Staff Lead researcher Professor Robert Nicholls Research interests long-term coastal engineering and management the issues of coastal impacts and adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sea-level rise the assessment of the future of deltaic areas, which are the most threatened coastal setting in the coming century Connect with Robert Email: r.j.nicholls@soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor Chris Hill Professorial Fellow-Enterprise Connect with Chris Email: cth@geodata.soton.ac.uk Professor Craig Hutton Director Sustainability&Resilience Inst. Connect with Craig Email: cwh@geodata.soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Energy and Climate Change Group The research group seeks engineering solutions for reliable, affordable and sustainable energy stemming from renewable resources. Environmental Change and Sustainability We carry out geospatial analysis and experimentation to understand environmental change and potential solutions. GeoData We manage, analyse and process environmental data. Our consultancy services and interdisciplinary research projects range from managing river catchments and coastal zones to the wider fields of environment, social and economic development.