Areas of expertise
- Applied Informatics
- Carbon, Climate and Risk
- Digital Agriculture
- Digital Twinning
- Energy and the Environment
- Environmental Impacts
- Monitoring and Environmental Informatics
- Natural Capital
- Soil
- Soil Resources
Background
Professor Hallett's research focuses on developing the scientific understanding of environmental risks and challenges relating to land resource management in the natural and built environment and understanding the role and opportunity data science and digital technologies offer in addressing research and development. Professor Hallett's leadership has contributed to securing significant research funding, with work centring on natural ecosystems, agriculture and infrastructure and understanding the impact of a changing climate. His work draws on expertise in environmental big data, analytics, decision support, GIS/remote sensing, software development, 3D data visualisation, virtual/augmented reality, and geospatial decision-support systems applied across four strategic themes: (1) Agricultural and Environmental Informatics; (2) Soil and Land Resource Management; (3) Geohazards and Urban Infrastructure; and (4) Environmental Risk Mitigation and Climate Change. He is widely published and cited internationally and has supervised many PhD students.
Current activities
Professor Hallett's research, development and innovation capitalises on his established networks with the Research Councils, Innovate UK and other universities; industrial networks across the environmental, utility and financial sectors; engagement with Defra, UK ministries and local government and international networks.
Professor Hallett served on secondment as Associate Director, Digital Environment, Infrastructure and Data within NERC. In this role he helped shape and influence a number of digital initiatives including the Environmental Data Service and the Digital Solutions programme. His work contributed to the publication of NERCs first Digital Strategy. Stephen continues his work with NERC as a member of the Digital Research and Infrastructure (DRIG) group.
Professor Hallett acted as one of the two UKRI/NERC 'Digital Environment Champions' within the NERC 'Constructing a Digital Environment' programme. This work involved providing leadership for the development and application of digital approaches in environmental science.
Stephen is a Co-Investigator and Governing Board member of the DAFNI project (Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure) within the UK Collaboratorium for Research on Infrastructure & Cities (UKCRIC), supported by EPSRC, with an interest in data ontologies and digital twinning themes.
Stephen acted as Director and Centre Champion of the NERC/ESRC 'DREAM' Centre for Doctoral Training in big data and environmental risk (http://www.dream-cdt.ac.uk). He also acts as the Cranfield lead and point of contact for the NERC 'CENTA2' Doctoral Training Partnership (http://www.centa.org.uk).
Stephen also has a key responsibility for Cranfield's national Land Information System (LandIS) [Defra SP1608], containing comprehensive soil and related near-earth environmental information for England and Wales (http://www.landis.org.uk).
Stephen is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) teaching on the Cranfield MSc in 'Applied GIS and Remote Sensing' and MK:U 'Data Scientist' apprenticeship.
Selected research projects across UK and EU funding agencies include: 'SOILL - Startup of the Support Structure for Soil Living Labs' - EU Horizon Europe HORIZON-MISS-2023-SOIL-SGA-01, 'CINITDIEN - Championing INnovation In The DIgital ENvironment' [NE/S016287/1]; GCRF 'Tackling precision nutrient management in developing countries using geospatial and in-field technology: Case study Kenya'; European Commission Joint Research Centre project 'Collection of soil data in SOTER format from 14 Danube strategy countries, at scale 1:250 000' [JRC/IPR/2017/D.3/0002/OC]; Satellites for Food Precision Soil Mapping [NERC NE/P008860/1]; FOWARIM (Fostering Water-Agriculture Research and Innovation in Malta) [H2020-TWINN-2 (692162)]; Optimising Big Data to Drive Sustainable Agricultural Intensification - Soil-for-Life [BBSRC BB/M011860/1]; Enhancing nutrient use efficiency from biosolids for a resilient crop production system [NERC NE/M012794/1]; Community Response to Extreme Weather Events (CREW) [EPSRC EP/F036795/1]; Development of a Horticultural Soil Management Information System (SMIS) [AHDB CP107d/3110107425]; Infrastructure Transitions Research Consortium [EPSRC EP/I01344X/1]; Irish Soil Information System [European Environmental Protection Agency STRIVE 2007-S-CD-S1]; Ecosystem Services Databank and Visualisation for Terrestrial Informatics [NERC NE/L012774/1]; Farming Truth [European Space Agency ESTEC A0/1- 6124/09/NL/US].
