Personal statement

Dr. Kimberley Davies is a Lecturer in Physical Geography within the School of Sciences. 

She is a Quaternary Scientist specialising in using palaeoecological proxies to understand long-term environmental change with a particular focus on cold environments. 

Academic qualifications

  • PhD, University of Southampton
  • MSc in Quaternary Science, University College London and Royal Holloway
  • BSc (Hons) in Physical Geography, University of Southampton

Professional memberships

  • Quaternary Research Association (QRA) 

Teaching specialisms

Dr Kim Davies currently teaches core geographical skills and advanced specialist environmental methods across a number of programmes in the School of Sciences, including Geography, Environmental Sciences and Global Development and Sustainability. 

She is also the leader on the following modules: 

  • Environmental Change
  • Geographical Research Methods
  • Disaster Risk Reduction .

Research and academic outputs

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Articles

Developing transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability challenges: the need to model socio-environmental systems in the longue durée
Article

Silva, F et al (2022) 'Developing transdisciplinary approaches to sustainability challenges: the need to model socio-environmental systems in the longue durée.' Sustainability, 14 (16). e10234. ISSN 2071-1050

Operationalising the concept of ecosystem collapse for conservation practice
Article

Newton, A.C, Britton, R, Davies, K.L, Diaz, A, Franklin, D.J, Herbert, R.J.H, Hill, R.A., Hodder, K, Jones, G, Korstjens, A.H, Lamb, A, Olley, J, Pinder, A.C, Roberts, C.G and Stafford, R (2021) 'Operationalising the concept of ecosystem collapse for conservation practice.' Biological Conservation, 264. e109366. ISSN 1873-2917

Ancient DNA, lipid biomarkers and palaeoecological evidence reveals construction and life on early medieval lake settlements
Article

Brown, A. G, Van Hardenbroek, M, Fonville, T, Davies, K.L, Mackay, H, Murray, E, Head, K, Barratt, P, McCormick, F, Ficetola, G.F, Gielly, L, Henderson, A.C.G, Crone, A, Cavers, G, Langdon, P.G, Whitehouse, N.J, Pirrie, D and Alsos, I.G. (2021) 'Ancient DNA, lipid biomarkers and palaeoecological evidence reveals construction and life on early medieval lake settlements.' Scientific Reports, 11 (1). e11807. ISSN 2045-2322

Late Quaternary chironomid community structure shaped by rate and magnitude of climate change
Article

Mayfield, R.J, Langdon, P.G, Doncaster, C.P, Dearing, J.A, Wang, R, Velle, G, Davies, K.L and Brooks, S.J (2021) 'Late Quaternary chironomid community structure shaped by rate and magnitude of climate change.' Journal of Quaternary Science, 36 (3). pp. 360-376. ISSN 0267-8179

Characterising life in settlements and structures: incorporating faecal lipid biomarkers within a multiproxy case study of a wetland village
Article

Mackay, H, Davies, K.L, Robertson, J, Roy, L, Bull, I.D, Whitehouse, N.J, Crone, A, Cavers, G, McCormick, F, Brown, A.G and Henderson, A.C.G (2020) 'Characterising life in settlements and structures: incorporating faecal lipid biomarkers within a multiproxy case study of a wetland village.' Journal of Archaeological Science, 121. e105202. ISSN 1095-9238

The stable isotope composition of organic and inorganic fossils in lake sediment records: current understanding, challenges, and future directions
Article

van Hardenbroek, M, Chakraborty, A, Davies, K.L, Harding, P, Heiri, O, Henderson, A.C.G, Holmes, J.A, Lasher, G.E, Leng, M.J, Panizzo, V.N, Roberts, L, Schilder, J, Trueman, C.N and Wooller, M.J (2018) 'The stable isotope composition of organic and inorganic fossils in lake sediment records: current understanding, challenges, and future directions.' Quaternary Science Reviews, 196. pp. 154-176. ISSN 0277-3791

Nasty, brutish and short?; the life cycle of an Iron Age roundhouse at Black Loch of Myrton, SW Scotland
Article

Crone, A, Cavers, G, Allison, E, Davies, K.L, Hamilton, D, Henderson, A, Mackay, H, McLaren, D, Robertson, J, Roy, L and Whitehouse, N (2018) 'Nasty, brutish and short?; the life cycle of an Iron Age roundhouse at Black Loch of Myrton, SW Scotland.' Journal of Wetland Archaeology, 18 (2). pp. 138-162. ISSN 2051-6231

A new terrestrial palaeoenvironmental record from the Bering Land Bridge and context for human dispersal
Article

Wooller, M.J, Saulnier-Talbot, É, Potter, B.A, Belmecheri, S, Bigelow, N, Choy, K, Cwynar, L.C, Davies, K.L, Graham, R.W, Kurek, J, Langdon, P, Medeiros, A, Rawcliffe, R, Wang, Y and Williams, J.W (2018) 'A new terrestrial palaeoenvironmental record from the Bering Land Bridge and context for human dispersal.' Royal Society Open Science, 5 (6). e180145. ISSN 2054-5703

Chironomid-inferred summer temperatures for the Last Glacial–Interglacial Transition from a lake sediment sequence in Muir Park Reservoir, west-central Scotland
Article

Brooks, S.J, Davies, K.L, Mather, K.A, Matthews, I.P and Lowe, J.J (2016) 'Chironomid-inferred summer temperatures for the Last Glacial–Interglacial Transition from a lake sediment sequence in Muir Park Reservoir, west-central Scotland.' Journal of Quaternary Science, 31 (3). pp. 214-224. ISSN 0267-8179

Diploptene δ13C values from contemporary thermokarst lake sediments show complex spatial variation
Article

Davies, K.L, Pancost, R.D, Edwards, M.E, Anthony, K.M.W, Langdon, P.G and Torres, L.C (2016) 'Diploptene δ13C values from contemporary thermokarst lake sediments show complex spatial variation.' Biogeosciences, 13 (8). pp. 2611-2621. ISSN 1726-4189