About
We focus on the sustainable use of natural resources from coastal zones and island states to drylands and deltas. The tools we use include satellite remote sensing, novel sensors and modelling for environmental monitoring and prediction.
Our research priorities focus on:
- the role of human-environment interactions within social-ecological systems
- the implications of environmental change and management for development
We use whole systems approaches to understand sustainable futures and trade-offs, and potential transitions and tipping points.
Our expertise includes:
- environmental modelling and assessment
- geographical information systems (GIS)
- climate change impact assessment, adaptation and risk mitigation
- monitoring, assessment and management of aquatic environmental systems
- modelling, analysis and prediction of hazards
- satellite remote sensing of land resources, agriculture and ecosystems
- reconstructing past environmental change from sediments
- environmental impact assessment, conservation and management
The place to bridge the gap between national policy and local action
Tangible solutions to reduce carbon emissions and protect green spaces
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Protecting marine biodiversity
Mapping seagrass in the Western Indian Ocean to boost conservation efforts
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Studying marine animals to evaluate sulphur reduction methods in shipping
A team of Southampton researchers is part of a Europe-wide project to assess whether measures taken by shipping companies to cut air pollution are working or just moving the problem elsewhere.
People, projects and publications
People
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Doctor Gareth Roberts
Associate ProfessorDevelopment of methods for monitoring landscape fire activity using optical and thermal
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: G.J.Roberts@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 9224 -
Professor Jadu Dash
Professor of Remote SensingSatellite derived land surface phenology and its validation with ground data
Email: J.DASH@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 2203 -
Miss Josie Baker
Women's lived experience of extreme heat in the UK
Email: J.J.Baker@soton.ac.uk -
Professor Justin Sheffield
Head of SchoolLarge-scale hydrology and its interactions with climate variability and change.
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: Justin.Sheffield@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 0577 -
Doctor Kate Parks
Principal Teaching FellowEmail: K.E.Parks@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 3871 -
Mrs Maduo Makwati-Manyepedza
Groundwater - Surface water interactions
Email: K.M.Makwati@soton.ac.uk -
Mr Michael Lomotey
The Black Radical Tradition and Antiblackness
Email: M.N.Lomotey@soton.ac.uk -
Ms Qianwen Duan
Human-environment interactions
Sustainable urban development
Email: Q.Duan@soton.ac.uk -
Doctor Rebecca Collins
Lecturer in Environmental ScienceThe effect of nature on health and wellbeing
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: R.Collins@soton.ac.uk
Sustainability is a great deal more than just a changing climate, we need to consider the broader socio-environment and how that intersects with equity, social justice, poverty and a sustainable future.