Coastal and Estuarine Research Unit
Explore CERU at UCL Geography, where we study coastal and estuarine processes, modelling, and management, delivering research that informs climate adaptation, restoration, and flood defence.
CERU combines cutting-edge modelling with field-based research to understand and manage coastal and estuarine environments globally. We’re part of the Environmental Modelling and Observation research cluster within UCL Geography. Our research spans coastal and estuarine processes, modelling, and management, with projects in the UK, Ireland, Taiwan, Central America, and the South Pacific.
- Coastal and Estuarine Processes
- Hydrodynamic and Morphodynamic Modelling
- Climate Change Impacts at the Coast
- Tidal Wetland Processes and Restoration
- Flood Defence and Coastal Protection
- Analysis of Historical Coastal Change
- Behavioural System Modelling
- Coastal Applications of Remote Sensing
- Novel Environmental Instrumentation
Key Contacts
Head of Department and Professor of Physical Geography
UCL Department of Geography
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