Emma Ferranti

Dr. Emma Ferranti is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Birmingham. Her research focuses on infrastructure resilience, climate adaptation, and green infrastructure. She leads an EPSRC Fellowship exploring Nature-Based Solutions for extreme weather resilience and contributes to projects on transport systems and urban air quality.

Education: BSc (Hons) Geography/Geology (University of Leeds, 2001), MSc Environmental Hazards (Lancaster University, 2006), PhD Geography (Lancaster University, 2011). She is an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA) and has held prior NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellowships.

Key roles include co-facilitating the Trees and Design Action Group (TDAG), leading the Infrastructure Theme at COP26's Resilience Hub, and advising government bodies like Defra and the Forestry Commission. She actively engages in policy translation through initiatives like the WM-Air project's climate risk mapping guidance.

• Awarded EPSRC Fellowship (2024)
• NERC Peer Review College member (since 2020)
• Invited author for UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (2021)

Advising: Teaches engineering dissertation supervision and online tutorials. Currently advises on Birmingham’s Urban Forest Master Plan and chairs sessions on global infrastructure resilience at major conferences.

Labs/Teams: Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR) Interdisciplinary Leadership Fellow, Co-Lead for Resilience Hub Infrastructure Theme, and member of the Climate Change Committee’s Infrastructure Adaptation Forum.