Paul O'Hare

I am a Senior Lecturer in Geography & Development at Manchester Metropolitan University. My research interests include the governance of risk, stakeholder engagement in decision-making, and climate change resilience and adaptation. I have published in the field of participation in planning, climate change adaptation and on critical interpretations of resilience and climate adaptation. Though theoretically informed, my work is of significant policy and practice interest.

Recent publications:
O'Hare, P. (2025) 'Not ‘just’ climate adaptation—towards progressive urban resilience.' Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 12(260)

O’Hare, P. (2024) 'A walk with “that wild dog of yours”: tales of circumscribed, co-negotiated and adaptive walking practices.' Social and Cultural Geography, pp. 1-20.

Connelly, A., O'Hare, P., White, I. (2020) '“The best flood I ever had”: contingent resilience and the (relative) success of adaptive technologies.' Cities, 106

Alves, F., Leal Filho, W., Casaleiro, P., Nagy, G.J., Diaz, H., Al-Amin, A.Q., de Andrade Guerra, J.B.S.O., Hurlbert, M., Farooq, H., Klavins, M., Saroar, M., Lorencova, E.K., Suresh, J., Soares, A., Morgado, F., O'Hare, P., Wolf, F., Azeiteiro, U.M. (2019) 'Climate change policies and agendas: Facing implementation challenges and guiding responses.' Environmental Science and Policy, 104pp. 190-198.

Loroño-Leturiondo, M., O'Hare, P., Cook, S.J., Hoon, S.R., Illingworth, S. (2019) 'Building bridges between experts and the public: a comparison of two-way communication formats for flooding and air pollution risk.' Geoscience Communication, 2(1) pp. 39-53.

Loro no-Leturiondo, M., O'Hare, P., Cook, S., Hoon, S.R., Illingworth, S. (2018) 'Give me five! – reasons for two-way communication between experts and citizens in relation to air pollution risk.' Advances in Science and Research, 15pp. 45-50.

O'Hare, P.A. (2018) 'Resisting the 'Long‐Arm' of the State? Spheres of Capture and Opportunities for Autonomy in Community Governance.' International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 42(2) pp. 210-225.

O'Hare, P., White, I. (2018) 'Beyond ‘just’ flood risk management: the potential for—and limits to—alleviating flood disadvantage.' Regional Environmental Change, 18(2) pp. 385-396.

Randviir, E.P. (2017) 'Novel Research Methods Supporting Advanced Waste Treatment Technologies within a Circular Economy.' Environmental Scientist, 26(4) pp. 82-87.