Prof Sarah Davies
BA Geography, University of Sheffield; MRes, PhD, University of Edinburgh
Professor
Head of Department (Geography)
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: sjd@aber.ac.uk
- ORCID: 0000-0002-0994-0440
- Office: K12, Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622585
- Research Portal Profile
Profile
I joined DGES in September 2002 as a lecturer in Physical Geography and Environmental Science. I was appointed Senior Lecturer in October 2008 .My research focuses on reconstructing climatic and environmental change using evidence from lake sediments. I am particularly interested in the interactions between people, climate and environment over a range of timescales. Most of my work to date has focused in tropical regions such as Mexico and Ethiopia, where I am involved in ongoing projects. Closer to home, I also work on sedimentary and historical records of climatic variability and extreme weather and their impacts in Wales and the UK.
Teaching
Module Coordinator
Attendance Dept Admin
- GS32020 - Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
- GS32330 - The Quaternary History of Svalbard (UNIS)
- GS31240 - Sociology Dissertation
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
- GS15120 - Thinking Sociologically
- GS20510 - Social Research Methods
- GS09920 - Introduction to Humanities
- DA31240 - Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg
- DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
- DAS0260 - Lleoliad Gwaith
- DA10320 - Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
- DA20510 - Ymchwilio i bobl a lle
- DA22510 - Geomorffoleg Afonol
- GS32230 - Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change (UNIS)
- GS33320 - Everyday Social Worlds
- GS35320 - Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- GS37920 - Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power
- GS30320 - Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry
- GS20020 - Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS09720 - Introduction to Social Science
- DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
- DAS0360 - Lleoliad Gwaith
- GSS0260 - Work Placement
- GS30020 - The psychosocial century
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
- GS32430 - Arctic Marine Geology (UNIS)
- GS21520 - Human Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS22010 - Physical Analysis of Natural Materials
- GS22920 - Placing Culture
- GS25020 - Sociological Theory
- GS14220 - Place and Identity
- GS00420 - Environmental Management
- GS01120 - Information in a Post-Truth World
- DA10020 - Byw mewn Byd Peryglus
- DA10520 - Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol
- GS36820 - The Global Countryside: Geographical and Sociological Perspectives
- GS25210 - Catchment Systems
- GS20220 - Genders and Sexualities
- GS21010 - Chemical Analysis of Natural Materials
- GS21420 - Environmental Earth Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS00820 - Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
- GS09320 - How to be a Student 2
- GS09520 - How to be a Student 1
- GS09620 - The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
- GS09820 - Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
- GS10720 - Life on Earth
- DA35140 - Traethawd Estynedig Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
- DA11520 - Sut i Greu Planed
- GSS0360 - Work Placement
- GS31030 - Pollution in the Arctic (UNIS)
- GS35140 - Environmental Earth Science Dissertation
- GS21910 - Reconstructing Past Environments
- GS23020 - Placing Politics
- GS23710 - Geographical Information Systems
- GS10020 - Living in a Dangerous World
- DA31720 - Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig
- GS23510 - The Frozen Planet
- GS12520 - An introduction to Earth Materials
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS21120 - Physical Geography and Environmental Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS10220 - Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
- GS11320 - Fieldwork Skills
- DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
- DA35240 - Traethawd Estynedig Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd
- GS33420 - Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
- GS34220 - Geography Joint Honours/Major Project
- GS35240 - Environmental Science Dissertation
- GS20410 - Concepts for Geographers
- GS22620 - Geoscience for a Sustainable World
- GS22720 - Fundamentals of Geochemistry
- GS17120 - Introducing Sociological Research
- DA20820 - Astudio Cymru Gyfoes
- DA25420 - Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
- GS37520 - Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
- GS23810 - Quantitative Data Analysis
- GS28910 - Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society
- GS30420 - Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
- GS16120 - Key Concepts in Sociology
- GS11520 - How to Build a Planet
- DA34220 - Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/Prif Bwnc
- GS32120 - Sedimentary Environments
- GS36220 - Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
- GS20620 - Cementing Sociological Research
- GS21220 - Sociological Research in the 'Field'
Blackboard Dept Admin
- GS32020 - Monitoring our Planet's Health from Space
- GS22920 - Placing Culture
- GS10520 - Earth Surface Environments
- GS15120 - Thinking Sociologically
- DA35240 - Traethawd Estynedig Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd
- DAS0260 - Lleoliad Gwaith
- DA20820 - Astudio Cymru Gyfoes
- GSS0360 - Work Placement
- GS33420 - Glaciers and Ice Sheets
- GS36820 - The Global Countryside: Geographical and Sociological Perspectives
- GS23020 - Placing Politics
- GS23710 - Geographical Information Systems
- GS25210 - Catchment Systems
- GS30020 - The psychosocial century
- GS11520 - How to Build a Planet
