Sian Davies-Vollum
- Position: Head of School and Professor of Environmental Geoscience
- Areas of expertise: Management and sustainability of coastal environments, climate change impacts and adaptations, sedimentology of coastal and fluvial systems.
- Email: S.Davies-Vollum@leeds.ac.uk
- Location: 8.102 School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability
- Website: LinkedIn
Profile
Dr. Sian Davies-Vollum has worked in academia in the USA and UK holding multiple senior roles in Higher Education. She is an internationally recognised Professor of Environmental Geoscience and Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA). She has led across the academic portfolio in learning and teaching, and research/knowledge exchange with experience in review/design of curriculum, widening participation and inclusivity, internationalisation, and environmental sustainability.
Sian’s research expertise spans Earth and Environmental Sciences, with projects conducted in North America, Europe and West Africa. She has a broad appreciation of environmental sustainability and climate change with an emphasis on wetland, coastal and fluvial environments. Recently her research has taken more multi-disciplinary approaches collaborating with researchers from across natural and social sciences on issues of sustainable development, environmental governance and ecopreneurship. She founded and leads the Resilient Lagoon Network that brings together coastal researchers from across West Africa and is a member of multiple international coastal and marine networks and working groups. She is also an Associate Editor of the Journal of Anthropocene Coasts.
In the UK Sian holds nationally influential roles in geo- and environmental science including Chair of Universities Geoscience UK, Chair of IES Marine and Coastal Steering Group and co-founder of the UK Geoscience Strategic Alliance.
Responsibilities
- Head of School of Earth, Environment and Sustainability
Qualifications
- BA (Hons) Geology
- MSc Environmental Technology
- DPhil Earth Science
- PGCert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
Professional memberships
- Geological Society
- Institution of Environmental Science