School of Natural and Built Environment

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• Queen's University Belfast

• Engineering and Physical Sciences

• Websitehttp://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/NBE/

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

1. SDG 1 No Poverty
2. SDG 2 Zero Hunger
3. SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
4. SDG 4 Quality Education
5. SDG 5 Gender Equality
6. SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
7. SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
8. SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
9. SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
10. SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
11. SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
12. SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
13. SDG 13 Climate Action
14. SDG 14 Life Below Water
15. SDG 15 Life on Land
16. SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
17. SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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• Investigation Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Datum Earth and Planetary Sciences
• UK Social Sciences
• Model Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Site Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Record Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Ireland Earth and Planetary Sciences
• Urban Areas Social Sciences

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Profiles

• Anjal Mariya .

• School of Natural and Built Environment

Person

2026Research output 2026: 12026 - ### Mahmoud Abdellatif

• m.abdellatif@qub.ac.uk
• School of Natural and Built Environment - Research Fellow

Person: Research - ### Kareem Abdelsalam

• School of Natural and Built Environment

Person

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Projects

• 171 Active

• 300 Finished

• R1288NBE: Future Island-Island (extension): Future Observatory: Design the Green Transition

Mulholland, C. (PI), Flood, N. (CoI), Jefferies, T. (CoI), Keeffe, G. (CoI), Lappin, S. (CoI), Lord, L. (CoI), Millar, B. (CoI) & Smyth, B. (CoI)

23/02/2026 → …

Project: Research - ### R1269CPH: DAERA One Health and climate change fellowship

O'Kane, N. (PI), Hunter, R. (CoI) & McKinley, J. (CoI)

02/02/2026 → …

Project: Research - ### R3323NBE: Transnational Education for Women in Construction: Leveraging AI and Digital Tools to Empower Women and Accelerate their Careers

Brooks, T. (PI) & Elghaish, F. (CoI)

15/01/2026 → …

Project: Research

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Research output

• 319067 Citations
• 229 h-index
• 5023 Article
• 1921 Paper
• 693 Conference contribution
• 692 Chapter

• 2496 More

• 610 Chapter (peer-reviewed)

• 348 Book
• 191 Other contribution
• 179 Abstract
• 169 Poster
• 165 Commissioned report
• 139 Other report
• 108 Editorial
• 99 Book/Film/Article review
• 67 Exhibition
• 58 Web publication/site
• 42 Review article
• 38 Comment/debate
• 32 Other contribution to conference
• 32 Working paper
• 32 Special issue
• 31 Design
• 29 Featured article
• 18 Edited book
• 18 Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
• 15 Meeting abstract
• 11 Other chapter contribution
• 11 Letter
• 10 Anthology
• 9 Scholarly edition
• 8 Foreword/postscript
• 7 Artefact
• 6 Software
• 5 Digital or Visual Products
• 4 Patent
• 3 Literature review

• 2 Data set/Database

• 14C offsets in marine limpets: observations on upper-shore mollusks and implications for their use in radiocarbon dating

Allen, K. R. & Fa, D. A., 30 Jan 2026, (Early online date) In: Radiocarbon. 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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• Radiocarbon Dating
• Ireland
• Geology
• Carbon 14
• Gibraltar

5 Downloads (Pure) - ### A complete database of AMS radiocarbon estimates from Lake Baikal sediment cores with a lake-wide assessment of TOC age offsets

Newall, S. R. S., Mackay, A. W., Piotrowska, N. & Blaauw, M., 16 Feb 2026, In: Earth System Science Data. 18, 2, p. 1225-1242 18 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

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• Sediment Core
• Organic Carbon
• Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
• Lacustrine Deposit
• Radiocarbon Dating

1 Downloads (Pure) - ### A comprehensive understanding of technologies, materials, and strategies for net-zero energy buildings

George, L. & Meng, X., 10 Jan 2026, In: Sustainability. 18, 2, 16 p., 717.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

File

• Net Zero Energy Building
• Material Technology
• Net zero energy

1 Downloads (Pure)

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Datasets

• Spatiotemporal Distribution of Archaeological Sites in Borneo Over the Last 45,000 Years, with Emphasis on the Mid-Late Holocene (Last 6,000 Years)

Pérez-Cárdenas, N. (Creator), Eppinga, M. (Creator), Rabett, R. (Creator), Schuman, M. (Creator) & Santos, M. (Creator), Pangaea, 05 Nov 2024

