging risks and latest concerns
Ibrahim Abdelaziz Sbeih, T., Mirumachi, N., Maret, W., Stewart, T., Bowyer, R., Chadwick, M., Griffiths, A., Schillereff, D., Zhang, C. & Jemalem Ginting, J., 2023Research output: Book/Report › Report
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Past Projects
Humanitarian Futures programme
An independent centre at King’s with a focus on knowledge exchange between science, community and policy makers on disaster risk management and climate change adaptation. This group has a strong international focus and broad interest in humanitarian policy and practice.
Building resilience against climate extremes and disasters (BRACED)
BRACED investigates the role of climate science in building resilience livelihoods in Burkina Faso and Ethiopia.
PEARL: Preparing for extreme and rare events in coastal regions
The PEARL project aims to develop adaptive risk management strategies for coastal communities, focusing on extreme hydro-meteorological events. It uses a multidisciplinary approach to integrate social, environmental and technical research and innovation. It also considers the fundamentals in the risk governance cycle, focusing on the enhancement of forecasting, prediction and early warning capabilities.
Landslide multi-hazard risk assessment, preparedness and early warning in South Asia integrating meteorology, landscape and society (LANDSLIP)
LANDSLIP is a large multi-team four-year project led by King’s and the British Geological Survey, focussed on reducing impacts of hydrologically-related landslide multi-hazards and building resilience to landslides in vulnerable and hazard-prone areas of India and South Asia.
Expressive Mapping of Resilient Futures (E-MoRF)
The Expressive Mapping of Resilience (E-MoRF) project aims to mainstream innovative, low-cost ways of representing these community voices on the map, coupled with simple ways for decision makers to incorporate this data into their existing systems to result in more inclusive planning for resilience. Led by Dr Faith Taylor, this work focuses upon mapping community perspectives of resilience.
Transformation and Resilience on Urban Coasts (TRUC)
This project examines the production and management of vulnerability to extreme events generated through large scale coastal urbanisation processes.
Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK)
Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) is a three year research and capacity building programme, funded by the Department of International Development and the Economic and Social Research Council. Led by Professor Mark Pelling, the work seeks to open up an applied research and policy agenda for risk management in urban sub-Saharan Africa.
Deltas, vulnerability and climate change: Migration and adaptation (DECCMA)
The adaptive strategies available to deltas residents (eg disaster risk reduction, land use management or polders) may not be adequate to cope with pervasive, systematic, or surprise changes associated with climate change. Hence large movements of deltaic people are often projected under climate change. DECCMA is an approximately five-year programme of applied research on the adaptation options, limits and potential in deltaic environments to current weather variability and extremes, as well as climate change.
A forecast of the timing, locations, sequence and likeliest destinations of populations displaced by sea level rise and coastal extremes
The adaptive strategies available to deltas residents (e.g. disaster risk reduction, land use management or polders) may not be adequate to cope with pervasive, systematic, or surprise changes associated with climate change. Hence large movements of deltaic people are often projected under climate change.
Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA)
The overall aim of ESPA Deltas is to provide policy makers with the knowledge and tools that enable them to evaluate the effects of policy decisions on ecosystem services and people's livelihoods. This links science to policy at the landscape scale and engages national level policy processes that bring impacts to the community level.
Precarious Places: social cohesion, resilience and place attachment of refugees in Lebanon
Examining place attachment in refugees and their host communities to inform programming on social inclusion and conflict mediation.
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