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

  • Earth Surface Processes

Research Interests

  • Fluvial and coastal geomorphology
  • Rates, pattens and controls of fluvial and coastal processes.
  • The impact of environmental change on fluvial and coastal processes
  • The long term development of the landscape of Wales.
  • Extending flood and drought chronologies using archival and sedimentary records.
  • Cultural and creative geographies of rivers.

Current projects

  • Transformative Research Actions for Resilient Coastal Communities

PhD Supervision

  • Jayesh Mukherjee
  • Cara Jones
  • Nuala Dunn
  • Blue Bell

Publications

Mukherjee, J, Tooth, S, Duller, GAT & Griffiths, HM 2025, 'A thriving early-mid Holocene river? emerging geochronological evidence from the Luni River floodout zone, northwestern India', British Society for Geomorphology Annual Conference 2025, Leeds, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 16 Sept 2025 - 18 Sept 2025 pp. 69. 10.13140/RG.2.2.28289.52325
Kenter, J, Carmenta, R, Christie, M, Griffiths, H, Ihemezie, E, Martin, A, Gomez-Osorio, T, Pascal, U, Raymond, C, Remoundou, K & Waters, R 2025, 'Toward a relational biodiversity economics: Embedding plural values for sustainability transformation', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 122, no. 40. 10.1073/pnas.2314586122
Griffiths, H 2024, 'Agoriad', Agoriad: A Journal of Spatial Theory, vol. 1, no. 1, 1.2. 10.18573/agoriad.27
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, Tooth, S & Kaless, G 2024, Exploring 'y paith': historical and contemporary perceptions of desert environments in Patagonia, Argentina. in C Osuna & A Tynan (eds), Storied Deserts: Reimagining Global Arid Lands. Taylor & Francis, London.
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