Collaborations and Partnerships

FloodScapes works with partners across flood risk, resilience, adaptation, health, policy, practice and community engagement.

The network builds on existing collaborations across Loughborough University’s wider flood-related research, innovation and policy portfolio. These relationships span flood-risk management, emergency response, forecasting, insurance, public policy, local government, public health, education, community engagement, environmental justice, creative practice and doctoral training.

Selected partners and collaborators

Environment Agency

A key national flood-risk and environmental partner, with connections across flood modelling, policy engagement, resilience planning and evidence translation.

Cabinet Office / ResilienceDirect

Loughborough-linked flood forecasting research has contributed to emergency planning and resilience systems used by responders and public-sector partners.

Met Office

A key forecasting and weather-data partner in relation to live flood forecasting, hazard prediction and surface-water flood warning systems.

London Fire Service

A major emergency-response partner involved in developing and testing flood-risk metrics and flood nowcasting tools.

Leicestershire and Rutland Prepared

A local resilience partnership connected to the trialling and refinement of flood forecasting approaches.

Local authorities and Lead Local Flood Authorities

Potential regional partners for place-based flood resilience, local adaptation, surface-water management, community engagement and policy implementation.

Local Resilience Forums

Important partners for connecting FloodScapes research with emergency preparedness, response planning and multi-agency coordination.

Previsico

A Loughborough University spinout translating research into real-time, street-level and property-level flood forecasting for insurers, utilities, businesses and public-sector users.

United Utilities

A utility-sector partner using flood forecasting and sensor technologies to support real-time mitigation and reduce flood losses.

Network Rail

A major infrastructure organisation connected to flood-risk forecasting and resilience planning.

National Grid

A critical infrastructure partner with interests in flood-risk forecasting, asset protection and climate resilience.

The Guinness Partnership

A housing-sector partner connected to live flood forecasting and property-level risk management.

Zurich

An insurance-sector partner using flood forecasting and risk information to support resilience and loss reduction.

Liberty Specialty Markets

An insurance-sector partner connected to live flood warnings and flood-loss mitigation.

Generali

An insurance-sector partner linked to flood forecasting and risk-management applications.

Lloyd’s Lab

An innovation and insurance-sector platform through which flood forecasting technology has been tested and developed with underwriters.

Foresight Group

An investment partner associated with the growth and scaling of Previsico’s flood forecasting technology.

Kenyan Red Cross

A humanitarian partner connected to the international application of flood forecasting for disaster preparedness and response.

National Oceanography Centre

A national research organisation contributing expertise in coastal, ocean and sea-level related flood risk.

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

A national environmental science partner contributing expertise in hydrology, ecology, catchments and environmental change.

British Geological Survey

A national geoscience partner contributing expertise in groundwater, geohazards, environmental data and landscape risk.

Health Determinants Research Collaboration Leicestershire

A public-health and civic partner for connecting flood resilience with health inequalities, wellbeing, access to green space and community adaptation.

UK Parliament / Environmental Audit Committee

A policy-facing route through which Loughborough flood expertise has contributed to national discussion on flood resilience, community adaptation and climate risk management.

Local and regional civic partnerships

Partners for place-based work on flood risk, community resilience, adaptation planning, public engagement and environmental justice.

Schools and education partners

Important collaborators for FloodScapes work on flood education, children and young people, participatory research, resilience and local environmental knowledge.

Geographical Association

A relevant education and curriculum partner connected to flood education, geography teaching and public-facing learning resources.

Community and voluntary organisations

Potential partners for understanding lived experience, supporting community-led adaptation and ensuring that flood resilience work reflects local needs.

National Flood Forum

A potential community-facing partner for connecting FloodScapes research with flood-affected households, local flood groups and practical resilience support.

Creative practitioners and storytelling organisations

Potential partners for action-based storytelling, participatory research, public engagement, immersive media and community-facing flood communication.

Why partner with FloodScapes?

Partners can work with FloodScapes to:

  • identify evidence needs;
  • develop collaborative research projects;
  • access interdisciplinary expertise;
  • co-design policy and practice briefings;
  • support community-facing engagement;
  • test new methods, models or adaptation approaches;
  • develop student and doctoral projects;
  • build funding bids and demonstrator projects;
  • connect with researchers across multiple disciplines.

FloodScapes aims to be useful, responsive and collaborative. We want to understand what partners need from flood research and where university expertise can make the greatest difference.

If you would like to explore a potential partnership, share an evidence need, discuss a research idea, contribute to an event, or work with us on a future funding bid, please get in touch.