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ProfessorJames Brasington

Professor

School of Earth and Environment

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  • Professor
    School of Earth and Environment
  • +6433690154 (Work)
  • Beatrice Tinsley Rm 426

TEACHING & SUPERVISION SUMMARy

I have taught broadly across hydrology, geomorphology and remote sensing for over 20 years. My approach to teaching aims to engage students by exploring theory from first principles and experimentation and embedding knowledge through practical experience. I have taught in a wide range of institutions in the UK and NZ, and led short professional courses across the world.

 

At the Waterways Centre I currently coordinate and/or contribute to the following courses:

 

ENVR 204 Hydrological Processes

ENVR 203 Field methods in Freshwater Science

WATR 410 Hydrology in a Warming World

WATR 412 Hydrological Extremes

WATR 691 Water Science and Management Project

 

Externally, I also teach professional development courses on geomorphic change detection and modelling remotely sensing of river environments, see: gcd.riverscapes.xyz.

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Water Science and Management Project
    1 Apr 2025
    WATR691
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Catchment Systems (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2025
    WATR410
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  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Freshwater Field Skills
    1 Jan 2025
    WATR203
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Hydrological Extremes (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Jan 2025
    WATR412
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  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Assessing the impacts of relative sea level rise and sediment delivery on New Zealand’s estuaries
    1 May 2024
    Pang, Ivan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploring β-diversity Patterns in Headwaters: Do They Exist, and What Drives Them?
    1 May 2024
    Ekelund, Lovisa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An automated approach to mapping variability of hāpua morphodynamics in Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Feb 2024 - 28 Feb 2025
    Baker, Alaina
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Dynamics of flood inundation and barrier beach evolution in the Kowai River
    1 Feb 2024 - 28 Feb 2026
    Asmat, Cindy
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Trustworthiness and ground-truthing of machine learning approach for regional scale rock glacier inventories
    1 Feb 2024
    Tamang, Sunil
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    pportunities and challenges for improving environmental outcomes for civil works in waterways
    1 Mar 2023 - 31 May 2024
    Bates, Kathryn
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Monitoring Water Resources in Lakes and Rivers Using SWOT: A Critical Investigation in Complex Regions and Hydrologic Extremes
    1 Oct 2022
    Dudek, Marissa
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Streamlining River Restoration: Assessing Efficacy and Navigating Barriers in New Zealand
    1 Mar 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    Kelly, Karina
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A Potability Risk Model and Water Quality Monitoring Options for the Waitaha Canterbury Region
    1 Feb 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
    Blake-Manson, Hugh
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Advancing methods of uncertainty estimation in flood inundation modelling using machine learning approaches
    1 Apr 2021
    Nguyen, Martin
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A numerical simulation (model) of fine sediment dynamics in the lower Rangitata River in response to different flow regimes (with a focus on flood harvesting), with a view to informing flow management of the River and its impact on ecological values.
    1 Feb 2021 - 30 Jun 2025
    Rogers, Justin
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Freshwater Management
    1 Jul 2020 - 30 Nov 2021
    WATR201
  • COURSE TAUGHT
    Research and Communication Methods
    1 Feb 2020 - 30 Jun 2023
    WATR405