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Svea Rautenberg

British Geological Survey

GIS development

As part of the BGS team, Svea is involved in the development of Water Data Explorer & the Garden Water Calculator tool. Her main activities are to organise the collection, QA, and management of private data from the partners to develop and deliver outputs that get used and have impact. She supports the dissemination of outputs and liaises with the partners to support the uptake of tools.

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Dr Giuseppe Salvia

University College London

Systems Thinking, Collaborative decision making

Giuseppe is primarily engaged in delivering a participatory method to develop integrated thinking of sustainability. With a PhD in Product Design and a track record of research projects addressing socio-technical innovation and implications for sustainability, in CAMELLIA Giuseppe works on critical dynamics which may lead to unintended consequences. He is involved in mapping stakeholder perception of the system, developing strategies for genuine engagement, and identifying innovative solutions which focus on the interactions between the physical, social, management and decision-making system.

@SalviaGiuse

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Dr Charlotte Johnson

University College London

Community Engagement

Charlotte supports the participatory design processes in CAMELLIA. She works with community groups to find ways to make local changes that can have positive social and environmental outcomes.

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Dr Helge Peters

Oxford University

Community modelling

Helge is a social scientist researching the human dimensions of water. He facilitates participatory modelling workshops with local stakeholders, conducts ethnographic and interview-based research with London communities, and integrates qualitative with computational evidence for understanding public perceptions of water management.

@heyhelge

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Dr Jimmy O'Keeffe

Imperial College London

Urban eco-system services

Jimmy is based at the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College, working as a Research Associate on the CAMELLIA programme where he is using a natural capital and systems approach to evaluate the benefits and co-benefits of urban blue-green infrastructure. His research explores the links between the human and natural environments in order to better understand the challenges faced and opportunities available to water users in developing and developed regions of the world. Jimmy has extensive field experience and uses real world insights to create realistic “whole system” modelling tools.

@Jimmy_OKeeffe

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Dr Thomas Rowan

Imperial College London

Computational Mechanics, Infiltration Modelling and Sensor Design

As part of the CAMELLIA project, Tom works on the development of numerical tools to simulate key processes operating at the local scale that govern rainfall runoff and storm water infiltration in the urban environment. He is also investigating several physical technologies that may aid in the solutions of some of the problems being investigated by CAMELLIA (remote sensors, smart water butts etc.).

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Dr Barnaby Dobson

Imperial College London

Water resources modelling

Barnaby works on the CAMELLIA project primarily as a water resource modeller. His role involves both creating models of Thames Water's various urban water systems and integrating their existing models. A key focus of this approach will be on the interaction between physical and social systems. By capturing the feedback between systems that are not usually coupled, the hope is for the analysis to reveal unintended consequences and benefits that arise from long and short-term decisions.

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Dr Irene Pluchinotta

University College London

Systems Thinking, Collaborative Decision Making Process

Irene is an environmental engineer using System Dynamics and Operational Research methodologies to support decision-making processes for environmental policies, sustainable water management and urban planning for resilient cities. Based on a double PhD in environmental engineering and computer science, her work provides formal approaches to decision-makers involved in multi-stakeholder settings, working on group modelling approaches and structured stakeholders' engagement for generating and evaluating alternatives. Within CAMELLIA, she coordinates the Participatory System Dynamics activites of the Thamesmead case study.

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Dr Tijana Jovanovic

British Geological Survey

Urban hydrology

Tijana's primary role within CAMELLIA is surface hydrological modelling. As a surface modeler, she is interested in how, for example, improved modelling of surface hydrology can help with identifying suitable locations for implementing SuDS, to benefit stormwater management. Beyond stormwater management, an array of existing datasets can be used to support SuDS implementation to promote their wider benefits. Her objective is to work with communities in developing modelling and communication tools to help improve London's environment.

@tjovanovicWater

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Séverine Cornillon

British Geological Survey

Geospatial Data Analyst

As part of the BGS team, Séverine is acting as a Data Knowledge Broker between the CAMELLIA research team and stakeholders. Her role is to help develop relationships with the partners to investigate how environmental data can be used to support their needs and the project aims. Her main activities are to organise the collection, QA, and management of private data from the partners to develop and deliver outputs that get used and have impact. She supports the dissemination of outputs and liaise with the partners to support the uptake of tools.

@SevcBGS

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Javid Yousaf

British Geological Survey

Software development

Javid works as a software developer, primarily working on geoscience and environmental projects. In CAMELLIA he develops community-based software tools that can be used as part of the ongoing research into water management in the city.

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