Dr Hywel Griffiths

BSc MSc PhD (Cymru)

Dr Hywel Griffiths

Reader

Department of Geography and Earth Sciences

Contact Details

Profile

Biography

  • 2022-present: Reader in Physical Geography through the medium of Welsh, Aberystwyth University
  • 2015-2022: Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography through the medium of Welsh
  • 2009-2015: Lecturer in Physical Geography through the medium of Welsh
  • 2008-2009: Welsh medium teaching fellow
  • 2006-2009: Phd, Aberystwyth University
  • 2005: MSc River Basin Dynamics and Management, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
  • 2004: BSc Physical Geography and Mathematics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth

Research

Group Affiliation

Research Interests

  • Rates, pattens and controls of fluvial processes.
  • The impact of anthropogenic activities on fluvial processes.
  • The impact of Holocene environmental change on fluvial systems.
  • The long term development of the fluvial landscape of Wales.
  • Theoretical geomorphology, especially complexity and self organised criticality.
  • Using historical documentary sources to infer geomorphological and climatic change.
  • Hydropolitics and cultural geographies of rivers.

Current projects

  • PI: Can we harness knowledge of extreme geomorphological events to promote sustainable tourism? (funded by the Joy Welch Trust)
  • PI: Scaling bedrock erosional processes across space and time: from pothole dynamics to gorge development (BSG funded)
  • PI: Remembering a hydrographic society: flooding, drought, adaptation and culture in the Welsh colony of Patagonia, Argentina (funded by the British Academy)
  • Co-I: SusNet Wales (Sustainability Network Wales): A collaborative multidisciplinary platform for inspiration and transformation of the next generation (RCUK funded)

MPhil Supervision

  • Marc Huband (2013)
  • Janet Richardson (2013)

Publications

Griffiths, H 2024, 'Agoriad', Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory, vol. 1, no. 1. <https://agoriad.cardiffuniversitypress.org/articles/27/files/6752a47e0d6ec.pdf>
Forino, G, Lynda, Y, del Pinto, M, Griffiths, H, Barker, L, Bates, M, Brummage, S, Davidson, A, Davies, S, Paterson, C, Roberts, H, Robinson, G & Webb, A, An interdisciplinary research agenda for climate change and cultural heritage, 2024, Web publication/site, Royal Geographical Society. <https://blog.geographydirections.com/2024/09/18/an-interdisciplinary-research-agenda-for-climate-change-and-cultural-heritage/>
Griffiths, H 2024, 'Llifogydd yr Archif: afonydd ardal Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Rhondda Cynon Taf', Modron Magazine. <https://modronmagazine.com/2024/12/16/llifogydd-yr-archif-afonydd-ardal-eisteddfod-genedlaethol-rhondda-cynon-taf-2024-gan-hywel-griffiths/>
Griffiths, H 2024, 'Pwyllgor Diddymu neu Ddargyfeirio Cyfrifiaduron', O'r Pedwar Gwynt. <https://pedwargwynt.cymru/adolygu/pwyllgor-diddymu-neu-ddargyfeirio-cyfrifiaduron>
Griffiths, H, The geomorphology of mid Wales only a click away!, 2024, Web publication/site. <https://www.geomorphology.org.uk/2024/07/31/the-geomorphology-of-mid-wales-only-a-click-away/>
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