Stephen is also responsible for Soil-Net (http://www.soil-net.com) - an environmental educational resource for school students and teachers, serving soils information to over a million users worldwide. He also leads Cranfield's 'World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue' project (WOSSAC) (http://www.wossac.com) - a unique global environmental archive pertaining to soils and soil resources. WOSSAC was instrumental in Cranfield being awarded the 2017 Queens Anniversary Award for Soil Science.
Clients
Over many years, Stephen Hallett has worked with a wide range of clients and research sponsors, including:
AHDB
Airbus
Alexander Forbes Ltd.
Anglian Water
ARUP
AtkinsRealis
BBSRC
British Society of Soil Science (BSSS)
Coastal Partnership East
Defra
Deloitte
Environment Agency (EA)
EPSRC
ESRC
European Environment Agency (EEA)
European Space Agency (ESA)
Hampshire County Council (HCC)
Heath Lambert Ltd.
HTSPE Ltd.
Innovate UK
Jaguar Landrover
Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission
Legal and General Ltd.
NERC
Network Rail
Opportunity Peterborough, Peterborough City Council
SEMLEP
Severn Trent Water
Suffolk District Council
Teagasc, Ireland
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
United Utilities
Yorkshire Water
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Kaewfoo M, Bunyavejchewin S, Marod D, Wiwatwittaya D, Baillie IC, .... (2024). Termitaria enhance soil and forest diversity in Deciduous Dipterocarp Forest, Northern Thailand. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 40
- Clarke DE, Stockdale EA, Hannam JA, Marchant BP & Hallett SH. (2024). Whole-farm yield map datasets – data validation for exploring spatiotemporal yield and economic stability. Agricultural Systems, 218
- Clarke DE, Stockdale EA, Hannam JA, Marchant BP & Hallett SH. (2024). Spatial-temporal variability in nitrogen use efficiency: Insights from a long-term experiment and crop simulation modeling to support site specific nitrogen management. European Journal of Agronomy, 158
- Matthews B, Hall J, Batty M & Hallett S. (2023). DAFNI: a computational platform to support infrastructure systems research. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 176(3)
- Abu-Bakar H, Williams L & Hallett SH. (2023). Contextualising household water consumption patterns in England: a socio-economic and socio-demographic narrative. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption, 8(March)
- Hammond EB, Coulon F, Hallett SH, Thomas R, Dick A, .... (2023). From data to decisions: empowering brownfield redevelopment with a novel decision support system. Journal of Environmental Management, 347(December)
- Hammond EB, Coulon F, Hallett SH, Thomas R, Dick A, .... (2023). The development of a novel decision support system for regional land use planning for brownfield land. Journal of Environmental Management, 349
- 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)
- Hammond EB, Coulon F, Hallett SH, Thomas R, Hardy D, .... (2022). Digital tools for brownfield redevelopment: Stakeholder perspectives and opportunities. Journal of Environmental Management, 325(January)
- 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)
- Varga L, McMillan L, Hallett S, Russell T, Smith L, .... (2022). Infrastructure and cities ontologies. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Smart Infrastructure and Construction, 176(2)
- Abu-Bakar H, Williams L & Hallett SH. (2021). Quantifying the impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on household water consumption patterns in England. npj Clean Water, 4(1)
- Abu-Bakar H, Williams L & Hallett SH. (2021). A review of household water demand management and consumption measurement. Journal of Cleaner Production, 292(April)
- Golicz K, Hallett SH & Sakrabani R. (2021). Old problem, the Millennial solution: using mobile technology to inform decision making for sustainable fertilizer management. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 49(April)
