Gwybodaeth Cyswllt
Room: Room 325, Nautilus Suite, Westbury Mount Phone: Teams
E-mail: L.Morris-Webb@bangor.ac.uk Twitter: @LizUnderwater
Web: Google Scholar; ResearchGate; LinkedIn
I am an interdisciplinary marine scientist, with a grounding in marine ecology, specialising in ocean literacy and human-nature connection.
Cymwysterau
- MSc: Marine Environmental Protection (Dist.)
2003–2005 - BSc: Marine Biology (Hons)
1999–2002 - PhD: Human dimensions of the marine environment: Understanding intertidal collection activities in Wales.
2016
Diddordebau Ymchwil
My academic training began at the University of Wales, Bangor in 1999, with a BSc (Hons.) in Marine Biology. Subsequently, I pursued interests in tropical marine ecology and research in the Philippines and Egypt leading back to Bangor for an MSc. in Marine Environmental Protection. In 2005 I established Marine Ecological Solutions (Marine EcoSol), a small marine consultancy specialising in UK scientific diving survey and logistics and subtidal epibenthic survey by scientific diving and underwater imagery.
After 16 years of working as an ecologist, consultant and scientific diver for government agencies, NGOs and private clients, I was increasingly asked to work with people. In 2016 I returned to academia as a PhD student under supervision of Professor Stuart Jenkins and Dr Freya St. John, with research interests in how the marine environment impacts people, and how people impact the marine environment. Following that I had several post-doctoral positions as a marine social scientist and knowledge broker at the university including working on the Ecostructure, Tidal Cut Off, and Sustainable Fisheries Wales projects.
I am currently a full time Senior Researcher in ocean literacy at the Nordland Research Institute (a social science research institute) in Norway, and an Honorary Research Fellow at Bangor University.
Research Areas
Marine Conservation and Resource Management
Ocean Literacy
Human-Nature Connection
Cyhoeddiadau
2025
- E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuCut off by the tide: How Ocean Literacy can help save lives
Morris-Webb, E. S., Austin, M., Cousens, C., Kent, N., Gosney, K. & Tenbrink, T., 9 Ebr 2025, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Ocean and Society. 2, 9793.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydTidal literacy: Public understanding and misconceptions of the tide
Cousens, C., Kent, N., Gosney, K., Morris-Webb, L., Tenbrink, T. & Austin, M., 7 Ebr 2025, 39 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adoddiad Arall
2024
- CyhoeddwydA transdisciplinary co-conceptualisation of marine identity
Buchan, P. M., Glithero, L. D., McKinley, E., Strand, M., Champion, G., Kochalski, S., Velentza, K., Praptiwi, R. A., Jung, J., Márquez, M. C., Marra, M. V., Abels, L. M., Neilson, A. L., Spavieri, J., Whittey, K. E., Samuel, M. M., Hale, R., Čermák, A., Whyte, D. & West, L. & 10 eraill, Stithou, M., Hegland, T. J., Morris-Webb, E. S., Flander-Putrle, V., Schiefer, P., Sutton, S., Onwubiko, C., Adeoye, O., Akpan, A. & Payne, D. L., Rhag 2024, Yn: People and Nature. 6, 6, t. 2300-2324 25 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydCoastal residents' affective engagement with the natural and constructed environment
Buitendijk, T., Morris-Webb, L., Hadj-Hammou, J., Jenkins, S. & Crowe, T., Chwef 2024, Yn: People and Nature. 6, 1, t. 165-179 15 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2022
- CyhoeddwydWhen One Health Meets the United Nations Ocean Decade: Global Agendas as a Pathway to Promote Collaborative Interdisciplinary Research on Human-Nature Relationships
Masterson Algar, P., Jenkins, S., Windle, G., Morris-Webb, E., Takahashi, C. K., Burke, T., Rosa, I., Martinez, A. S., Torres-Mattos, E. B., Taddei, R., Morrison, V., Kasten, P., Bryning, L., Cruz de Oliveira, N. R., Gonçalves, L. R., Skov, M., Beynon-Davies, C., Bumbeer, J., Saldiva, P. H. N. & Leão, E. & 1 eraill, Christofoletti, R., 6 Ebr 2022, Yn: Frontiers in Psychology. 13, 809009.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2019
- CyhoeddwydFrom Science to Evidence – How Biodiversity Indicators Can Be Used for Effective Marine Conservation Policy and Management
McQuatters-Gollop, A., Mitchell, I., Vina-Herbon, C., Bedford, J., Addison, P., Lynam, C., Geetha, P. N., Vermeulan, E., Smit, K., Bayley, D., Morris-Webb, E., Niner, H. & Otto, S., 13 Maw 2019, Yn: Frontiers in Marine Science. 6, 16 t., 109.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2017
- CyhoeddwydStakeholder priorities for multi-functional coastal defence developments and steps to effective implementation
Evans, A. J., Garrod, B., Firth, L. B., Hawkins, S., Morris-Webb, E., Goudge, H. & Moore, P., Ion 2017, Yn: Marine Policy. 75, t. 143-155
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2015
- CyhoeddwydDrill-cored rock pools: an effective method of ecological enhancement on artificial structures
Evans, A. J., Firth, L. B., Hawkins, S. J., Morris, E. S., Goudge, H. & Moore, P. J., 13 Gorff 2015, Yn: Marine and Freshwater Research. 67, 1, t. 123-130
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
Gweithgareddau
2023
- Warning to beach goers about the threat of tidal cut off
Initial findings of a UK and Irish survey of public understanding of the tide, found that 38% of the British public were unaware that the tide typically comes in twice a day. A surprising 15% of the public have some experience of being cut off by the tide.
Bangor University and RNLI press releases, aiming to warn people about tidal cut off around the extreme tides over Easter weekend were picked up by several TV and radio outlets.
BBC Wales news (audio) MediaView (tveyes.com)
S4C News (video) MediaView (tveyes.com)
ITV News (video uploaded here)
BBC Radio Cymru (interview with Prof Thora Tenbrink)
5 Ebr 2023
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)
Grantiau a Projectau Eraill
My PhD was a Marine EcoSol (www.marine-ecosol.com) collaboration with Bangor University, funded by KESS 2. Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS 2) is a pan-Wales higher level skills initiative led by Bangor University on behalf of the HE sector in Wales. It is part funded by the Welsh Government's European Social Fund (ESF) convergence programme for West Wales and the Valleys.
Gwybodaeth Arall
The Bangor University Places of Climate Change Group
Secretary of a Bangor-wide collaborative Research Centre named ‘PloCC’ has emerged to jointly address sense-of-place notions in relation to climate change.
Places of Climate Change (PloCC) (bangor.ac.uk)
The Bangor University Wellbeing Research Group
Together with wellbeing researchers in other schools across the University, I founded and lead this group. We aim to bring together researchers of wellbeing across the University to share research ideas, experiences and collaborative opportunities. We meet monthly in an informal setting, with occasional guest speakers and seminars. Contact me if you are interested in coming along.
I was also a School of Ocean Sciences general member of the Bangor University CoESE Ethics & Governance Committee for two years.