DoctorMatthew Hughes

My research activities centre on the interplay between communities and natural and engineered systems. I conduct multidisciplinary and multi-agency research investigating how communities are impacted by and in turn influence the development of infrastructure, impacts of hazards on infrastructure and communities, and how long-term climate and landscape evolution processes will impact cultural heritage, settlements and infrastructure into the Anthropocene. I focus on integrating aspects of Te Ao Māori with earth science, and on infrastructure system development driven by iwi/hapū community aspirations, and impacts on these communities.