- Baillie IC, Floyd CN & Hallett SH. (2021). Topographic zonation and polycyclic pedogenesis in the northern atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean. Geoderma Regional, 26(September)
- Hammond EB, Coulon F, Hallett SH, Thomas R, Hardy D, .... (2021). A critical review of decision support systems for brownfield redevelopment. Science of The Total Environment, 785(September)
- Abu-Bakar H, Williams L & Hallett SH. (2021). An empirical water consumer segmentation and the characterisation of consumption patterns underpinning demand peaks. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 174(November)
- 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)
- Chiu C, Baillie IC, Jien S, Hallett L & Hallett S. (2021). Sequestration of P fractions in the soils of an incipient ferralisation chronosequence on a humid tropical volcanic island. Botanical Studies, 62(1)
- Golicz K, Hallett S & Sakrabani R. (2020). Novel procedures for testing of soil field test kits involving paper strips. Soil Use and Management, 37(3)
- Barton NA, Farewell TS & Hallett SH. (2020). Using generalized additive models to investigate the environmental effects on pipe failure in clean water networks. npj Clean Water, 3(1)
- Borden RW, Brammer H, Baillie IC & Hallett S. (2020). The contributions of C. F. Charter to tropical soil survey and classification. CATENA, 197
- Golicz K, Hallett S, Sakrabani R & Ghosh J. (2020). Adapting smartphone app used in water testing, for soil nutrient analysis. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 175
- Golicz K, Hallett SH, Sakrabani R & Pan G. (2019). The potential for using smartphones as portable soil nutrient analyzers on suburban farms in central East China. Scientific Reports, 9(1)
- Barton NA, Farewell TS, Hallett SH & Acland TF. (2019). Improving pipe failure predictions: Factors effecting pipe failure in drinking water networks. Water Research, 164(November)
- Papadimitriou L, Hallett S, Sakrabani R, Borg M, Thompson A, .... (2019). Developing a water strategy for sustainable irrigated agriculture in Mediterranean island communities – Insights from Malta. Outlook on Agriculture, 48(2)
- D’Agostino D, Borg M, Hallett SH, Sakrabani R, Thompson A, .... (2019). Multi-stakeholder analysis to improve agricultural water management policy and practice in Malta. Agricultural Water Management, 229
- Truckell IG, Shah HU, Baillie IC, Hallett SH & Sakrabani R. (2019). Soil and transport factors in potential distribution systems for biofertilisers derived from palm oil mill residues in Malaysia. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 166
- Rumson AG, Payo Garcia A & Hallett SH. (2019). The role of data within Coastal Resilience Assessments: an East Anglia, UK, case Study. Ocean & Coastal Management, 185
- Borden RW, Baillie IC & Hallett SH. (2019). The East African contribution to the formalisation of the soil catena concept. CATENA, 185
- Rumson AG, Hallett SH & Brewer TR. (2019). The application of data innovations to geomorphological impact analyses in coastal areas: An East Anglia, UK, case study. Ocean & Coastal Management, 181
- Rumson AG & Hallett SH. (2019). Innovations in the use of data facilitating insurance as a resilience mechanism for coastal flood risk. Science of The Total Environment, 661
- Wadsworth R, Hallett S & Sakrabani R. (2018). Phosphate acceptance map: A novel approach to match phosphorus content of biosolids with land and crop requirements. Agricultural Systems, 166
- Caird SP & Hallett SH. (2018). Towards evaluation design for smart city development. Journal of Urban Design, 24(2)
- Rumson AG & Hallett SH. (2018). Opening up the coast. Ocean & Coastal Management, 160
- Al-bukhari A, Hallett S & Brewer TR. (2018). A review of potential methods for monitoring rangeland degradation in Libya. Pastoralism, 8(1)
