DoctorJames Williams

Lecturer

School of Earth and Environment

  • Lecturer
    School of Earth and Environment
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  • Beatrice Tinsley 227

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Catastrophe Bonds: How could a comprehensive issuance programme impact New Zealand’s disaster resiliency
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
    Wilson, Verity
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Developing a locally relevant disaster risk communication framework for the Pacific: informed by an international scoping review
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
    Manschot, Sharelle
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Harnessing Post-event Imagery to Remotely Assess Tsunami Impacts from the 2022 Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Tsunami
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
    Williamson, Emily
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tsunami Economic Loss Assessment for Palu following the 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
    Trisnafiah, Syakira
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Volcanic multi-hazard impacts to buildings in the Auckland Volcanic Field, Aotearoa, New Zealand
    1 Jul 2025 - 30 Nov 2025
    Harilal, Surya
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Evaluating the Reliability of Post-Volcanic Eruption Building Damage Data Collection Methods
    1 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2026
    Stratton, Niamh Barrington
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Determining the Drivers of Tsunami Damage to Roads in the 2015 Illapel Tsunami, Chile, and transferability to the 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami, Indonesia
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Hertoghs, Tyst
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of lava hazard model for the Auckland Volcanic Field, Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Millar, Bethany
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Drivers of Damage to Buildings during the 2011 Tōhoku Tsunami, Ishinomaki, Japan
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Larsen, Flora
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Flood impact assessment and validation for infrastructure network components: a case study of the 2023 North Island Severe Weather Event
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Gleeson, James
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Scenario-based application of a volcanic multi-hazard impact assessment framework: Auckland Volcanic Field, Aotearoa, New Zealand
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Talbot, Anna
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tsunami impact assessment of buildings: Case study – Canterbury, New Zealand
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Lee, Sean
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tsunami Impact Assessment on Roads and Bridges in Canterbury, New Zealand
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Heeney, Tomasz
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tsunami population exposure assessment and casualty estimation: A Canterbury-Waitaha, Aotearoa-New Zealand region case study
    1 Jul 2024 - 30 Nov 2024
    Rowling, Emma
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Enhancing Evacuation Plans for Landslide Dam Breach Emergencies Using an Agent-Based Modelling Methodology
    1 Feb 2024
    Suvarnakumar, Devu S
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Analysing Damage Drivers for Roads during the 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami, Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia
    1 Jul 2023 - 15 Dec 2023
    Kenanthus Avica Putra, Tutus
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Hazard and Exposure Assessment for Potential Dam Failure: A case study of Nam Ngum 1 Hydropower Plant, Lao PDR
    1 Jul 2023 - 15 Dec 2023
    Keorasvong, Chitsada
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Multi-Variable Analysis for Building Vulnerability during the 2018 Sulawesi Tsunami, Palu, Indonesia
    1 Jul 2023 - 15 Dec 2023
    Khairunisa, Wulansari
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Optimising expert-derived flood vulnerability models for Aotearoa New Zealand’s infrastructure
    1 Jul 2023 - 15 Dec 2023
    Vu, Ngan
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Forecasting evolving landslide hazard and risk in Aotearoa New Zealand under a changing climate
    1 Jan 2023
    Dreyer, Livio
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A Landslide-Triggered Tsunami Hazard and Exposure Assessment for Lake Wānaka, Aotearoa New Zealand
    1 Jul 2022 - 16 Dec 2022
    Hunter, Sarah
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Tsunami Vulnerability Assessment of Three-Water Network Components and Railways during the 2015 Illapel Tsunami, Chile
    1 Jul 2022 - 16 Dec 2022
    Rodwell, Jessica