Events
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water@leeds seminar: Global Flood Risk Assessment – Regional Realities
In a follow-up seminar to the Global Flood Partnership 2022 meeting held recently at the University of Leeds, we have three talks by regional experts exploring the realities of flood risk for: Nigeria, the Congo Basin and Bangladesh. All three speakers have travelled to Leeds to share their experience and knowledge in this in-person seminar….
COP27 Water Day Webinar
Priority global water-research questions for the looming climate crisis Monday 14 November, 13:00 – 15:00 GMT Register here. water@leeds recently published an article in the One Earth Journal showcasing a list of six priority global water research themes for the coming decade, outputs from a global scoping exercise. These six thematic domains include water and…
water@leeds and Global Food and Environment Institute Seminar
Legitimacy and Priorities for Agricultural Income Support Schemes: Experimental Evidence from Scotland Dr Klaus Glenk; SRUC, Scotland’s Rural College Venue: Seminar Room 2, 8.11, School of Geography Thursday 10 November, 14:00 – 15:00 Please register here Klaus is Reader in Environmental Economics at SRUC, Edinburgh, and a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Earth…
water@leeds Confluence 2022
Join us for our annual meeting on Thurday 13 October, which will be in person. This event is all about sharing ideas, meeting new people, and creating new interdisciplinary collaborations around the theme of water. There are no disciplinary boundaries – we welcome presentations and participants from across faculties. We hope you will join us….
Global Flood Partnership Annual Meeting 2022
water@leeds is delighted to be hosting the Global Flood Partnership Annual Meeting 2022. The Global Flood Partnership is a cooperation framework between scientific organisations and flood disaster managers worldwide to develop flood observational and modelling infracstructure, leveraging on existing initiatives for better predicting and managing flood disaster impacts and flood risk globally. Each year, floods…
Seminar: Introduction to new journal “Nature Water”
Nature Water Chief Editor Dr Fabio Pulizzi will introduce the new Nature journal ahead of its launch in January 2023. Venue: Seminar Room 1, Garstang 7.36, School of Geography Date: Tuesday 24th of May 2022 Time: 11:30 – 12:30 – Seminar 12:30 – 13:30 Networking lunch The event is open for all. Please register for this event. The aims of…
water@leeds BHS Pennines Christmas Lecture 2021
We are delighted to present the water@leeds BHS Pennines Christmas Lecture 2021 which this year highlights the work of postgraduate researchers from the Schools of Earth and Environment and Geography. Effects of flooding on the stability of rail embankments. Iain Johnston, School of Earth and Environment Although transport embankments are often not designed for flood…
Oman’s International Conference on Water Engineering and Management of Water Resources
Oman’s International Conference on Water Engineering and Management of Water Resources (OICWE2020) Towards a Sustainable Water Future The conference will be held in Muscat, Sultanate of Oman on 9-11 November 2020 at the Military Technological College (MTC) Sustainable water future is a global concern and is of particular importance where water resources are scarce. Sustainable water future can…
water@leeds Annual Confluence
New members and new attendees are very welcome at this event which is a chance to share new ideas, ongoing work and look for potential new collaborations across all disciplines. Confluence is a great opportunity to quickly see some of the water-related activity across campus. 10.00 – 11.30 Virtual coffee ‘ice break’ session Virtual coffee-…
Water Woman Inspirational Career Panel
water@leeds is excited to announce an online panel discussion on Career Progression, with a panel made up of the inspiring winners of the water@leeds Water Woman Award 2021. Register here The event is open to everyone associated with water@leeds, irrespective of gender. The panel will share their thoughts on a set of career development and…