- Hallett SH, Sakrabani R, Keay C & Hannam JA. (2017). Developments in land information systems: examples demonstrating land resource management capabilities and options. Soil Use and Management, 33(4)
- Baillie IC, Bunyavejchewin S, Kaewfoo M, Baker PJ & Hallett SH. (2017). Stoichiometry of cationic nutrients in Phaeozems derived from skarn and Acrisols from other parent materials in lowland forests of Thailand. Geoderma Regional, 12
- 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)
- North M, Farewell T, Hallett S & Bertelle A. (2017). Monitoring the response of roads and railways to seasonal soil movement with persistent scatterers interferometry over six UK sites. Remote Sensing, 9(9)
- Rumson AG, Hallett SH & Brewer TR. (2017). Coastal risk adaptation: the potential role of accessible geospatial Big Data. Marine Policy, 83
- Hallett SH & Caird S. (2017). Soil-Net: development and impact of innovative, open, online soil science educational resources. Soil Science, 182(5)
- Hallett S, Sakrabani R, Thompson A, Deeks LK & Knox JW. (2017). Improving soil and water management for agriculture: insights and innovation from Malta. MCAST Journal of Applied Research & Practice, 1(1)
- Arrouays D, Leenaars JGB, Richer-de-Forges AC, Adhikari K, Ballabio C, .... (2017). Soil legacy data rescue via GlobalSoilMap and other international and national initiatives. GeoResJ, 14(9)
- Pritchard OG, Hallett SH & Farewell TS. (2015). Probabilistic soil moisture projections to assess Great Britain's future clay-related subsidence hazard. Climatic Change, 133(4)
- Pritchard OG, Hallett SH & Farewell TS. (2015). Soil geohazard mapping for improved asset management of UK local roads. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 15(9)
- Pritchard OG, Farewell TS & Hallett SH. (2015). Enhanced visualization of the flat landscape of the Cambridgeshire Fenlands. Geology Today, 31(5)
- Pritchard OG, Hallett SH & Farewell T. (2014). Soil impacts on UK infrastructure: current and future climate. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering Sustainability, 167(4)
- Dewitte O, Jones A, Spaargaren O, Breuning-Madsen H, Brossard M, .... (2013). Harmonisation of the soil map of Africa at the continental scale. Geoderma, 211-212
- Caird S, Hallett S & Potter S. (2013). The Open2-Innova8ion Tool—A software tool for rating organisational innovation performance. Technovation, 33(10-11)
- Pourabdollah A, Leibovici DG, Simms DM, Tempel P, Hallett SH, .... (2012). Towards a standard for soil and terrain data exchange: SoTerML. Computers & Geosciences, 45
- Hallett SH, Bullock P & Baillie I. (2006). Towards a World Soil Survey Archive and Catalogue. Soil Use and Management, 22(2)
- Hallett SH, Thanigasalam P & Hollis JM. (1995). SEISMIC: a desktop information system for assessing the fate and behaviour of pesticides in the environment. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 13(3)
- Siddons PA, Jones RJA, Hollis JM, Hallett SH, Huyghe C, .... (1994). The use of a land suitability model to predict where autumn-sown, determinate genotypes of the white lupin (Lupinus albus) might be grown in England and Wales. The Journal of Agricultural Science, 123(2)
- Hallett SH & Jones RJA. (1993). Compilation of an accumulated temperature database for use in an environmental information system. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 63(1-2)
- Moffatt I, Hanley N & Hallett S. (1991). A framework for monitoring, modelling and managing water quality in the Forth Estuary, Scotland. Journal of Environmental Management, 33(4)
- Hallett S, Hanley N, Moffatt I & Taylor‐Duncan K. (1991). UK water pollution control: A review of legislation and practice. European Environment, 1(3)
- Hanley N, Hallett S & Moffatt I. (1990). Research Policy and Review 33. Why is More Notice not Taken of Economists' Prescriptions for the Control of Pollution?. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 22(11)
