Stephen Hallett, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hon), SFHEA

Professor in Applied Environmental Informatics

Stephen Hallett is Chair of Applied Environmental Informatics at Cranfield University. His PhD is in 'The Development and Application of Spatial Information Systems for Environmental Science', he lectures on Cranfield's MSc in Geographical Information Management, with responsibilities teaching at Postgraduate level through the CENTA DTP, supervising doctoral research and undertaking a wide range of environmental science research projects, both in the UK and internationally. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Professor Hallett's research focuses on developing the scientific understanding of environmental risks and challenges relating to land resource management in the natural and built environment and understanding the role and opportunity data science and digital technologies offer in addressing research and development. Professor Hallett's leadership has contributed to securing significant research funding, with work centring on natural ecosystems, agriculture and infrastructure and understanding the impact of a changing climate. His work draws on expertise in environmental big data, analytics, decision support, GIS/remote sensing, software development, 3D data visualisation, virtual/augmented reality, and geospatial decision-support systems applied across four strategic themes: (1) Agricultural and Environmental Informatics; (2) Soil and Land Resource Management; (3) Geohazards and Urban Infrastructure; and (4) Environmental Risk Mitigation and Climate Change. He is widely published and is cited internationally, he has supervised many PhD and MSc students.

Contact details

Stephen Hallett, PhD, MSc, BSc (Hon), SFHEA
Professor in Applied Environmental Informatics
Cranfield Environment Centre
Cranfield University
Bullock Building (B53)
Cranfield campus
Cranfield
MK43 0AL
(01234) 754287
s.hallett@cranfield.ac.uk
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