Four PhD students contribute to the project, with topics ranging from law and adaptive management to risk governance.

Miguel Frohlich

Thesis title: Towards Adaptive Coastal Management Law: Lessons from Australia and Brazil

Supervisors: Professor Tim Smith,

Pippa Huddleston

Thesis title: Building adaptive capacity in critical infrastructure providers – how our lifelines are adapting to climate change.

Supervisors: Professor Tim Smith, Dr Carmen Elrick-Barr, Professor Iain White (University of Waikato, NZ)

Angela Mallette

Thesis title: Understanding public preferences for coastal adaptation: Lessons from Australia and Canada

Supervisors: Professor Tim Smith, Dr Carmen Elrick-Barr, Professor Ryan Plummer (Brock University, Canada), Assistant Professor Jessica Blythe (Brock University, Canada).

Jonathan Raikes

Thesis title: Disaster risk reduction and the Sustainable Development Goals: Pre-disaster governance for integrated management in Canada and Australia

Supervisors: Professor Tim Smith, Professor Claudia Baldwin, Professor Daniel Henstra (University of Waterloo)