Contact Dr Simon Jude
- Tel: +44 (0) 1234 754295
- Email: s.jude@cranfield.ac.uk
- Twitter: @envrisks
- ORCID
Areas of expertise
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Environmental Policy
- Managing Corporate Sustainability
- Monitoring and Environmental Informatics
- Natural Capital
- Water Science and Engineering
Background
The complex interactions between the environment, infrastructure, and society, and the decision-making challenges and opportunities that they pose, form the basis for Simon's research. Many of these issues represent 'wicked problems', requiring new approaches to decision-making. To address this, his research seeks to develop and evaluate new techniques, tools, and technologies to support improved decision-making. This involves working with researchers from a wide range of disciplines, including environmental science, economics, engineering, computing and mathematics, and includes the use of mixed quantiative/qualitative methods and post-normal science approaches.Dr Simon Jude joined Cranfield University in May 2010 as a Research Fellow. Prior to joining Cranfield Simon was a postdoctoral researcher working in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research's Coastal Research Programme, at the University of East Anglia. He also spent a period in in the offshore renewable energy industry where he held a research and development role developing spatial analysis tools to evaluate and mitigate the risks associated with offshore wind energy and subsea interconnector projects. He completed his MSc and PhD at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia.
Current activities
Simon's research is highly stakeholder led and transdisciplinary, and broadly focuses on a number of areas:
Climate risk, adaptation and resilience - Understanding and overcoming risk, adaptation and resilience challenges, including those facing organisations, critical infrastructure operators and communities.
Developing urban observatories and living laboratories - Harnessing sensor technologies and analytics to better understand complex urban environments and aid decision-making.
Marine environmental risks - Understanding and managing the complex risks and trade-offs associated with climate change, marine renewable energy developments and marine spatial planning.
Until recently, Simon led the Decision Science Group, within the Cranfield Environment Centre. He was also the Cranfield Centre Manager for the Data, Risk and Environmental Analytical Methods (DREAM) Centre for Doctoral Training, which received funding from NERC and the ESRC, and leads the UKCRIC/EPSRC funded Cranfield University Urban Observatory.
Simon in a member of the Office for Environmental Protection's College of Experts.
Clients
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council
- Natural Environment Research Council
- Marine Management Organisation
- Natural England
- Water Research Foundation
- UK Water Industry Research
- AtkinsRéalis
- Connected Places Catapult
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Azhoni A, Holman I & Jude S. (2024). Climate change adaptation attributes across scales and inter-institutional networks: insights from national and state level water management institutions in India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 29(6)
- Mead MI, Bevilacqua M, Loiseaux C, Hallett SH, Jude S, .... (2022). Generalised network architectures for environmental sensing: case studies for a digitally enabled environment. Array, 14(July)
- Barton NA, Hallett SH, Jude SR & Tran TH. (2022). Predicting the risk of pipe failure using gradient boosted decision trees and weighted risk analysis. npj Clean Water, 5(1)
- Stanitsa A, Hallett SH & Jude S. (2022). Investigating key factors influencing decision-making in the design of buildings and places: a survey of stakeholders’ perception. Architecture, Structures and Construction, 2(3)
- Stanitsa A, Hallett SH & Jude S. (2022). The challenges of implementing evidence-based strategies to inform building and urban design decisions: a view from current practice. Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology, 22(4)
- Giffoni E, Jude S, Smith HM & Pollard SJT. (2022). Real-life resilience: exploring the organisational environment of international water utilities. Utilities Policy, 79(December)
- Causon PD, Jude S, Gill AB & Leinster P. (2022). Critical evaluation of ecosystem changes from an offshore wind farm: producing natural capital asset and risk registers. Environmental Science & Policy, 136(October)
- Stanitsa A, Hallett SH & Jude S. (2022). Investigating pedestrian behaviour in urban environments: a Wi-Fi tracking and machine learning approach. Multimodal Transportation, 2(1)
- Barton NA, Hallett S, Jude SR & Tran TH. (2022). An evolution of statistical pipe failure models for drinking water networks: a targeted review. Water Supply, 22(4)
- Luís A, Garnett K, Pollard SJT, Lickorish FA, Jude S, .... (2021). Fusing strategic risk and futures methods to inform long-term strategic planning: case of water utilities. Environment Systems and Decisions, 41(4)
- Barton NA, Hallett SH & Jude S. (2021). The challenges of predicting pipe failures in clean water networks: a view from current practice. Water Supply, 22(1)
