Environmental Sciences Research Institute

  1. Background
  2. Publications

Marianne O’Connor

Room G1112
School of Environmental Sciences
University of Ulster
Coleraine campus
Cromore Road
Coleraine
Co. Londonderry
BT52 1SA
Telephone: +44 (0)28 70124318
Email: m.oconnor@ulster.ac.uk


Qualifications and Background

2009-present: Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Coastal and Marine Research, ESRI, University of Ulster.

2005-2008: PhD Coastal Erosion and Management, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

2003-2004: MSc Coastal Zone Management, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

2002-2003: PgDip Marine Resource Development and Protection, Herriot Watt University, Edinburgh.

1998-2002: BSc (Hons) Environmental Science (2:1) with Dip in Area Studies, University of Ulster, Coleraine, Northern Ireland.

Experience

2011: Taught on University of Ulster Undergraduate 2nd yr Marine Science fieldtrip, Portugal, April

2010: Taught on University of Ulster Undergraduate 2nd yr Geography field trip, Tunisia, October

2005-2008: Distance Learning Tutor for online MSc Coastal Zone Management, University of Ulster

2007: DGPS Surveyor, NERC project, Indonesia, November

Research Interests

Physical geography; coastal geomorphology, coastal processes; coastal evolution; coastal management, marine spatial planning.

Affiliated Research Area

Coastal Systems Research Group and member of the Environmental Sciences Research Institute (ESRI).

Conferences and Seminars

  • O’ Connor, M., Cooper, J.A.G (speaker)., and McKenna, J. 2009. Integrating Science into shoreline management practice and policy: an Irish perspective. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 56, 1267-1270.
  • UK Sea Level IGCP/INQUA Conference, Belfast, June 2008 (organising committee)
  • ICONET Conference, Derry, Northern Ireland, April 2008.
  • O’ Connor, M. (speaker), Cooper, J. A. G., and Jackson, D. W. T., 2007. Morphological Behaviour of Headland-Embayment and Inlet-Associated Beaches, northwest Ireland. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50, 626-630.
  • CoastNET conference on ‘Participatory planning and working with natural processes on the coast’ held in The Hague, January, 2006.
  • British Geomorphological Research Group (BGRG) postgraduate symposium, University of Ulster, Coleraine, March, 2006 (organising committee)
  • CoastNET conference on ‘Adaptive Management and Local Specificity in ICZM’ held in Edinburgh, September, 2005
  • IMCORE International Conference, The Hague September 2011 (organising committee)

Publications

Number of items: 8.

O'Connor, Marianne, Cooper, Andrew and Jackson, Derek (2011) Decadal behavior of tidal inlet-associated beach systems, Northwest Ireland, in relation to climate forcing. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 81. pp. 38-51.

Cooper, Andrew and O'Connor, M. C. (2011) Managing Lough Swilly. In: Lough Swilly: a living landscape. (Eds: Cooper, Andrew), Four Courts Press, pp. 189-202. ISBN 978–184682–307–7

O'Connor, MC, McKenna, J and Cooper, Andrew (2010) Coastal issues and conflicts in Northwest Europe: a comparative analysis. . Ocean and Coastal Management, 53.

O'Connor, MC, Cooper, Andrew, McKenna, John and Jackson, Derek (2010) Shoreline management in a policy vacuum: a local authority perspective.. Ocean and Coastal Management, 53.

O'Connor, MC, Lymbery, G, Cooper, Andrew, Gault, J and McKenna, John (2009) Practice versus policy-led coastal defence management. MARINE POLICY, 33 (6). pp. 923-929.

O'Connor, Marianne, Cooper, Andrew and McKenna, John (2009) Integrating Science into Shoreline Management Practice and Policy: an Irish Perspective. JOURNAL OF COASTAL RESEARCH, 2 (Sp. Iss. 56). pp. 1267-1270.

Cooper, Andrew, McKenna, John, Jackson, Derek and O'Connor, M. (2007) Mesoscale coastal behavior related to morphological self-adjustment. GEOLOGY, 35 (2). pp. 187-190.

O'Connor, Marianne, Cooper, Andrew and Jackson, Derek (2007) Inlet-associated beach dynamics, northwest Ireland. . Journal of Coastal Research, SI50. pp. 626-630.

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