Alex Hall
ORCID: 0000-0003-4115-6688
Colleges, School and Institutes
Willingness to take PhD students
Yes
PhD projects
- 20th century history of science in popular culture, including science on television and radio, public understanding of science, and popular scientific narratives.
- History of meteorology, in particular weather warning systems, weather forecasts (TV, radio, online/apps), and risk management.
- Cultural understandings of weather and climate, including belief in climate change, cultural memory of weather and extreme events, and community resilience to extreme weather events.
- History of environmental regulation and management, in particular history of flood management, flood defences and warning systems, and riverine legislation.
Keywords
- D839 Post-war History, 1945 on - history of science, environmental history, public understanding of science, media history, history of meteorology