Dr Chris Skinner FRGS
@geoskinner.games
Geoscience Games Master. Scicommer (GeoSkinner), Hydrologist (Environment Agency), Visiting Fellow (York St John University). Interested in games, models, and imagination.
Views are my own.
https://linktr.ee/geoskinner
Views are my own.
https://linktr.ee/geoskinner
Games for Geoscience is coming back for #EGU26 and now is the time to submit your abstracts!
Come and tell us how you are using games, and gaming tech, to support geoscience.
You have until Jan 15th 26. Your time starts now. Link in comments.
Come and tell us how you are using games, and gaming tech, to support geoscience.
You have until Jan 15th 26. Your time starts now. Link in comments.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Games for Geoscience is coming back for #EGU26 and now is the time to submit your abstracts!
Come and tell us how you are using games, and gaming tech, to support geoscience.
You have until Jan 15th 26. Your time starts now. Link in comments.
Come and tell us how you are using games, and gaming tech, to support geoscience.
You have until Jan 15th 26. Your time starts now. Link in comments.
I broke the cat with a disco mushroom...
November 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I broke the cat with a disco mushroom...
Some much needed hobby therapy.
November 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Some much needed hobby therapy.
The cats are getting their stall ready for the Christmas Market.
November 10, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The cats are getting their stall ready for the Christmas Market.
Adventures in Model Land has featured on the Maths on the Move Podcast!
Learn more about how tabletop roleplay games can bring numerical models to life!
@researcherjess.bsky.social @rolfhut.bsky.social @samillingworth.com
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Learn more about how tabletop roleplay games can bring numerical models to life!
@researcherjess.bsky.social @rolfhut.bsky.social @samillingworth.com
plus.maths.org/content/adve...
November 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Adventures in Model Land has featured on the Maths on the Move Podcast!
Learn more about how tabletop roleplay games can bring numerical models to life!
@researcherjess.bsky.social @rolfhut.bsky.social @samillingworth.com
plus.maths.org/content/adve...
Learn more about how tabletop roleplay games can bring numerical models to life!
@researcherjess.bsky.social @rolfhut.bsky.social @samillingworth.com
plus.maths.org/content/adve...
Ok the early train to Bristol for our UK Flood Hydrology Roadmap Research Workshop.
Hot and stressed after an ADHD moment ate all my bacon and coffee purchasing time...
Hot and stressed after an ADHD moment ate all my bacon and coffee purchasing time...
November 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Ok the early train to Bristol for our UK Flood Hydrology Roadmap Research Workshop.
Hot and stressed after an ADHD moment ate all my bacon and coffee purchasing time...
Hot and stressed after an ADHD moment ate all my bacon and coffee purchasing time...
Happy Black Cat Day! Our little Halloween kitten is very excited. The other cats, not so much, and have closed ranks.
October 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Happy Black Cat Day! Our little Halloween kitten is very excited. The other cats, not so much, and have closed ranks.
Really insightful first workshop for our NERC Opening up the Environment project EMBRACE Enviro.
Led by Olalekan Adekola @yorkstjohn.bsky.social it is helping migrant and refugee communities access environmental careers.
www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/em...
Led by Olalekan Adekola @yorkstjohn.bsky.social it is helping migrant and refugee communities access environmental careers.
www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/em...
October 30, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Really insightful first workshop for our NERC Opening up the Environment project EMBRACE Enviro.
Led by Olalekan Adekola @yorkstjohn.bsky.social it is helping migrant and refugee communities access environmental careers.
www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/em...
Led by Olalekan Adekola @yorkstjohn.bsky.social it is helping migrant and refugee communities access environmental careers.
www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/em...
Freedom!*
*Still feel crap
*Still feel crap
October 24, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Freedom!*
*Still feel crap
*Still feel crap
So far this week, we've had: a horrible tummy bug, a >8 hour visit to A&E, a nasty bout of COVID, and a fall down the stairs. What next?
October 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
So far this week, we've had: a horrible tummy bug, a >8 hour visit to A&E, a nasty bout of COVID, and a fall down the stairs. What next?
She spent a good few minutes contemplating whether my Lucazade was worth stealing...
October 21, 2025 at 8:35 AM
She spent a good few minutes contemplating whether my Lucazade was worth stealing...
Had a blast with the 2nd cohort of the Flood Centre of Doctoral Training. I rounded off their induction week with my Play your PhD Lego workshop.
We talked imagination, games, and using research to make the unseen seen. And played with Lego bricks.
We talked imagination, games, and using research to make the unseen seen. And played with Lego bricks.
October 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Had a blast with the 2nd cohort of the Flood Centre of Doctoral Training. I rounded off their induction week with my Play your PhD Lego workshop.
We talked imagination, games, and using research to make the unseen seen. And played with Lego bricks.
We talked imagination, games, and using research to make the unseen seen. And played with Lego bricks.
