Professor Helene Burningham

Academic position: Prof. in Physical Geography

Department: Geography

Telephone number: 020 7679 0577

UCL Website: Professor Helene Burningham

Biography

The central focus of my research is to explain coastal behaviour, system dynamics and mechanisms of forcing over recent decades and centuries, firmly placing it within the context of the timescale of the Anthropocene. In particular, my research explores the relative importance of intrinsic (natural, inherited framework) system control, versus human interventions and modifications to broader maritime environments, and climate forcing on the geomorphology and morphodynamics of coastal sedimentary systems. I am increasingly working at the interface between science and environmental governance, and am currently working on a project exploring art-science collaborative approaches to support community-centred decision-making.

Research Projects

Gardner, E., Burningham, H. and Thompson, J.R. (2019). Impacts of climate change and hydrological management on a coastal lake and wetland system. Irish Geography, 52 (1), 21-48.

Fernandez-Nunez, M., Burningham, H., Ojeda Zujar, J., Diaz Cuevas, P. (2019). Evaluating the response of Mediterranean-Atlantic saltmarshes to sea-level rise. Resources, 8 (50).

Varandas Martins, S., Burningham, H. and Pinto-Cruz, C. (2018). Climate variability impacts on coastal dune slack ecohydrology. Irish Geography, 51 (2), 262-284.

Burningham, H., French, J.R. (2017). Understanding coastal change using shoreline trend analysis supported by cluster-based segmentation. Geomorphology, 282, 131-149.

Teaching

GEOG0034 Coastal Geohazards