DOI: 10.1594/PANGAEA.973047, https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.973047

Dataset - ### Photographic record of late medieval habitation sites in County Tyrone and County Armagh

Patrick, L. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Jun 2022

DOI: 10.17034/7567f96e-8c23-45ad-93a8-0910301dd170

Dataset

File - ### Townland analysis across the estates of the Lucht Tighe and the Fews

Patrick, L. (Creator), Queen's University Belfast, Jun 2022

DOI: 10.17034/c0f2a247-c674-4075-ba68-2f2b0da01dbe

Dataset

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Prizes

• 2005 RIAI Gold Medal - Commended Award

McGarry, M. (Recipient), 2005

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) - ### 2007 RIAI Silver Medal for Housing Winner

McGarry, M. (Recipient), 2007

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards) - ### 2009 RIAI Awards - Best Leisure Building Award Winner

McGarry, M. (Recipient), 2009

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Activities

• 1163 Participation in conference
• 835 Invited talk
• 817 Publication peer-review
• 652 Participation in workshop, seminar, course

• 4242 More

• 413 Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

• 360 Editorial activity
• 355 Membership of peer review panel or committee
• 348 Public lecture/debate/seminar
• 299 Oral presentation
• 264 PhD external examination
• 219 Hosting an academic visitor
• 207 Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
• 189 Other
• 180 Membership of national or international committees and working groups
• 158 Participation in Festival/Exhibition
• 156 Research and Teaching at External Organisation
• 115 Membership of external research organisation
• 108 KTP & Consultancy in kind
• 108 Work on advisory panel to industry or government or non-government organisation
• 103 Hosting a school group or open day
• 101 Visiting an external academic institution
• 100 Visiting a School
• 73 Other examination
• 65 PGT external examination
• 57 Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
• 52 Membership of network
• 50 Membership of board
• 41 UG external examination
• 41 Hosting of external, non-academic visitor
• 32 Hosting a delegation or group
• 30 Work on advisory panels for social community and cultural engagement
• 14 CPD delivery/organisation of courses for externals (in kind)

• 4 Joint or sponsored appointments or secondments with industry or commerce

• QUB Fellowship Academy

Keaveney, E. (Participant)

28 Sept 2028

Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course - ### University of Texas Press (Publisher)

Lappin, S. (Peer reviewer)

30 Apr 2026

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Publication peer-review - ### New approaches to dating and characterising materials in heritage science

Gleeson, P. (Advisor)

13 Apr 2026

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited or keynote talk at national or international conference

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Press/Media

• Invited Chair for An Evening with Dick Strawbridge at Hillsborough Castle NI Science Festival, supported by Department of Communities and HED

Larmour, J.

14/02/2026

1 item of Media coverage

Press/Media: Expert Comment - ### Instigated four new Professors of Architecture

Jones RIBA, A.

31/01/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities - ### 10 reasons why you should still be an architect in 2026

Larmour, J.

30/01/2026

1 Media contribution

Press/Media: Expert Comment

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Impacts

• Adaptation measures for climate change impact – benefits for Flemish Government, water company (Watering van Sint-Truiden), landowners, communities and the environment.

Mullan, D. (Participant)

Impact: Environmental Impact, Economic Impact, Societial Impact - ### Building the institutional infrastructure for the geothermal sector in Northern Ireland

Palmer, M. (Participant), Ireland, J. (Participant), Ofterdinger, U. (Participant) & Zhang, M. (Participant)

Impact: Public Policy Impact, Environmental Impact, Societial Impact - ### Citizen Science: 150 Years of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club

Finnegan, D. (Participant)

Impact: Cultural Impact

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Student theses

• Adaptation to rural transformation: A place-based investigation into post-earthquake permanent housing projects in Eastern Turkey

Yilmaz, D. (Author), Kacmaz Erk, G. (Supervisor), Jul 2015

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

File - ### A decision support system for affordable and sustainable housing design and delivery in least developed countries (LDCs)

Bruen, J. (Author), Taylor, S. (Supervisor) & Spillane, J. (Supervisor), Dec 2019

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

File - ### Advancement of non-invasive detection methods of cortisol in teleost fish

Watret, R. (Author), Arnott, G. (Supervisor) & Frost, C. (Supervisor), Jul 2025

Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy

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