Proposer

Dept

Faculty

Title/Area

Northumbria Colleagues involved (so far)

Disciplines

Group

Prof Gary Black

Applied Sciences

HLS

Bio-digital built environment

Meng Zhang

Ahmed Elmarakbi

Bimal Kumar

Pam Briggs

Lynne Coventry

Lisa Thomas

Northumbria University part of the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment (HBBE)

IC3

• Biotechnology
• Architecture
• Environmental Psychology
• Material Science
• Engineering
• Computing
• Design
• Structural Design

A

Prof Clare Watt

MPEE

EE

Solar Physics

Dr Stephane Regnier(solar magnetic field modelling) ,Dr Shaun Bloomfield(solar eruption forecasting) ,Dr Natasha Jeffrey(energetic particle acceleration throughout solar system) ,Dr Robert Wicks(solar wind, space-weather risk management) ,Dr Sarah Bentley(modelling of terrestrial magnetosphere and radiation belts) ,Prof Jonathan Rae(observations of magnetospheric substorms and radiation belts)

Space plasma physics, solar physics, upper atmosphere physics and numerical weather prediction

A

Prof Julian Wright

ADSS

Humanities

Selfhood and Modern Conflict

Linsey Robb, Waitman Beorn, Charlotte Alston, Dominic Williams, Ann-Marie Einhaus, Katherine Baxter, Matt Kiernan, Gavin Oxburgh

History; life-writing; literary studies; sociology; linguistics; psychology; international development; global conflict studies; anthropology; international law; social and health care

B

Prof. Gennady El

MPEE

EE

Modelling of Nonlinear and Extreme phenomena in physical media, environment and society.

Geography, Social Sciences

Applied Mathematics; Theoretical Physics; Nonlinear Photonics; Environmental Science; Social Sciences

A

Prof. Chris Ashford

BL

Law

sex and sexuality as social, cultural, political, and legal phenomena

ADSS Gavin Butt, Professor, Fine Arts; Steve Jones, Senior Lecturer, Media; Mary Laing, Senior Lecturer, Criminology; Clarissa Smith, Professor, Media;Angelika Strohmayer, Lecturer, School of Design

B&L Raymond Arthur, Professor, Law;Amanda Clough, Senior Lecturer, Law; Thomas Crofts, Professor, Law;Laura Graham, Senior Lecturer, Law;Tony Ward, Professor, Law, B&L

E&E Jason Luger, Senior Lecturer, Geography

Arts, Criminology, Culture, Design, Genders, Geography, Health and Wellbeing, Law, Media

B

Prof Matt Baillie Smith

ADSS

Social Sciences

Crisis and Transformation

Kathryn Cassidy (EE, GES), Katy Jenkins (ADSS, SS), Katie Oven (EE, GES), Reem Talhouk (ADSS, Design), Jane Arnfield (ADSS, Arts)

Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Environmental Sciences, Theatre and Performance, Design

B

Prof. Robert Newberry

BL

EIS

Prosperity and Hope / new models of entrepreneurship

Anyone who wants to be

Entrepeneurship, International Development, ICT for the poor

B

Prof. Ahmed Elmarakbi

EE

MCE

Innovative materials/energy for sustainable clean environment

Prof Gary Black-HLS; Prof Richard Fu, EE; Dr Meng Zhang, HLS. (more to follow)

Sustainable energy and environment, Recycling energy and materials, Energy efficiency and unsuitable environment, Open Innovation- operational and end-of-life stages, Environmental recycling for societal benefit,Harnessing/conquering humanities blunders to benefit humanity/society ,Microbial biotechnology

A

Prof. Hilmar Gudmundsson

EE

GES

The Cryosphere in a warming world and global societal impacts

Adrian Jenkins, Jan De Rydt

Glaciology, oceanography, and economics

A

Prof. Tony Webster

ADSS

Humanities

Democratic Economy

Dr Jan Myers (business) as well as others in the Business School and Social Sciences

History, business, social science, education

B