Professor Willy Aspinall

Professor Willy Aspinall
BSc, PhD(Durham), CSci, CGeol

Cabot Professor in Natural Hazards and Risk Science

Office L129
Wills Memorial Building,
Queen's Road, Clifton BS8 1RJ
(See a map)

Tel. +44 (0) 117 954 5643
willy.aspinall@
bristol.ac.uk

Research summary

Volcanology and seismology, and the formalised use of expert judgement in decision-making for low probability / high consequence events in circumstances of scientific or engineering uncertainty. Probabilistic assessment of earthquake and volcanic hazards and risks.

Recent publications

Bamber, JL & Aspinall, W 2013, ‘An expert judgement assessment of future sea level rise from the ice sheets’. Nature Climate Change, vol 3.
Sparks, RSJ, Aspinall, WP, Crosweller, HS & Hincks, TK 2013, ‘Uncertainty assessment of volcanic hazards’. in: Jonathan Rougier, RSJ Sparks, L Hill (eds) Risk and Uncertainty Assessment of Natural Hazards. Cambridge University Press, pp. 364-397

School of Earth Sciences

Professor Willy Aspinall

Professor Willy Aspinall BSc, PhD(Durham), CSci, CGeol

Research summary

Recent publications

Professor Willy Aspinall
BSc, PhD(Durham), CSci, CGeol