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Co-creating resilient communities

Mobilising the arts, humanities and social sciences for climate action and engagement

The University of Hull is pioneering transdisciplinary approaches, rooted in communities, to co-create better understanding and collaboratively build climate resilience. Our Faculties and Institutes partner with a wide range of organisations and individuals to draw on the arts, humanities, social sciences and scientific research, finding new ways of engaging communities with their physical environment. The projects highlighted on this page share a common approach that is truly participatory, supporting communities to find their own agency in the face of uncertain futures.

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A still from the Vent Media Floodlights sound and light commission, in partnership with Absolutely Cultured , as part of our Risky Cities project
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Risky Cities - Living with Water in an uncertain climate

Our Risky Cities project uses innovative arts and humanities approaches to build climate awareness and help communities become more flood resilient, today and for the future.

Working with partners including Absolutely Cultured and the National Youth Theatre, community organisations and regional artists, we developed a programme of participatory and immersive cultural experiences exploring Hull's watery histories.

using arts and humanities approaches to explore climate awareness in our local communities helped open up conversations and build a sense of agency in their flood resilience
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Professor Briony McDonagh

Director, Energy and Environment Institute

River of Hope
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River of Hope promises a new tide of climate action

An animation co-created by young people and researchers at the universities of Hull, Loughborough, Newcastle and Vietnam National University was shared at COP28 and COY 18, the UN’s 18th climate Change Conference of Youth.

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MELT

Collaboration with National Youth Theatre leads to performance at COP26

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University of Hull Community Engagement & Climate Action

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Risky Cities

NYT On the Edge rehearsal COP26 credit Ali Wright web

NYT - On the Edge

English Language and Literature - By the Rising Tide of the Humber - Flooding Andrew Marvell’s Hull in 360 VR .mp4

Rising Tide of the Humber

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Youth-led adaptation for climate change

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Flood Stories

EEI Arts Liveability Workshop

Arts, Heritage and Liveability

We worked with young people and the wider community in Withernsea to explore their responses to climate change
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Our people

Professor Briony McDonagh co-creates art and culture with communities, helping to build more resilient futures
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Current project

Pursuing a Climate Resilient and Net Zero Hull

Bringing together academics, policy makers and youth voices to explore a brighter, greener future

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