This lively and welcoming research cluster comprises 10 academic and research staff, 7 research students and 6 support staff. It focuses upon a wide range of themes which are encompassed within its two sub-groups:
Personnel in both sub-groups are involved in a number of joint projects with other universities and research institutions. Research is funded by a range of external sources, including NERC, and members of the research cluster have successfully competed for well over £1 million in grants and contracts since 1995. Research work has been widely disseminated in over 100 refereed papers during the same time period.