Staff Profile

Introduction

Anna holds a bachelor's degree in Geography from the University of Oxford. She completed her DPhil at the same university, titled 'Adaptive water resources planning to manage London's water supply'. Using water system modelling software, emissions driven river flow sequences, and water demand forecasts, Anna examined the vulnerability of the existing London water supply system to different sources of uncertainty, and evaluated the success of new supply infrastructure, demand management schemes, operating policies and regulatory rules under future scenarios of change. The three methodological planning frameworks developed as part of her doctoral research are designed to build water supply resilience to uncertain future conditions.

Anna previously held the position of the Oxford Water Network Coordinator and was responsible for organising seminars and networking events, building relationships with external partners, and engaging with early career researchers.

Supervision (PhD)

• Ali Leonard
• Rachel Pugh (University of Oxford)

Areas of expertise

• Water resources planning and management
• Climate change impact analysis
• Global food systems
• Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU)

Links

• LinkedIn
• Google Scholar

Anna's main research interests include water resources planning and management, climate impacts analysis, global food systems resilience, and applications of Decision making under Deep Uncertainty (DMDU) methods. 

Listen to a short podcast on Anna's research here: Oxford Sparks

Recent and ongoing projects:

• Data & Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure Centre for Excellence - Building a water resources model for England and Wales in Python water resources simulation system.
• FACT Alliance - Catalyzing stakeholder-driven research to solve the world’s most vexing food and climate challenges.
• Global Water Security and Sustainability Hub - Building Ethiopia's food security resilience to climate and hydrological change.
• Oxford Martin Programme on Transboundary Resource Management - Exploring cooperation for resources SDGs in the eastern Nile Basin.

Modules:

• ENG1008 - Python
• CEG3503 - Hydrosystems Engineering
• CEG8526 - Hydrosystems Modelling and Management

• Articles

  • Murgatroyd A, Wheeler K, Hall JW, Whittington D. The implications of further reservoir development on the Blue Nile in Ethiopia: trade-offs between hydropower, irrigation and transboundary water security. Environmental Research Letters 2024, 19(9), 094055.
  • Murgatroyd A, Gavin H, Becher O, Coxon G, Hunt D, Fallon E, Wilson J, Cuceloglu G, Hall JW. Strategic analysis of the drought resilience of water supply systems. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2022, 380(2238), 20210292.
  • Murgatroyd A, Hall JW. Selecting Indicators and Optimizing Decision Rules for Long-Term Water Resources Planning. Water Resources Research 2021, 57(5), e2020WR028117.
  • Murgatroyd A, Hall JW. Regulation of freshwater use to restore ecosystems resilience. Climate Risk Management 2021, 32, 100303.
  • Murgatroyd A, Hall JW. The resilience of inter-basin transfers to severe droughts with changing spatial characteristics. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2020, 8, 571647.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Coxon G, Murgatroyd A, Pianosi F, Sawley S, Wendt D, Zheng Y. Modelling future water resources in interconnected water systems: are catchment scales relevant. In: EGU General Assembly 2024. 2024, Vienna, Austria: Copernicus GmbH.
  • Murgatroyd A, Verschuur J, Mosnier A, Obersteiner M, Hall JW. Global food security impacts of drought-induced global breadbasket failures. In: 5th Global Food Security Conference. 2024, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Murgatroyd A, Gebretsadik Y, Strzepek K, Thomas T, Hall JW. Building Ethiopia's food security resilience to climate change and water supply shortages. In: 5th Global Food Security Conference. 2024, Leuven, Belgium.
  • Wheeler K, Murgatroyd A, Hall JW, Whittington D. The Implications of Non-cooperative Water Management on the Eastern Nile. In: AGU General Assembly 2023. 2023, San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union.
  • Murgatroyd A, Peard A, Becher O, Coxon G, Wilson J, Fallon E, Pritchard D, Rowan-Robinson R, Hall JW. Optimal drought indicators to predict water supply failure in England. In: AGU General Assembly 2023. 2023, San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union.
  • Coxon G, Fallon E, Hall JW, Murgatroyd A, Pritchard D, Pugh R, Rowan-Robinson R, Wilson J, Zheng Y. Impacts of Climate Model Uncertainty on Future Water Restrictions across England and Wales. In: AGU General Assembly 2023. 2023, San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union.
  • Hall JW, Murgatroyd A, Wheeler K, Whittington D. The Risks and Rewards of a Blue Nile Cascade. In: AGU Fall Meeting 2022. 2022, Chicago, IL: American Geophysical Union.

• Online Publication

  • Murgatroyd, A, Dadson, S. Natural flood risk management. 2019. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.320.

• Report

  • Murgatroyd A, Charles KJ, Chautard A, Dyer E, Grasham C, Hope R, Hoque SF, Korzenevica M, Munday C, Alvarez-Sala J, Dadson S, Hall JW, Kebede S, Nileshwar A, Olago D, Salehin M, Ward F, Washington R, Yeo D, Zeleke G. Water Security for Climate Resilience Report: A synthesis of research from the Oxford University REACH programme. Oxford: University of Oxford, UK, 2021.

• Review

  • Dadson SJ, Hall JW, Murgatroyd A, Acreman M, Bates P, Beven K, Heathwaite L, Holden J, Holman IP, Lane SN, O'Connell E, Penning-Rowsell E, Reynard N, Sear D, Thorne C, Wilby R. A restatement of the natural science evidence concerning catchment-based 'natural' flood management in the UK. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 2017, 473(2199).