Victoria Stephenson is an engineer working in the field of built heritage and natural hazards. Her research explores the interaction of built cultural heritage with environmental hazards inlcuding floods, in order to increase understanding of the vulnerability of such structures. Her collaborations with end users and practitioners work to promote resilience and sustainability in the historic built environment. In the past she has worked with the British Geological Survey, national transport providers, and national heritage bodies The National Trust and Heritage England.

Victoria was awarded the University of Bath Prize Fellowship in Smart Buildings (2018-2020), and is currently investigating the application of mathematical frameworks to describing and measuring risk in relation to historic built environments.

Historic and ageing structures

Structure-flood interaction

Vulnerability methodologies

Risk and Resilience