Having recently completed a D.Phil. in Particle Physics, working in the Super-Kamiokande collaboration, I have changed directions completely to look at environmental issues.

Research interests

I am working on estimating risks due to global climate change. I am especially interested in hazards due to multivariate, compound or extreme events; and how to provide actionable information with rigorous uncertainties.

As a result of climate change, temperature and humidity will increase. Especially in tropical places, this will increase heat strain, and therefore workers will need to reduce the pace of work in order to adapt. The most vulnerable groups will be manual outdoor workers. In my current work, I try to quantify this effect in the specific context of rice harvesting in South Asia.

Collaborations

EMERGENCE

• Regional disparities and seasonal differences in climate risk to rice labour
  Simpson CH, Hosking S, Mitchell D, Betts R, Shuckburgh E.
  Under review
  https://doi.org/10.31223/X5SW3N
• Localised economic impacts from high temperature disruption days under climate change.
  Summers T, Mackie E, Ueno R, Simpson CH, Hosking S, Suciu T, Coburn A, Shuckburgh E.
  Under review
  https://doi.org/10.31223/X5502Q
• Preliminary report on climate risk in the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough region, 2020-2099
  Aines E.D., Simpson C, Munro-Faure A, Shuckburgh E.
  https://cambridgeshirepeterborough-ca-gov-uk-6985942.hs-sites.com/cpicc-initial-report
• Sensitivity of Super-Kamiokande with gadolinium to low energy antineutrinos from pre-supernova emission.
  Simpson C, et al. The Astrophysical Journal. 2019 Nov 7;885(2):133.
  https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab4883

See my Google Scholar page for a full list.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive