Dr Emma Ferranti BSc MSc PhD AFHEA

Emma Ferranti

Department of Civil Engineering
Associate Professor

Contact details

Address
School of Engineering
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Emma leads exciting interdisciplinary research at the intersection of infrastructure, the built environment and green infrastructure. She currently holds an EPSRC Fellowship examining how Nature Based Solutions can deliver infrastructure resilience to extreme weather and climate change. Emma also leads and contributes to a range of projects in the fields of transport, infrastructure resilience, climate adaptation, air quality, and green infrastructure at the University 麻豆精选. She was previously a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow facilitating knowledge transfer at the intersection of green infrastructure and air quality.

An advocate for trees in the urban environment, Emma co-facilitates the national Trees and Design Action Group network, co-organising the online Seminar Series, and co-developing evidence-based resources for built environment practitioners.

Qualifications

  • Associate Fellow Higher Education Academy 2011
  • PhD Geography, Lancaster University 2011
  • MSc Environmental Hazards, Lancaster University 2006
  • BSc (Hons) Geography / Geology International, University of Leeds 2001

Biography

Emma undertakes exciting interdisciplinary research at the intersection of infrastructure, the built environment and green infrastructure. She currently holds an EPSRC Fellowship examining how Nature Based Solutions can deliver infrastructure resilience to extreme weather and climate change. Emma also leads and contributes to a range of projects in the fields of transport, infrastructure resilience, climate adaptation, air quality, and green infrastructure at the University 麻豆精选. She was previously a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow facilitating knowledge transfer at the intersection of green infrastructure and air quality.

Emma facilitates the Trees and Design Action Group, co-organising the seminar series and contributing to their evidence based publications that translate research into practice. TDAG: https://www.tdag.org.uk/

Teaching

Emma is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She currently supervises final year and MSc engineering dissertation projects, and teaches online group tutorials.

Other activities

  • Co-facilitator of (TDAG) a network and charity that brings together individuals and organisations to improve knowledge and good practice to support the role of urban trees through better collaboration in the planning, design, construction and management and maintenance of our urban places.
  • Co-Lead for the Infrastructure Theme at the Resilience Hub at COP26 in Glasgow. Curated a series of global events on infrastructure resilience delivered within the Blue Zone, including Chairing session, and presenting original research.
  • Invited author for the Infrastructure Chapter (interdependencies section) of the Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk (2021) advice to government for the third Climate Change Risk Assessment.
  • Member of the Infrastructure Operators Adaptation Forum (IOAF) working with infrastructure professionals, national and regional government, and the Climate Change Committee to ensure national infrastructure is resilient to climate change.
  • Defra Forest & Woodlands Advisory Committee (North-West & West Midlands) and Urban Forest & Woodlands Advisory Committee, both roles advising Forestry Commission (since 2021).
  • Birmingham City Council Urban Forest Master Plan Advisory Group & Tree Board (since 2020).
  • Member of the NERC Advisory Network (since 2019), NERC Peer Review College (since 2020), and EPSRC Peer Review Associate College (since 2017).
  • International Conference Scientific Steering Group Committee: Trees, People and the Built Environment 4 (2021).
  • Institute for Global Innovation Clean Air: Engagement lead (since 2019).
  • Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) Interdisciplinary Leadership Fellow (since 2016)

Publications

Recent publications

Book

Brettle, D, Ferranti, E, James, S, Doick, K & Barrell, J 2024, . University 麻豆精选.

Article

Crossfield, A & Ferranti, E 2024, '', Infrastructure Asset Management.

Greenham, S, Ferranti, E, Jones, S, Zhong, J, Grayson, N, Needle, S, Acton, J, MacKenzie, AR & Bloss, W 2024, '', Climate Services, vol. 36, 100521.

Jia, Z, Donaldson, DL & Ferranti, E 2024, '', Institution of Civil Engineers. Proceedings. Civil Engineering, vol. 177, no. 5, pp. 50-58.

Greenham, S, Workman, R, McPherson, K, Ferranti, E, Fisher, R, Mills, S, Street, R, Dora, J, Quinn, A & Roberts, C 2023, '', Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, vol. 28, no. 8, 44.

Donaldson, DL, Ferranti, EJS, Quinn, AD, Jayaweera, D, Peasley, T & Mercer, M 2023, '', Meteorological Applications, vol. 30, no. 2, e2127.

Comment/debate

Cork, NA, Fisher, RS, Strong, N, Ferranti, EJS & Quinn, AD 2024, '', Frontiers in Environmental Science, vol. 12, 1369072.

Commissioned report

Cork, N, Greenham, S, Ferranti, E, Haskins, B, Harris, D & Bloss, W 2025, . University 麻豆精选.

Greenham, S, Ferranti, E, Cork, N, Jones, S, Zhong, J, Haskins, B, Higgins, W, Grayson, N, Needle, S, Acton, J, MacKenzie, AR & Bloss, W 2024, . University 麻豆精选.

Conference contribution

Bankole, SO, Donaldson, D, Dissanayake, D & Ferranti, E 2023, . in 2023 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica., 10363275, IEEE Power Engineering Society Conference and Exposition in Africa, PowerAfrica, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, PowerAfrica 2023, Marrakech, Morocco, 6/11/23.

Editorial

Dora, J & Ferranti, E 2024, '', Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering.

Review article

Makahleh, HY, Ferranti, EJS & Dissanayake, D 2024, '', Future Transportation, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 321-348.

Cork, NA, Fisher, RS, Strong, N, Ferranti, EJS & Quinn, AD 2024, '', Frontiers in Environmental Science, vol. 12, 1369072.

Fisher, R, Ferranti, E, Greenham, S & Quinn, A 2024, '', Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Civil Engineering, vol. 177, no. 5, pp. 20-26.

Lu, Y, Ferranti, E, Chapman, L & Pfrang, C 2023, '', Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, vol. 83, 127917.