- Harris JA, Denyer D, Harwood S, Braithwaite G, Jude S, .... (2020). Time to invest in global resilience. Nature, 583(7814)
- Abhinav KA, Collu M, Benjamins S, Cai H, Hughes A, .... (2020). Offshore multi-purpose platforms for a Blue Growth: a technological, environmental and socio-economic review. Science of The Total Environment, 734
- Tang K, Parsons DJ & Jude S. (2019). Comparison of automatic and guided learning for Bayesian networks to analyse pipe failures in the water distribution system. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 186
- Street RB & Jude S. (2019). Enhancing the value of adaptation reporting as a driver for action: lessons from the UK. Climate Policy, 19(10)
- Azhoni A, Jude S & Holman IP. (2018). Adapting to climate change by water management organisations: enablers and barriers. Journal of Hydrology, 559
- Willsteed EA, Birchenough SNR, Gill AB & Jude S. (2018). Structuring cumulative effects assessments to support regional and local marine management and planning obligations. Marine Policy, 98
- Farewell TS, Jude S & Pritchard OG. (2018). How the impacts of burst water mains are influenced by soil sand content. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(11)
- Pollard JA, Spencer T & Jude S. (2018). Big Data Approaches for coastal flood risk assessment and emergency response. WIREs Climate Change, 9(5)
- Azhoni A, Holman IP & Jude S. (2017). Adapting water management to climate change: Institutional involvement, inter-institutional networks and barriers in India. Global Environmental Change, 44
- Garnett K, Cooper T, Longhurst PJ, Jude S & Tyrrel S. (2017). A conceptual framework for negotiating public involvement in municipal waste management decision-making in the UK. Waste Management, 66
- Chalker RTC, Pollard SJT, Leinster P & Jude S. (2017). Appraising longitudinal trends in the strategic risks cited by risk managers in the international water utility sector, 2005-2015. Science of The Total Environment, 618
- Ponce Romero JM, Hallett SH & Jude S. (2017). Leveraging big data tools and technologies: Addressing the challenges of the water quality sector. Sustainability, 9(12)
- Willsteed EA, Jude S, Gill AB & Birchenough SNR. (2017). Obligations and aspirations: A critical evaluation of offshore wind farm cumulative impact assessments. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 82
- Jude SR, Drew GH, Pollard SJT, Rocks SA, Jenkinson K, .... (2016). Delivering organisational adaptation through legislative mechanisms: Evidence from the Adaptation Reporting Power (Climate Change Act 2008). Science of The Total Environment, 574
- Azhoni A, Holman IP & Jude SR. (2016). Contextual and interdependent causes of climate change adaptation barriers: Insights from water management institutions in Himachal Pradesh, India. Science of The Total Environment, 576
- Willsteed EA, Gill AB, Birchenough SN & Jude SR. (2016). Assessing the cumulative environmental effects of marine renewable energy developments: establishing common ground. Science of The Total Environment, 577
- Wright G, O’Hagan AM, de Groot J, Leroy Y, Soininen N, .... (2016). Establishing a legal research agenda for ocean energy. Marine Policy, 63
- Davies GJ, Kendall G, Soane E, Li J, Rocks SA, .... (2014). Regulators as agents: Modelling personality and power as evidence is brokered to support decisions on environmental risk. Science of The Total Environment, 466-467
- Kerr S, Watts L, Colton J, Conway F, Hull A, .... (2014). Establishing an agenda for social studies research in marine renewable energy. Energy Policy, 67
- MURO M, HRUDEY SE, JUDE S, HEATH L & POLLARD S. (2012). MAKING IT REAL: WHAT RISK MANAGERS SHOULD KNOW ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, 14(02)
- Mokrech M, Hanson S, Nicholls RJ, Wolf J, Walkden M, .... (2011). The Tyndall coastal simulator. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 15(3)
- Bateman IJ, Day BH, Jones AP & Jude S. (2009). Reducing gain–loss asymmetry: A virtual reality choice experiment valuing land use change. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 58(1)
- Jude S. (2008). Investigating the Potential Role of Visualization Techniques in Participatory Coastal Management. Coastal Management, 36(4)
- Jude SR, Jones AP, Brown I, Watkinson AR & Gill JA. (2007). The Development of a Visualization Methodology for Integrated Coastal Management. Coastal Management, 35(5)
- Brown I, Jude S, Koukoulas S, Nicholls R, Dickson M, .... (2006). Dynamic simulation and visualisation of coastal erosion. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 30(6)
- Jude S, Jones AP, Andrews JE & Bateman IJ. (2006). Visualisation for Participatory Coastal Zone Management: A Case Study of the Norfolk Coast, England. Journal of Coastal Research, 226(6)
Conference Papers
- Grafius DR, Varga L & Jude S. (2020). Infrastructure interdependencies: opportunities from complexity
- Grafius D, Varga L & Jude S. (2017). Infrastructure: Opportunities from interdependencies
- Nicholls R, Hanson S, Mokrech M, Stansby P, Chini N, .... (2009). THE TYNDALL COASTAL SIMULATOR AND INTERFACE
- Varga L, Grafius D & Jude S. Interdependencies: a Janusian notion
Books
- Ji Y, Lin Q, Liu Z, Tran TH, Williams L, .... (2025). Multisensory design in memory research: the £1 coin case in the digital era In Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (405). IOS Press.
