Coastal zones are of high ecological and societal value, but as the dynamic interface between land, sea, and air, they are heavily impacted by a combination of climate-driven environmental change and human interventions. Approaches to sustainably manage the coastal zone increasingly seek to provide co-benefits such as risk mitigation, climate regulation, biodiversity gain, and supporting coastal community resilience. These require working across sectors and disciplines to better manage the UK coast in a changing climate.
The second UK Coastal Research Conference will be held in Liverpool 1st - 3rd July 2025 and welcomes all those with an interest in UK coastal science, including academia, policy makers, practitioners and industry professionals. Our aim is for the conference to promote conversations around national coastal research strategies and coastal knowledge, connecting researchers with those involved in managing our coasts, and thereby inform sustainable future management of our coast.
Central Themes:
- Coastal geophysical processes – coastal and estuarine processes and behaviour; coastal hazards, risk and impacts; predicting future change
- Coastal ecology – habitat restoration and creation; biodiversity enhancement; management and monitoring
- Coastal water quality and stress – pollution; biogeochemistry; source-to-sea approaches
- Coastal community resilience – adaptation; engagement; achieving equity
- Digital coasts from sensors to datasets – innovation in sensors; instrumentation, monitoring; UK coastal datasets
- Applied research and coastal management – application of science to support present day and future management of coastal erosion and flood risk.
Past Events
- UK Coastal Research Conference: Plymouth 2023, Plymouth, UK, 3-6 July 2023