Dr Hywel Griffiths
BSc MSc PhD (Cymru)
Reader
Department of Geography and Earth Sciences
Contact Details
- Email: hmg@aber.ac.uk
- Office: E5, Llandinam Building
- Phone: +44 (0) 1970 622674
- Personal Website: https://hywelgriffiths.cymru/en/hafan/home/
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=iqBpfv4AAAAJ
- Research Portal Profile
- Personal Pronouns: he / him
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
Teaching
Module Coordinator
- GS11520 - How to Build a Planet
- DA11520 - Sut i Greu Planed
- DA25520 - Prosesau Rhewlifol ac Afonol
- GS25520 - Glacial and Fluvial Processes
Lecturer
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- PGM4940 - Work Based Research in Professional Contexts
- GS34220 - Geography Joint Honours/Major Project
- GS34040 - Dissertation: Geography, Environmental Science, and Environmental Earth Science
- GS20020 - Research Design and Fieldwork Skills
- DA25420 - Dylunio Ymchwil a Sgiliau Gwaith Maes
- DA10320 - Ymchwilio'r Byd: Casglu a Dadansoddi Data
Coordinator
- GS25520 - Glacial and Fluvial Processes
- GS11520 - How to Build a Planet
- DA25520 - Prosesau Rhewlifol ac Afonol
- DA11520 - Sut i Greu Planed
Tutor
- GS13020 - Researching the World: data collection and analysis
- EAM4420 - Behaviour Change in a Changing Environment
- EAM4660 - Dissertation in Environmental Change Impacts and Adaptation
- DA34040 - Traethawd Estynedig: Daearyddiaeth, Gwyddor yr Amgylchedd, a Gwyddor Daear yr Amgylchedd
- DA31720 - Rheoli'r Amgylchedd Gymreig
- GGM2860 - MA Dissertation
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
Research Groups
Publications
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, e2314586122. 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.
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/>
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