Dr Ed Brookes

Dr Ed Brookes

Research Fellow

E.Brookes@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Institutes
  • Energy and Environmental Institute

Related groups

  • Energy and Environment Institute

Summary

I am a cultural geographer working on the Water Data for People project and works with schools and communities to co-develop innovative and creative ways of engaging people with flooding and SuDS.

I have previously been a successful ESRC White Rose Fellow at the University of Hull and you can read more about my project here -

https://www.hull.ac.uk/research/institutes/eei/arts-heritage-and-liveability

I am also part of the Risky Cities Project.

https://riskycities.hull.ac.uk/about/

My wider (and very eclectic) research interests include arts engagement, participatory methods, water, architecture, Brutalism, urban geography, climate adaptation, cultural policy and the environmental humanities.

Please email me if you would be interested in talking about my research or projects: e.brookes@hull.ac.uk

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK

Brookes, E., McDonagh, B., Wagner, C., Ashton, J., Harvey-Fishenden, A., Kennedy-Asser, A., Macdonald, N., & Smith, K. (2023). Learning from arts and humanities approaches to building climate resilience in the UK. In S. Dessai, K. Lonsdale, J. Lowe, & R. Harcourt (Eds.), Quantifying Climate Risk and Building Resilience in the UK (75-89). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39729-5_6

Kate Smith Briony McDonagh

Journal Article

Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action

Smith, K., McDonagh, B., & Brookes, E. (in press). Place-Based Arts Engagement and Learning Histories: An Effective Tool for Climate Action. Environmental Communication: A Journal of Nature and Culture, https://doi.org/10.1080/17524032.2024.2382473

Kate Smith Briony McDonagh

Robin Hood Gardens & The Brutalist Image

Brookes, E. (online). Robin Hood Gardens & The Brutalist Image. cultural geographies, https://doi.org/10.1177/14744740241233700

Newspaper / Magazine

Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region

Velentza, K., Worthen, H., & Brookes, E. (2025). Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region

Hannah Worthen Katerina Velentza

People Power and Water Politics

Worthen, H., McDonagh, B., Smith, K., Brookes, E., Hughes, G., & Mottram, S. (2024). People Power and Water Politics. London

Kate Smith Gill Hughes Briony McDonagh Stewart Mottram Hannah Worthen

Research interests

I have a wide range of research interests which include:

- The role of socially engaged and participatory art in addressing social and environmental issues in urban spaces.

- How art and history can contribute to climate adaptation and build community flood and climate resilience.

- The aesthetic politics of regeneration and planning.

- The social and cultural politics of different architectural spaces - including doors, corridors and domes.

Broad themes:

Architecture, Art, Urban/Cultural Geography, Community Engagement, Home, Contemporary Archaeology, Liminality, Precarity, Space, Place, Climate Resilience, Gentrification, Participatory Art, Adaptation Policy, Cultural Policy.

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Arts, Heritage and Liveability: Assessing the effectiveness of community arts and heritage initiatives in Kingston Upon Hull to build urban liveability in precarious places

Funder

Economic & Social Research Council

Grant

£96,611.00

Started

1 January 2023

Status

Complete

Project

NERC Discipline Hopping: Arts, Culture, Community and Climate Resilience: A Creative Policy Workshop  

Funder

Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£10,323.40

Started

1 December 2022

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

From Noah to Now: A Cultural History of Flooding in English Coastal and Estuary Communities

Funder

Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£273,074.32

Started

1 April 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

HIKE: Risky Cities KE fellowship

Funder

Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£49,540.00

Started

1 January 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

HIKE: Community Waterscapes: landscape change through the lens of water, community and material culture

Funder

Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£12,670.72

Started

1 July 2024

Status

Ongoing

Project

Risky Cities: Living with water in an uncertain future climate

Funder

Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£333,903.19

Started

1 August 2020

Status

Complete

Project

NERC Discipline Hopping: Pursuing a Climate Resilient AND Net Zero Future

Funder

Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£4,000.00

Started

1 March 2022

Status

Complete

Project

NERC Discipline Hopping: Risky Cities Digital Twin

Funder

Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£11,010.78

Started

1 January 2023

Status

Complete

Project

HEIF: Pursuing a Climate Resilient and Net Zero Hull: Academics, Policymakers and Youth Voices

Funder

University of Hull

Grant

£41,112.00

Started

4 September 2023

Status

Complete

Project

HIKE: The Water Cultures Hull-Utrecht Symposium: Living with Risk, Learning through Cross-Cultural Knowledge Exchange

Funder

Arts & Humanities Research Council

Grant

£2,271.00

Started

9 August 2023

Status

Complete

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