Room: F22, Thoday Building

Email: l.yorke@bangor.ac.uk

Lynda is a Quaternary geomorphologist, with principal emphasis in fluvial and pro-glacial sequences. Her doctoral research was focused on northern England, and the River Tyne sequences that developed post-glacially. She is interested in Quaternary environmental change and fluvial histories, including geoarchaeology, relict glacial environments, and flood risk and hazards. Lynda's research takes a critical physical geography approach combining insights from geomorphology, politcs of risk and disasters, and community-led responses around climate change and cultural heritage to promote socio-eco transformations and environmental justice. Lynda also is a key voice in the geographies of education, an advocate of inclusion and accessibility in geosciences, and the use of virtual technologies to enhance learning.

Lynda has held NERC-funded grants (PI and co-I) (CULTIVATE project More Inclusive Fieldwork ClicHer). She has also been awarded funding from the British Council, the Learned Society of Wales, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Higher Education Academy.  

She is the Degree Programme Director for the Geography programmes at Bangor. Lynda is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). She was the Chair of the RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd; 2021-2024). In 2021, she co-founded the TeaS (teaching and scholarship) collective. 

Lynda has studied and worked in a number of UK Universities. She began her career at Northumbria University (BSc.), went on to Durham University (MSc.) and completed her Ph.D. at the University of Hull. She worked in industry prior to her undergraduate degree and following her Masters' degree. She worked as a Junior Research Associate in the early 2000s on a number of Aggregate Levy Funded projects. She was a post-doc at the University of Liverpool. 

MEDIA

Lynda is available for media contact. She has experience of both radio and televsion (BBC and ITV), pre-recorded and live delivery. 

PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

2024-date Editorial Board Member, GEO: Geography and Environment Journal

2024-date Editorial Board Member, Journal of Geography in Higher Education 

2023-date External Examiner (Physical Geography) Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

2021-date External Examiner (Physical Geography/Natural Hazard Management) University of Chester

2021-2024 Chair, RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)

2020-2024 Member, RGS-IBG Geography Programmes Accreditation Panel

2020-2023 Editorial Board Member, Routes Journal

2019-2024 External Examiner (Physical Geography), Bath Spa University

2019-2021 Deputy Chair, RGS-IBG Geography and Education Research Group (GeogEd)

2014-2017 Ordinary Secretary, Outreach Committee, British Society for Geomorphology (BSG)

2004-2007 Postgraduate Rep, Quaternary Research Association (QRA).

2024: Ray Y Gildea Jr Award: RGS. Building inclusivity and accessibility into your fieldwork. Co-Lead. March-Sept 2024.

2023: Shore to Shelter Project: NERC Growing Roots Public Engagement with Science. PL. May 2023 - March 2024.

2023: Clicher Project: NERC Discovery Science Award. Linking Castles and Seas, People and Science. Co-Lead. Jan-March 2023.

Quaternary environmental change and fluvial histories, with reference to the Last Glacial Maximum and post-glacial periods.

Natural hazards and disasters, particularly hydro-meterological. 

Climate Change and Community Engagement.

Geoarchaeology, with reference to fluvial and coastal settings.

Geographies of Education, and Inclusive and Accessible Fieldwork.

Teaching

I am the module organiser for: 

• ENS-1101 Geography Field Study (north Wales)
• DXX-2008 Geohazards, Disasters and Mitigation
• DXX-3018 Rivers, Coasts and Oceans

I contribute to:

• ENS 1102 Earth Systems and Processes
• ENS 1101 Geography Field Study (north Wales)
• ENS 1000 Academic Tutorial & Key Skills
• ONS 1001 Environmental Data Analysis
• OSX 1003 Earth, Climate and Evolution 
• OSX 2011 Ice and Oceans  
• HTA 2136/3126 Geoarchaeology
• DXX 3707 Geography Dissertation 
• DXX-4103 MGeog Dissertation

 PhD Student Supervison

Rachel Jones. The identification and significance of landing places in coastal and maritime archaeology. 2020 - present.

Sarah Morton Williams. Geoarchaeology of Anglesey. 2021 - present.

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society