Research projects

Examples of the groups research projects include:

"Sense of place and marine fishing in the English Channel (France and England" (€900,000 EU funded project 2009–12) – Dr Tim Acott, Dr Julie Urquhart, Mr Fakhar Khalid, Dr Richie Simon, Dr Michael McGibbon.

"Capacity  building in South Africa, Namibia and Ghana to create sustainable, non-food  biofuel supply chains". Funded by the EU-ACP Science and Technology Programme (2009-12) ­– Professor Pat Harvey.

"Zerowise sustainable food waste solutions". Funded by the ERDF (EU) fund (2009–12) – Professor Pat Harvey.

“Glycerol from microalgae”. Funded by Kebbi State (2009–12) – Professor Pat Harvey.

"The role of agriculture and forestry in shaping the landscape and the impacts on both natural and    cultural heritage; socio-economic aspects of the coppice industry and conservation grazing." – Debbie Bartlett.

Geological conservation review on the quaternary of southern England – Dr Andrew Haggart.

Chatham Historic Dockyards – geographic information system as a management tool for a proposed World Heritage Site – Dr Michael McGibbon, Fakhar Khalid.

Effects of industrial discharges on the intertidal benthic fauna of the upper Medway Estuary – Dr Richie Simon.

The use of remote sensing data to estimate river discharge in ungauged basins – Dr Meredith Williams.

Soft computing approach for automated detection and classification of tropical cyclones – Fakhar Khalid.

Geography of Inshore Fishing and Sustainability (GIFS) (France, England, Flanders), EU Interreg IVa funded project, €4,600,306 total project budget, project end December 2014. Six partners University of Greenwich (lead), University of Brighton, University of Brest, Agrocampus Ouest, Flanders Marine Institute, Municipality of Middelburg - Tim Acott (PI), Julie Urquhart (Co-investigator), Minghua Zhoa (GMI).