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS20020 - Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS21120 - Physical Geography and Environmental Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS09720 - Introduction to Social Science
- DA25420 - Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
- DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig Daearyddiaeth
- DA34220 - Prosiect Daearyddiaeth Anrhydedd Cyfun/Prif Bwnc
- DA20510 - Ymchwilio i bobl a lle
- GS35320 - Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- GSS0260 - Work Placement
- GS31120 - Applied Environmental Management
- GS32330 - The Quaternary History of Svalbard (UNIS)
- GS33320 - Everyday Social Worlds
- GS21910 - Reconstructing Past Environments
- GS10020 - Living in a Dangerous World
- GS11320 - Fieldwork Skills
- GS17120 - Introducing Sociological Research
- GS01120 - Information in a Post-Truth World
- DA10020 - Byw mewn Byd Peryglus
- DA32220 - Cenedlaetholdeb a chymdeithas
- GS20220 - Genders and Sexualities
- GS21010 - Chemical Analysis of Natural Materials
- DA35140 - Traethawd Estynedig Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
- DA23020 - Lleoli Gwleidyddiaeth
- DA31720 - Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig
- GS32230 - Arctic Hydrology and Climate Change (UNIS)
- GS23810 - Quantitative Data Analysis
- GS25020 - Sociological Theory
- GS14220 - Place and Identity
- DA31240 - Traethawd Estynedig Cymdeithaseg
- DAS0360 - Lleoliad Gwaith
- DA10320 - Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
- DA10520 - Newid a gwrthdaro: Cynhyrchu gofodau gwledig a threfol
- GS37520 - Urban Risk and Environmental Resilience
- GS30320 - Environmental geochemistry and biogeochemistry
- GS31030 - Pollution in the Arctic (UNIS)
- GS21420 - Environmental Earth Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS21520 - Human Geography Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- GS22010 - Physical Analysis of Natural Materials
- GS22620 - Geoscience for a Sustainable World
- GS23510 - The Frozen Planet
- GS16120 - Key Concepts in Sociology
- GS20410 - Concepts for Geographers
- GS20510 - Social Research Methods
- GS00820 - Understanding Change - Environment, People, Places
- GS09820 - Representing the Other: Cultures and Clashes
- GS37920 - Memory Cultures: heritage, identity and power
- GS22720 - Fundamentals of Geochemistry
- GS09320 - How to be a Student 2
- GS09620 - The "Othered" Migrant: Social Science Perspectives
- GS10720 - Life on Earth
- GS00420 - Environmental Management
- DA22510 - Geomorffoleg Afonol
- GS31240 - Sociology Dissertation
- GS32430 - Arctic Marine Geology (UNIS)
- GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
- GS34220 - Geography Joint Honours/Major Project
- GS35140 - Environmental Earth Science Dissertation
- GS35240 - Environmental Science Dissertation
- GS28910 - Geographical Perspectives on the Sustainable Society
- GS30420 - Volcanic Activity: Hazards and Environmental Change
- GS09520 - How to be a Student 1
- GS09920 - Introduction to Humanities
- GS10220 - Conflict and Change: the making of urban and rural spaces
- GS12520 - An introduction to Earth Materials
- DA11520 - Sut i Greu Planed
- GS36220 - Landscape, Culture and Society in 20th Century Britain
- GS32120 - Sedimentary Environments
- GS20620 - Cementing Sociological Research
- GS21220 - Sociological Research in the 'Field'
Tutor
Lecturer
- EAM4660 - Dissertation in Environmental Change Impacts and Adaptation
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- GS35320 - Advanced Fieldwork Skills
- GS12520 - An introduction to Earth Materials
- GS34040 - Geography Dissertation
- EAM1120 - Advanced Research Skills 1: science communication and data analysis
- GS21120 - Physical Geography and Environmental Science Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
Grader
Coordinator
Research Groups
Publications
Corns, A, Shaw, R, Shine, L, Henry, S, Pollard, E, Driver, T, Barker, L, Hunt, D, Davies, S, Robson, P, Griffiths, H, Barry, J, Craven, K & Cullen, S 2023, CHERISH: Development of a Toolkit for the 3D Documentation and Analysis of the Marine and Coastal Historic Environment. in 3D Imaging of the Environment: Mapping and Monitoring. 1st edn, Taylor & Francis, pp. 138-162. 10.1201/9780429327575-9
Ackland, K, Griffiths, H, Barker, L, Davies, S, Driver, T & Hunt, D 2023, 'Mapping the impacts of coastal erosion on the heritage assets of Ynys Enlli (Bardsey Island), North Wales, UK', Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology. 10.1080/15564894.2023.2227944
Hodgson, DA, Roberts, SJ, Izagirre, E, Perren, BB, De Vleeschouwer, F, Davies, SJ, Bishop, T, McCulloch, RD & Aravena, JC 2023, 'Southern limit of the Patagonian Ice Sheet', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 321, 108346. 10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108346
Heredia Barión, PA, Strelin, JA, Roberts, SJ, Spiegel, C, Wacker, L, Niedermann, S, Bentley, MJ, Pearson, EJ, Czalbowski, NTM, Davies, SJ, Schnetger, B, Grosjean, M, Arcusa, S, Perren, B, Hocking, EP & Kuhn, G 2023, 'The impact of Holocene deglaciation and glacial dynamics on the landscapes and geomorphology of Potter Peninsula, King George Island (Isla 25 Mayo), NW Antarctic Peninsula', Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 10, 1073075. 10.31223/X5606J, 10.3389/feart.2022.1073075, 10.5285/9337f8f4-1a8f-4156-8f79-7a249f733117, 10.5285/4671a42f-7a2e-4883-948c-ef6b26dd41c9
Finlay, A, Bates, R, Bensharada, M & Davies, S 2022, Applying chemostratigraphic techniques to shallow bore holes: Lessons and case studies from Europe's lost frontiers. in V Gaffney (ed.), Europe's Lost Frontiers: Volume 1 Context and Methodology. Archaeopress, pp. 137-153.
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