- Jude S, Gill AB, Mauelshagen C & Willsteed E. (2018). Risk and ocean energy In Wright G, Kerr S & Johnson K (eds), Ocean Energy: Governance Challenges for Wave and Tidal Stream Technologies. Routledge.
- Gill AB, Birchenough S, Jones A, Judd A, Jude S, .... (2018). Implications for the marine environment of energy extraction in the sea. In Yates KL & Bradshaw CJA (eds), Offshore Energy and Marine Spatial Planning. Routledge.
- Jude S, Mokrech M, Walkden M, Thomas J & Koukoulas S. (2015). Visualising Potential Coastal Change: Communicating Results Using Visualisation Techniques In Nicholls RJ, Dawson R & Day S (eds), Advances in Global Change Research (49). Springer Netherlands.
- Mokrech M, Nicholls RJ, Day SA, Dawson RJ, Jude S, .... (2015). GIS Platforms for Managing, Accessing and Integrating Model Results: The Tyndall Coastal Simulator Experience In Nicholls RJ, Dawson R & Day S (eds), Advances in Global Change Research (49). Springer Netherlands.
- Jude SR, Mokrech M, Walkden M, Thomas J & Koukoulas S. (2015). Broad Scale Coastal Simulation In Nicholls RJ, Dawson RJ & Day SA (eds), Broad Scale Coastal Simulation. Springer Netherlands.
- Paar P, Appleton K, Clasen M, Gensel M, Jude S, .... (2008). Interactive visual simulation of coastal landscape change In Ehlers M, Behnke K, Gerstengarbe F-W, Hillen F, Koppers L, ... (eds), Digital Earth Summit on Geoinformatics 2008: Tools for Global Change Research. Wichmann.
- Nicholls R, Mokrech M, Hanson S, Stansby P, Chini N, .... (2008). The Tyndall Centre Coastal Simulator and Interface (CoastS) In Flood Risk Management: Research and Practice. CRC Press.
- Brown I, Jude SR, Koukoulas S, Nicholls R, Dickson M, .... (2007). Using virtual reality to simulate future coastal erosion: a participative decision tool? In Lovett AA & Appleton KJ (eds), GIS for Environmental Decision Making. CRC Press.
- Jude SR, Brown I, Koukoulas S, Dickson M, Walkden M, .... (2005). Exploring future coastlines – initial steps towards the development of an integrated coastal simulation and visualisation system In Buhmann E, Paar P, Bishop IJ & Lange E (eds), Trends in real-time landscape visualization and participation : proceedings at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences 2005. Herbert Wichmann Verlag.
- Jude SR, Jones AP, Bateman IJ & Andrews JE. (2003). Developing Techniques to Visualise Future Coastal Landscapes In Buhmann E & Ervin SM (eds), Trends in Landscape Modeling: Proceedings at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences 2003. Herbert Wichmann Verlag.
- Lovett A, Jude S, Parfitt J & Brainard J. (2002). The Risk Assessment of Hazardous Materials Transportation Using GIS In GIS for Emergency Preparedness and Health Risk Reduction. Springer Netherlands.
