Adaptation and Resilience
Our Adaptation and Resilience theme aims to understand how societies and ecosystems can adapt to the impacts of climate change. Adaptation can take many forms, from incremental changes to more transformative shifts that challenge business-as-usual approaches. At the heart of this research is the need to build capacity for coping with uncertainty, responding swiftly, and acting in an informed, sustainable way.
We focus on generating new technologies and policy measures that address the barriers preventing individuals and communities from effectively adapting to climate change. Taking an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary approach, we bring together diverse academic disciplines to develop solutions that are both innovative, practical and equitable.
Working closely with policymakers, practitioners, businesses, and communities we ensure that our research is grounded in real-world challenges and opportunities. By fostering these partnerships, we aim to strengthen the capacity of individuals and communities to adapt to the changing climate and create more resilient, sustainable futures.
Through our research, we hope to make a meaningful impact on the ways in which adaptation strategies are developed and implemented, fostering a more equitable and resilient societies at the national and global levels.
Meet our BISCA Affiliates who are working within this theme.
- Dr Nicholas E. Barrand - Associate Professor of Glaciology
- Dr Allan Beltran - Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics
- Dr James Bendle - Reader (Associate Professor) in Organic Geochemistry
- Professor Sami Bensassi - Professor of Development Economics
- Dr Brock Bersaglio - Associate Professor, Environment and Development
- Dr Léopold Beyaert - Postdoctoral Fellow
- Professor Simon Blainey - Professor of Sustainable Transport
- Dr Natanael Bolson - MTC Manufacturing Futures Fellow
- Dr Nana Osei Bonsu - Assistant Professor in Responsible Business & Sustainability
- Dr Dev K. (Roshan) Boojihawon - Associate Professor of Strategy and International Business
- Dr Edward Cant - MTC Manufacturing Futures Fellow
- Dr Jon Carey - Associate Professor in Applied Geoscience
- Dr Mike Cassidy - Associate Professor
- Professor Aleksandra Cavoski - Professor of Environmental Law
- Dr Caroline Chapain - Associate Professor
- Dr Ying Chen - Assistant Professor in Atmospheric Science
- Dr May Chu - Associate Professor in Public Policy and Management
- Dr Licia Cianetti - Associate Professor in Political Science and International Studies
- Dr Julian Clark - Reader in Political Geography
- Dr Louis Dawson - Assistant Professor
- Dr Omid Doustdar - Assistant Professor
- Professor Andrew Dove - Professor of Sustainable Polymer Chemistry
- Professor Robert Elliott - Professor of Economics
- Dr Isabel Galleymore - Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing
- Professor Vincent Gauci - Birmingham Professorial Fellow
- Dr Ruth Geen - Lecturer in Atmospheric Sciences
- Dr Scott Glaberman - Associate Professor
- Dr Charles Goode - Teaching Fellow in Urban and Regional Planning
- Dr Kylee Goode - Teaching and Research Fellow
- Dr Shasha Han - Assistant Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources
- Professor Charlotte Hempel - Professor of Hebrew Bible and Second Temple Judaism
- Dr Shan Huang - Assistant Professor in Paleobiology
- Dr David Jaroszweski - Research Fellow
- Professor Sara Jones - Professor of Languages, Cultures and Societies
- Dr Alan M Jones - Associate Professor in Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Dr Sakdirat Kaewunruen - Reader in Railway and Civil Engineering
- Dr Niveen Kassem - Assistant Professor in Arabic Cultural Studies
- Dr Balwant Kaur - Assistant Professor of Race, Social Justice and Education
- Dr Matt Keith - Assistant Professor
- Dr Jeremy H. Kidwell - Senior Lecturer in Theological Ethics
- Professor Fumi Kitagawa - Chair in Regional Economic Development
- Professor Stefan Krause - Professor of Ecohydrology and Biogeochemistry
- Dr Endrit Kromidha - Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Dr Knut Lange - Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business
- Professor Gregor C. Leckebusch - Professor of Meteorology and Climatology
- Professor Adam J. Ledger - Professor of Theatre and Performance
- Dr Rachel Lilley - Senior Fellow with the Birmingham Leadership Institute
- Dr Bowen Liu - Assistant Professor in Industrial and Business Economics
- Professor Annie Mahtani - Professor of Electroacoustic Composition and Practice
- Dr Nadezhda (Nadia) Mamontova - Assistant Professor in Indigenous Studies
- Dr Neha Mehta - Assistant Professor in Whole Energy Systems Analysis
- Professor Caroline Moraes - Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research
- Professor Julia P Myatt - Professor in Collaborative Education
- Professor Fiona Nunan - Head of Department of Public Administration and Policy (DPAP)
- Professor Luisa Orsini - Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology and Environmental Omics
- Dr Sophie Pain - Assistant Professor in Sustainable Materials
- Dr Theodoros Papalas - Assistant Professor in Hydrogen Energy
- Dr Pavel Penchev - MTC Manufacturing Futures Fellow
- Professor Francis Pope - Professor of Atmospheric Science
- Professor Joy Porter - Professor of Indigenous and Environmental History
- Professor Charles Prior - Professor in History
- Professor Jonathan Radcliffe - Professor in Energy Systems and Policy
- Dr Sripriya Rengaraju - Assistant Professor
- Professor James Rockey - Professor in Economics
- Dr Shoaib Sarfraz - MTC Manufacturing Futures Fellow
- Dr Juliane Schwarz - Research Fellow
- Dr Soroosh Sharifi - Lecturer in Water Engineering
- Dr Hiroki Shin - Associate Professor in History of Energy and Environmental Humanities
- Dr Veselina Stoyanova - Associate Professor in Strategy and International Business
- Professor Susannah Thorpe - Professor of Zoology
- Professor Sami Ullah - Professor of Biogeochemistry
- Dr Martin Wählisch - Associate Professor of Transformative Technologies, Innovation and Global Affairs
- Professor Sara Walker - Professor of Energy
- Dr Xinfang Wang - Associate Professor
- Professor Sebastian Watt - Professor of Volcanology
- Dr James C. White - Research Fellow in Water Sciences
- Dr Lei Zhang - Associate Professor
- Dr Mary Zhang - Associate Professor
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Dr Peng Zhang - Research Fellow
- Professor Yufeng Zhang - Chair in Operations Management