Profile

Katie Jenkins is a researcher at the Environmental Change Institute, working within the major consortium project ARCADIA (Adaptation and Resilience in Cities: Analysis and Decision making using Integrated Assessment).

Before beginning at Oxford in April 2011, Katie was a PhD student at the University of Cambridge modelling the economic and social impacts of drought events under future projections of climate change. Prior to this Katie worked at the University of Cambridge at 4CMR (The Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research), as a Research Assistant and Deputy Centre Manager. During this time Katie was involved in numerous research projects focused around the core theme of modelling economic, environmental and energy systems to assess climate policy. Katie also has a MSc in Climate Change from the University of East Anglia, and a BSc in Physical Geography from the University of Plymouth, and is a member of the Tyndall Centre Researchers Network.

Katie’s main research interests include modelling direct and indirect economic impacts of climate change, with particular regard to extreme weather events, and assessing consequences for adaptation and mitigation strategies from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Current Project

The ARCADIA project aims to provide system-scale understanding of the inter-relationships between climate impacts, the urban economy, land use, transport and the built environment and to use this understanding to design cities that are more resilient and adaptable. The project has been funded from the EPSRC’s Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate Programme. The ARCADIA project is a major Tyndall Centre consortium project which involves a multidisciplinary research team of engineers, economists, and climate scientists. Katie’s role within ARCADIA is to integrate the various research activities mentioned above in order to provide new insights into the direct and indirect impacts of climate change in urban areas. These insights will form the basis for the development of strategies for adaptation of urban areas.

Recent Publications

• Jenkins, K. & Nicholls, S. (2010) The Impacts of Climate Variability and Potential Climate Change on Tourism Business in Torbay, England and Implications for Adaptation. Tourism Analysis. 15, 1:17-30.
• Barker, T., Jenkins, K. (2007) The Domestic Energy Sub-Model In MDM-E3. UKERC Working Paper, May 2007.
• Barker, T., Jenkins, K. (2007) The Costs of Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change: Estimates derived from a meta-analysis of the literature. A Briefing Paper for the Human Development Report 2007.