Richard Dawson FREng
@richdawson.bsky.social
Engineer.
School of Engineering @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Researching the resilience and sustainability of water, infrastructure, urban areas in the face of global change.
@thecccuk.bsky.social Adaptation Committee member.
School of Engineering @newcastleuni.bsky.social
Researching the resilience and sustainability of water, infrastructure, urban areas in the face of global change.
@thecccuk.bsky.social Adaptation Committee member.
Honoured to be appointed to the DESNZ Science and Technology Advisory Council alongside a group of amazing people! Our role is to provide robust, scientific advice on its clean power mission.
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2025/07/scienceandtechnologyadvisorycouncil/
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2025/07/scienceandtechnologyadvisorycouncil/
Leading experts to put science and tech at the heart of clean power
Professor Richard Dawson has been appointed to the new Science and Technology Advisory Council.
www.ncl.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Honoured to be appointed to the DESNZ Science and Technology Advisory Council alongside a group of amazing people! Our role is to provide robust, scientific advice on its clean power mission.
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2025/07/scienceandtechnologyadvisorycouncil/
www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2025/07/scienceandtechnologyadvisorycouncil/
Two funded PhD opportunities for UK students to join the DARe National Hub to assess and improve the resilience of transport systems to climate change:
ENG151: Resilience of Cyber-Physical Transport Systems
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ENG151: Resilience of Cyber-Physical Transport Systems
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May 7, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Two funded PhD opportunities for UK students to join the DARe National Hub to assess and improve the resilience of transport systems to climate change:
ENG151: Resilience of Cyber-Physical Transport Systems
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
ENG151: Resilience of Cyber-Physical Transport Systems
www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
After two full terms, totalling 6 years, my time on the Climate Change Committee comes to an end today. It has been a huge privilege to serve on the CCC. The final report that I was involved in was published today:
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/04/30/t...
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/04/30/t...
April 30, 2025 at 12:11 PM
After two full terms, totalling 6 years, my time on the Climate Change Committee comes to an end today. It has been a huge privilege to serve on the CCC. The final report that I was involved in was published today:
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/04/30/t...
www.theccc.org.uk/2025/04/30/t...
This event highlights again the vulnerability of our infrastructure to cascading failure - quoted in the news:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Electrical substation fire makes Heathrow look ‘vulnerable’ – Energy Secretary
The airport is supplied by the North Hyde electrical substation in west London.
www.independent.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
This event highlights again the vulnerability of our infrastructure to cascading failure - quoted in the news:
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Reposted by Richard Dawson FREng
Join Newcastle University's Climate Change Vulnerability Risk and Adaptation course and gain the expertise to understand, evaluate, and respond to climate-related hazards.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Join Newcastle University's Climate Change Vulnerability Risk and Adaptation course and gain the expertise to understand, evaluate, and respond to climate-related hazards.
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Removal of "red tape" may be with good intentions, but it is unhelpful to pit building targets against everything else we value. Our environment, safety and resilience must be the heart of our planning decisions.
More than 100,000 homes in England could be built in highest-risk flood zones
Exclusive: Analysis suggests development in flood regions result of Labour push for 1.5m new homes in five years
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Removal of "red tape" may be with good intentions, but it is unhelpful to pit building targets against everything else we value. Our environment, safety and resilience must be the heart of our planning decisions.
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January 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I'll be delivering evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee's Inquiry on Flood Resilience in England - tomorrow at 14:30, live on Parliament.tv committees.parliament.uk/event/23060/...
22 January 2025 - Flood resilience in England - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
14:00 - The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
committees.parliament.uk
January 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I'll be delivering evidence to the Environmental Audit Committee's Inquiry on Flood Resilience in England - tomorrow at 14:30, live on Parliament.tv committees.parliament.uk/event/23060/...
Congratulations Kristina!!
Congratulations to PhD student Kirstina Wolf whose thesis on geoinformation science has been named the best in Europe by the EuroSDR Awards 2024 🎊
Kristina's work looks at how we can use geospatial information to support emergency management during disasters.
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Kristina's work looks at how we can use geospatial information to support emergency management during disasters.
#WeAreNCL
November 14, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Congratulations Kristina!!