Dr Emma Ferranti BSc MSc PhD AFHEA

• Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy 2011
• PhD Geography, Lancaster University 2011
• MSc Environmental Hazards, Lancaster University 2006
• BSc (Hons) Geography / Geology International, University of Leeds 2001

Emma undertakes exciting interdisciplinary research at the intersection of infrastructure, the built environment and green infrastructure. She currently holds an EPSRC Fellowship examining how Nature Based Solutions can deliver infrastructure resilience to extreme weather and climate change. Emma also leads and contributes to a range of projects in the fields of transport, infrastructure resilience, climate adaptation, air quality, and green infrastructure at the University of Birmingham. She was previously a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow facilitating knowledge transfer at the intersection of green infrastructure and air quality.

Emma facilitates the Trees and Design Action Group, co-organising the seminar series and contributing to their evidence based publications that translate research into practice. TDAG: https://www.tdag.org.uk/

Emma is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She currently supervises final year and MSc engineering dissertation projects, and teaches online group tutorials.

• Co-facilitator of Trees & Design Action Group (TDAG) a network and charity that brings together individuals and organisations to improve knowledge and good practice to support the role of urban trees through better collaboration in the planning, design, construction and management and maintenance of our urban places.
• Co-Lead for the Infrastructure Theme at the Resilience Hub at COP26 in Glasgow. Curated a series of global events on infrastructure resilience delivered within the Blue Zone, including Chairing session, and presenting original research.
• Invited author for the Infrastructure Chapter (interdependencies section) of the Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk (2021) advice to government for the third Climate Change Risk Assessment.
• Member of the Infrastructure Operators Adaptation Forum (IOAF) working with infrastructure professionals, national and regional government, and the Climate Change Committee to ensure national infrastructure is resilient to climate change.
• Defra Forest & Woodlands Advisory Committee (North-West & West Midlands) and Urban Forest & Woodlands Advisory Committee, both roles advising Forestry Commission (since 2021).
• Birmingham City Council Urban Forest Master Plan Advisory Group & Tree Board (since 2020).
• Member of the NERC Advisory Network (since 2019), NERC Peer Review College (since 2020), and EPSRC Peer Review Associate College (since 2017).
• International Conference Scientific Steering Group Committee: Trees, People and the Built Environment 4 (2021).
• Institute for Global Innovation Clean Air: Engagement lead (since 2019).
• Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) Interdisciplinary Leadership Fellow (since 2016)