“A One-Way System? Examining the Supply of Environmental Information in Managing Flood Risk in Scotland

Dr Sean Whittaker (School of Law) has been awarded the Scottish Universities’ Law Institute Early Career Fellowship for his project titled “A One-Way System? Examining the Supply of Environmental Information in Managing Flood Risk in Scotland”. Continuing the Centre's research into contemporary areas of information law, the project seeks to identify how the law in Scotland promotes or hinders citizen involvement in flood risk management projects, with a focus on the co-production of information and design of flood risk projects.

The Fellowship is intended to run for six months from January 2021. The project is intended to lead into a more extensive, interdisciplinary research project on the role of citizens in supplying information for mitigating and adapting to environmental disasters under national and international environmental and disaster laws.