On the early train again. This time to Southampton to run my Play your PhD workshop with the Flood CDT students. Really looking forward to this one.
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
On the early train again. This time to Southampton to run my Play your PhD workshop with the Flood CDT students. Really looking forward to this one.
Today I made my River Management students play Minecraft!
Rivercraft 2 is an educational game that helps school age students understand natural flood management and SuDs. I had my students engage with it critically as they played.
Rivercraft 2 is an educational game that helps school age students understand natural flood management and SuDs. I had my students engage with it critically as they played.
October 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today I made my River Management students play Minecraft!
Rivercraft 2 is an educational game that helps school age students understand natural flood management and SuDs. I had my students engage with it critically as they played.
Rivercraft 2 is an educational game that helps school age students understand natural flood management and SuDs. I had my students engage with it critically as they played.
My green screen upgrade has arrived! Looking forward to trying this out soon.
October 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My green screen upgrade has arrived! Looking forward to trying this out soon.
11yo Me: Mum, I want Warhammer for Christmas.
My Mum: No, too expensive and you'll grow out of it.
Cut to 42yo me, waiting for the early train at a weekend to go to an academic conference on... Warhammer.
My Mum: No, too expensive and you'll grow out of it.
Cut to 42yo me, waiting for the early train at a weekend to go to an academic conference on... Warhammer.
October 11, 2025 at 5:52 AM
11yo Me: Mum, I want Warhammer for Christmas.
My Mum: No, too expensive and you'll grow out of it.
Cut to 42yo me, waiting for the early train at a weekend to go to an academic conference on... Warhammer.
My Mum: No, too expensive and you'll grow out of it.
Cut to 42yo me, waiting for the early train at a weekend to go to an academic conference on... Warhammer.
Help shape the future of UK Flood Hydrology and play an active role delivering the UK's Flood Hydrology Roadmap - join the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG).
Details: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/UK%20...
Details: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/UK%20...
October 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Help shape the future of UK Flood Hydrology and play an active role delivering the UK's Flood Hydrology Roadmap - join the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group (STAG).
Details: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/UK%20...
Details: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/UK%20...
Just look at what we have lost in recent years...
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just look at what we have lost in recent years...
What's happened to the EGU logo on the EGU26 page?
Is this the start of new minimalist rebrand, or is it just for the meeting?
I will miss the blue and yellow, nothing has any colour these days... #EGU26
Is this the start of new minimalist rebrand, or is it just for the meeting?
I will miss the blue and yellow, nothing has any colour these days... #EGU26
October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
What's happened to the EGU logo on the EGU26 page?
Is this the start of new minimalist rebrand, or is it just for the meeting?
I will miss the blue and yellow, nothing has any colour these days... #EGU26
Is this the start of new minimalist rebrand, or is it just for the meeting?
I will miss the blue and yellow, nothing has any colour these days... #EGU26
Sorted out the kit for my forthcoming Play Your PhD workshop with the Flood CDT students.
Inspired by LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, the workshop develops participants' imagination as a skill and shows them how to use their research to help others see the unseen.
Inspired by LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, the workshop develops participants' imagination as a skill and shows them how to use their research to help others see the unseen.
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sorted out the kit for my forthcoming Play Your PhD workshop with the Flood CDT students.
Inspired by LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, the workshop develops participants' imagination as a skill and shows them how to use their research to help others see the unseen.
Inspired by LEGO SERIOUS PLAY, the workshop develops participants' imagination as a skill and shows them how to use their research to help others see the unseen.
ACT QUICK! Apply to be a part of the UK Flood Hydrology Roadmap's UKRI proposal to further our understanding of flood hydrology.
Please share!
Deadline COP September 30th 2025: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/Open%...
Please share!
Deadline COP September 30th 2025: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/Open%...
September 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
ACT QUICK! Apply to be a part of the UK Flood Hydrology Roadmap's UKRI proposal to further our understanding of flood hydrology.
Please share!
Deadline COP September 30th 2025: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/Open%...
Please share!
Deadline COP September 30th 2025: www.hydrology.org.uk/assets/Open%...
Amy took this photo of our big cat. He honestly isn't a warlock.
September 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Amy took this photo of our big cat. He honestly isn't a warlock.
Calling all UK users of hydrology - drought to floods, student to retired, research to practice.
Tell us your training needs and help shape the future of UK hydrology.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/sF8t1YwKnp
Tell us your training needs and help shape the future of UK hydrology.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/sF8t1YwKnp
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Calling all UK users of hydrology - drought to floods, student to retired, research to practice.
Tell us your training needs and help shape the future of UK hydrology.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/sF8t1YwKnp
Tell us your training needs and help shape the future of UK hydrology.
forms.cloud.microsoft/e/sF8t1YwKnp
Furlicity says hi
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Furlicity says hi