Biography of Jim W Hall

Speaker of the 'Robust decisions under uncertainty: examples of info-gap analysis in mitigation policy and flood risk management' seminar

Professor Jim W Hall

Jim Hall is Director of the Centre for Earth Systems Engineering Research| in Newcastle University and Deputy Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research|.

He is a civil engineer who began his research career working on risk analysis in flood and coastal engineering.

Professor Hall is Fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers| and also a Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society|.

He has published over 50 articles in international refereed journals on the subjects of flood and coastal risk analysis, infrastructure systems, climate change and decision making under uncertainty.

He is the engineer on the Adaptation Sub-Committee to the independent Committee on Climate Change|.

 

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