Claire Coulter

Claire Coulter serves as a Senior Teaching Fellow within the Faculty of Business & Law at the University of Portsmouth, specifically in the School of Organisations, Systems and People and the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation. With over 10 years of project management experience in publishing and international development—including Horizon 2020 collaborations and Global Challenges Research Fund projects—she integrates practical industry insights into her teaching on sustainable project management.

Her research centers on sustainable urban systems, particularly the food-water-energy nexus in resource-intensive manufacturing sectors. Current PhD work examines London's brewing industry as a model for commercially viable sustainable SMEs, directly contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to cities, water, food security, and climate action. This focus extends to policy development and heritage sector capacity building.

Recent publications reveal a concentrated trajectory in urban resilience, emphasizing small-scale interventions for systemic challenges. Her 2025 European Water Resilience Strategy contribution and 2024 heritage sector competency framework demonstrate applied solutions bridging academic research and real-world implementation across European and UK contexts.

No scientific awards were documented in the available materials.

Coulter manages significant research grants including Horizon 2020 and GCRF projects, though as a doctoral candidate she has no supervisees. Her grant leadership focuses on international sustainable development collaborations and heritage sector capacity building, notably through the 2023 Project Management Capacity Building Day workshop.

She actively contributes to the CRUNCH urban living labs initiative—using participatory co-creation to develop sustainable urban solutions—and anchors her work in the Centre of Excellence for Heritage Innovation, where she connects project management expertise with cultural preservation challenges.