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Coastal evolution under climate change: historical and geophysical investigation into the Norfolk coast, UK
Supervisor: Sarah Spooner (HIS)
Ciprian Lungescu is a Leverhulme Trust Doctoral Scholar at the University of East Anglia on the Critical Decade for Climate Change programme. Based in the school of History, Ciprian’s PhD will use historical research and modern data to offer historical context to current and future coastal change. Furthermore, this data will be used to generate a GIS model aimed at researching correlations and trends over the past 200 years. The GIS data will be used to analyse future probable developments and mitigation strategies.
Ciprian has an academic background in Archaeology and Roman Archaeology (MA University of Exeter) focusing on the digital aspects of the field. Working with aerial imagery and in Exeter’s Digital Humanities Lab, he developed an interest in Remote Sensing and GIS. During his MA dissertation, he worked with satellite imagery and GIS spatial analysis to recreate the historic landscape during the Roman period, necessary for understanding the spatial relationship between sites in his study area. After university, Ciprian continued working with GIS on a large-scale archaeological mapping project.
What are you most excited about in joining the Critical Decade PhD programme?
The Critical Decade programme represents a great opportunity for me to work on a project that can have a tremendous positive impact on the local community in Norfolk and beyond. Furthermore, the research at ClimateUEA represents the ideal framework for undertaking this research and provides the unique opportunity to engage with and work alongside scholars with numerous backgrounds. Finally, I am excited to engage with interdisciplinary research and expand my knowledge and skills.