Hazards and Disaster Management - PgCert / PgDip / MSc - Course Information - Postgraduate Students

Hazards and Disaster Management PgCert/PgDip/MSc

Who teaches this course?

Find out more here about the Faculty or School where you will be taught and about some of the key teaching staff for this course.

Faculty/School
Staff

The School of Geography, Geology and the Environment (GGE) within the Faculty of Science teaches this course. The Faculty’s wide selection of postgraduate courses covers the fields of earth sciences and geography, life sciences, sports sciences, and pharmacy and chemistry.

We design our courses in collaboration with industry professionals to ensure you stay up to date with the latest developments.

The Faculty has a reputation for high teaching standards, with national assessment exercises consistently rating our teaching as ‘excellent’. You benefit from committed staff and excellent industry connections (read staff profiles below).

Where is the Faculty based? The Faculty is based at the Penrhyn Road campus. Our specialist labs provide a modern study environment with equipment (read more in the Facilities section).

Staff profiles

Name: Dr Neil Thomas

Title: Course director (Hazards and Disaster Management MSc)

Specialist subjects: Neil's main interests are in the use of geophysical monitoring in risk assessment and disaster mitigation for earthquakes, volcanic hazards and tsunami. He is also developing a research theme in pre-event education and community preparedness programmes for these geophysical hazards. Read more.

Email: n.thomas@kingston.ac.uk

Name: Dr Norman Cheung

Title: Senior lecturer

Specialist subjects: Norman's main interests are:

tropical meteorology and climatology, particularly in tropical storms/hurricanes, monsoon and El Niño-Southern Oscillation;
climate variability;
natural hazards; and
risk and disaster management.

Email: k.w.cheung@kingston.ac.uk

Name: Dr Scott Bryan

Title: Lecturer

Research fields: Scott's key research activity is in volcanic processes, in particular:

the causes and mechanisms of volcanic eruptions, and resultant processes of tephra dispersal; and
the effect of eruptions on global climate and the environment.

His current research involves documenting some of the largest explosive eruptions in Earth history and submarine explosive eruptions from the Tongan island arc. Read more.

Email: s.bryan@kingston.ac.uk

Name: Professor Gavin Gillmore

Title: Head of School

Research fields:

Gavin’s research focuses on:

the link between radon and health
geology and caves
abandoned mines; and
ecotoxicology.

This includes assessments of health risk for archaeologist and earth scientists working in such environments. It also incorporates geohazards – specifically the role that radon can play in assessing earthquake activity and hence risk and the link between earthquakes, radon and tides. Read more.

Email: g.gillmore@kingston.ac.uk

Name: Dr Alan Dykes

Title: Lecturer

Research fields: Alan's main research interests are in mass movements as part of environmental systems and landslides in seismic terrains. He has a particular expertise in the investigation of the mechanisms and impacts of peat landslides in response to extreme rainfall events. Read more.

Email: a.p.dykes@kingston.ac.uk

Name: Dr Frances Harris

Title: Senior lecturer

Research fields: Frances's research focuses on farming and food production systems, taking a participatory and interdisciplinary approach. Specific topics include: