Sien van der Plank

Personal statement:

I am Senior Research Fellow at the University of Southampton, based in the Environmental Change and Sustainability research group in the School of Geography and Environmental Science. My research focuses on the adaptation of individuals, communities, and local stakeholders to changing coasts.

Key topic areas of research or interest:

• Oral history
• Household and community adaptation
• Transformational adaptation
• Resilience
• Citizen science for coastal change monitoring
• Science communication and public engagement

Publications:

“The ‘More Than Maps’ framework for building research capacity among young people in coastal climate change adaptation.” https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12919. Area.

“Transitions in Modes of Coastal Adaptation: Addressing Blight, Engagement and Sustainability.” https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1153134. Frontiers in Marine Science

“A Typology of Responsibility for Coastal Flood Risk Adaptation.” https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.954950. Frontiers in Marine Science

“Polycentric Governance, Coordination and Capacity: The Case of Sargassum in the Caribbean.” https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08920753.2022.2078172. Coastal Management.

“Managing coastal flood risk to residential properties in England: integrating spatial planning, engineering and insurance.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212420920314631. Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct.

“The Expected Impacts of Mining: Stakeholder Perceptions of a Proposed Mineral Sands Mine in Rural Australia.” https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420716300368. Resources Policy.