Sarah Coulthard, Ph.D.

Name: Sarah CoulthardSarah

Office address: School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster, Coleraine campus, Cromore Road Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA Northern Ireland

Office phonenumber: +44.28.70324424

Email: s.coulthard@ulster.ac.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

Education:

2005 Ph. D Economics and International Development. University of Bath, UK

1999 MSc Ecology University of Aberdeen, UK
1998 BSc (Hons) 2:1 Ecology, Conservation and the Environment, University of York, UK

 

Professional activities:
2008-present Lecturer in Development Studies, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland

2008-present Visiting Research Associate, Centre for Maritime Research (MARE) University of Amsterdam

2007-2008 Researcher (and key author) Coastal Profs From postgraduate to professional – a partnership for the development of a course for professional capacity in coastal zone managers, EC-funded Asia-Link programme (on behalf of Wageningen University (2006-2008).

2007-present Co-convenor of crosscutting research group ‘Geography of Coastal Lowlands’, AMIDSt, University of Amsterdam

2007-present Co- coordinator of fieldwork training course in India, for the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies (IIS) University of Amsterdam, carried out in collaboration with the Institute of Ocean Management, Anna University

2006 Project Manager ‘Improving institutional and social responses to floods’
Joint DEFRA-Environment Agency (UK) Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Science programme. Environment Agency UK

2005-2006 Post-doctoral researcher (pt), ESRC research group on Wellbeing in Developing
Countries (WeD), Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath (UK).
Key roles: Research development and post-graduate teaching for the BSc in Economics and International Development.

2005-2006 The Environment Agency (Social Policy Advisor, pt) Headquarters, Rio House, Bristol
Social science advisor to the Joint DEFRA-Environment Agency (UK) Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Science programme
Social policy advisor to the UK Government Strategy ‘Making Space for Water’ (DEFRA/ Environment Agency).

2001-2005 Doctoral Researcher. Joint ESRC-NERC PhD Studentship, Department of Economics and International Development, University of Bath (UK)
2000-2002 Research consultant Envision UK - Newcastle University (formerly the Centre for Coastal Management)
1999-2000 Ecologist, Amakhala Game Reserve, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

 

Selected publications and papers

Coulthard, S and le-Tissier, M (in progress). The value of interdisciplinary teaching in integrated coastal zone management: an analysis of the Coastal Profs project.

 

 

 

Languages: French (basic), Italian (basic), Tamil (basic) - extensive experience of working with translators


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