‍About Me

I am a strategic coastal scientist with 20+ years’ experience leading multidisciplinary programs that deliver evidence‑based coastal resilience, flood and erosion advice to government, regulators and industry. Proven track record of designing and delivering national and international projects, securing and managing £10M+ programs budgets, and developing operational digital tools that accelerate decision making. Skilled at translating complex science into clear, defensible policy and operational guidance. In 2024, I started this podcast, which fits into the categories of science, education, and systems thinking.

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Why This Podcast?

This initiative complements my work at the British Geological Survey and is driven by my interest in avoiding coastal maladaptation and the suffering associated with it. The opinions I express on this podcast are my own. With that responsibility and freedom, I have structured the contents of this podcast into different themes organized into three horizons: environment, money, governance, news, ideas, and the future.

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The Three Horizons

• ‍Horizon One: We will look at the environment, money, and governance, and how these three elements shape what we see in coastal flooding and risk today, and how they might evolve in the future.
• ‍Horizon Two: Building on that first system understanding, we will move into the world of news, ideas, and innovations. Coastal flooding and erosion are very active areas of work and research, with many new ideas in newspapers and research that can be overwhelming.
• ‍Horizon Three: This combines all these elements, preparing us to explore how the future might actually look. I probably have more questions than answers in this podcast, but my aim is not to fill any knowledge deficit. Instead, I aim to connect things that are normally not connected, and I hope you find that useful.

Keep an eye on www.coastalgeohazardsexperts.co.uk to stay up to date.

Thanks for listening!

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