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Dr Sien Van der Plank BSc, MSc

Senior Research Assistant in GIS and remote sensing and environmental social science (SARTRAC project)

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Sien van der Plank is currently a Senior Research Assistant within Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton. She has researched environmental management across conservation, political, mining and hazard contexts since 2014. She is currently completing her PhD thesis on coastal flood risk management with the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, and has been a member of staff in Geography and Environmental Science since 2020.

Qualifications:

2015-2016 MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management, University of Oxford
2012-2015 BSc Global Challenges: Liberal Arts and Sciences, Leiden University College The Hague, Major in Sustainability, Minor in World Politics

Employment:

2017-2019 Teaching assistant for environmental GIS, University of Southampton
2017-2019 Content writer for Life at Southampton blog, Communications and Marketing, University of Southampton

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Research interests

Processes of stakeholder engagement in environmental management (household, community, and organisations)
Policy discourses in conservation and hazard management
Risk attitudes and behaviours to the natural environment, especially in relation to perceived, expected and experienced social and physical changes (including mining, hazards, and climate)

Her current research focuses on

Monitoring and mapping the distribution of Sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean and West Africa using remote sensing and GIS.
Exploring stakeholders’ understanding of risks and opportunities from Sargassum invasions at a community level, and the regional governance issues.

Research group

Environmental Change and Sustainability (ECaS)

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Articles

Van Der Plank, S., Cox, S-A., Cumberbatch, J., Mahon, R., Thomas, B., Tompkins, E., & Corbett, J. (2022). Polycentric governance, coordination and capacity: The case of sargassum influxes in the Caribbean. Coastal Management, 50(4), 285-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/08920753.2022.2078172
Van Der Plank, S., Brown, S., & Nicholls, R. (2020). Managing coastal flood risk to residential properties in England: integrating spatial planning, engineering and insurance. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, [101961]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2020.101961

Conferences

Van Der Plank, S., Brown, S., Nicholls, R., & Tompkins, E. (2019). A role for the public in the long-term management of English coastal flood risk? In Engineers Australia @Engineers Australia.
Van Der Plank, S. (2019). Empowering local stakeholders in coastal flood risk management in England. Poster session presented at Australian Disaster Resilience Conference 2019, Melbourne, Australia.
Van Der Plank, S., Brown, S., Nicholls, R., & Tompkins, E. (Accepted/In press). Stakeholder expectations of the public in local coastal flood risk management in England. In Institution of Civil Engineers Coastal Management 2019 Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).
Van Der Plank, S. (2017). Conflict and congruence in definitions of coastal flood risk. Poster session presented at 13th UK Young Coastal Scientists and Engineers Conference (YCSEC), Bath, United Kingdom.
Van Der Plank, S. (2017). Effects of coastal flood risk management on risk perceptions and behaviour. Poster session presented at Advances in Extreme Value Analysis and Application to Natural Hazards, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Van Der Plank, S. (2017). The potential for political parties for animals to address concerns around fur. Paper presented at the Oxford Summer School on the Ethics of Fur , Oxford, United Kingdom.

Dr Sien Van der Plank
Building 44, University of Southampton, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ

Room Number : 58/4073

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