Jim Hall | |
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| Born | 6 May 1968 (age 56) Sidcup, England |
| Known for | Infrastructure systems, water resource systems, adaptation to climate change, flood and coastal risk analysis |
| Awards | Prince Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (2018), Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2010), Institution of Civil Engineers' Robert Alfred Carr Prize (2004), Institution of Civil Engineers' George Stephenson Medal (2001), Institution of Civil Engineers' Frederick Palmer Prize (2001). |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Bristol |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Bristol, Newcastle University, University of Oxford |
James Hall, FREng (born May 6, 1968) is Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks and former director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford.[1] He is director of research at the School of Geography and the Environment,[2] Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Engineering Science[3] and Fellow of Linacre College.[4] Hall is a member of the UK Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology,[5] commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission,[6] and is chair of the Science and Advisory Committee of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.[7] He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010.[8] He was a member of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee from 2009 to 2019. He was appointed as vice-president of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2021 with a view to become president in 2024.[9]