Projects completed as a Principal Investigator:

• “Cliff erosion along the Baltic rock coasts: observations, reconstructions, predictions”, National Science Centre of Poland SONATA 19, 2024-2027, PI
• “Long-term coastal cliff retreat rates from cosmogenic 10Be concentrations”, Polish Academy of Sciences – French National Centre for Scientific Research International Emerging Actions (IEA), 2024-2025, PI with Vincent Regard, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, France
• “High-resolution imagery for mapping nearshore sea ice”, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS) – Planet, 2023-2024, PI
• “Wave energy delivery to the shores of Hornsund fjord, Svalbard”, National Science Centre of Poland Sonatina-5, 2021-2024, PI

National projects:

• “Studying glacier/ocean interactions using a natural laboratory of Hornsund fjord, Svalbard”, NCN SONATA BIS 14, 2025-2030, PI: Oskar Głowacki, IG PAS
• “Q-MESA | Mechanisms of Evolution of Sandstone Areas, Central and Western Europe”, NCN SONATA 16, 2021-2024, PI: Filip Duszyński, University of Wrocław

International projects:

• “HIRLOMAP – High-resolution and local sea ice product generation for Arctic operations”, European Space Agency Sentinel User Preparation (ESA SUP), 2024-2026, WP manager, PI: Malin Johansson, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
• “Bilateral initiative aiming at harmonisation of the Svalbard cooperation (HarSval)”, EEA and Norway Grants, 2024-2025, PI: Dariusz Ignatiuk, University of Silesia
• “FROST: Fibre-optic sensing towards the improvement of environmental monitoring in Svalbard”, Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), 2023-2025, PI: Wojciech Gajek, IG PAS

2025:

• 25. Herman A., Swirad Z.M. & Moskalik M. 2025 Increased exposure of the shores of Hornsund (Svalbard) to wave action due to a rapid shift in sea ice conditions. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene 13(1): 00067. https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2024.00067
• 24. Swirad Z.M. & Young A.P. 2025. Hazard of coastal cliff top failure through time. Geomorphology 481: 109791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2025.109791

2024:

• 23. Jeong A., Seong J.B., Choi K.H., Swirad Z.M., Lee C.-H. & Yue B.Y. 2024. Shore platform erosion and cliff retreat in the Eastern Korea: A quantified assessment using 10Be concentrations and numerical modeling. Marine Geology 472: 107291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107291
• 22. Swirad Z.M., Johansson A.M. & Malnes E. 2024. Extent, duration and timing of the sea ice cover in Hornsund, Svalbard, from 2014–2023. The Cryosphere 18: 895-910. https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-18-895-2024
• 21. Kincey M.E., Rosser N.J., Swirad Z.M., Robinson T.R., Shrestha R., Pujara D.S., Basyal G.K., Densmore A.L., Arrell K., Oven K.J. & Duna A. 2024. National-scale rainfall-triggered landslide susceptibility and exposure in Nepal. Earth’s Future 12(2): e2023EF004102. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EF004102

2023:

• 20. Dickson M.E., Matsumoto H., Stephenson W.J., Swirad Z.M., Thompson C.F. & Young, A.P. 2023. Sea-level rise may not uniformly accelerate cliff erosion rates. Nature Communications 14: 8485. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44149-3
• 19. Swirad Z.M., Moskalik M. & Herman, A. 2023. Wind wave and water level dataset for Hornsund, Svalbard (2013–2021). Earth System Science Data: 15, 2623-2633. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-2623-2023
• 18. Kincey M.E., Rosser N.J., Densmore A.L., Robinson T.R., Shrestha R., Pujara D.S., Horton P., Swirad Z.M., Oven K.J. & Arrell K. 2023. Modelling post-earthquake cascading hazards: Changing patterns of landslide runout following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 48(3): 537-554. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5501

2022:

• 17. Swirad Z.M. & Young A.P. 2022. Spatial and temporal trends in California coastal cliff retreat. Geomorphology 412: 108318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2022.108318
• 16. Swirad Z.M. & Young A.P. 2022. CliffDelineaTool v1.2.0: an algorithm for identifying coastal cliff base and top positions. Geoscientific Model Development 15: 1499-1512. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1499-2022

2021:

• 15. Swirad Z.M. & Young A.P. 2021. Automating coastal cliff erosion measurements from large-area LiDAR datasets in California, USA. Geomorphology 389: 107799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107799
• 14. Kincey M.E., Rosser N.J., Robinson T.R., Densmore A.L., Shrestha R., Pujara D.S., Oven K.J., Williams J.G. & Swirad Z.M. 2021. Evolution of coseismic and post‐seismic landsliding after the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface 126(3): e2020JF005803. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JF005803
• 13. Young A.P., Guza R.T., Matsumoto H., Merrifield M., O’Reilly W.C. & Swirad Z.M. 2021. Three years of weekly observations of coastal cliff erosion by waves and rainfall. Geomorphology 375: 107545. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2020.107545

2020:

• 12. Swirad Z.M., Rosser N.J., Brain M.J., Rood D.H., Hurst M.D., Wilcken K.M. & Barlow J. 2020. Cosmogenic exposure dating reveals limited long-term variability in erosion of a rocky coastline. Nature Communications 11: 3804. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17611-9
• 11. Rees G., Hofgaard A., Boudreau S., Cairns D., Harper K., Mamet S., Mathisen I., Swirad Z.M. & Tutubalina O. 2020. Is subarctic forest advance able to keep pace with climate change? Global Change Biology 26(7): 3965-3977. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15113
• 10. Lim M., Strzelecki M.C., Kasprzak M., Swirad Z.M., Webster C., Woodward J. & Gjelten H. 2020. Arctic rock coast responses under a changing climate. Remote Sensing of Environment 236: 111500. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.111500

2019:

• 9. Swirad Z.M., Rosser N.J. & Brain M.J. 2019. Identifying mechanisms of shore platform erosion using Structure-from-Motion (SfM) photogrammetry. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms 44(8): 1542-1558. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.4591
• 8. Orgel C., Hauber E., van Gasselt S., Reiss D., Johnsson A., Ramsdale J.D., Smith I., Swirad Z.M., Séjourné A., Wilson J.T., Balme M.R., Conway S.J., Costard F., Eke V.R., Gallagher C., Kereszturi Á., Łosiak A., Massey R.J., Platz T., Skinner J.A. & Teodoro L.F.A. 2019. Gridmapping the Northern Plains of Mars: a new overview of recent water- and ice-related landforms in Acidalia Planitia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124(2): 454-482. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018je005664
• 7. Séjourné A., Costard F., Swirad Z.M., Łosiak A., Bouley S., Smith I., Balme M.R., Orgel C., Ramsdale J.D., Hauber E., Conway S.J., van Gasselt S., Reiss D., Johnsson A., Gallagher C., Skinner J.A., Kereszturi Á. & Platz T. 2019. Grid-mapping the northern plains of Mars: using morphotype and distribution of ice-related landforms to understand multiple ice-rich deposits in Utopia Planitia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124(2): 483-503. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018je005665
• 6. Ramsdale J.D., Balme M.R., Gallagher C., Conway S.J., Smith I.B., Hauber E., Orgel C., Séjourné A., Costard F., Eke V.R., van Gasselt S.A., Johnsson A., Kereszturi A., Losiak A., Massey R.J., Platz T., Reiss D., Swirad Z.M., Teodoro L.F.A. & Wilson J.T. 2019. Gridmapping the northern plains of Mars: geomorphological, radar and water-equivalent hydrogen results from Arcadia Planitia suggest possible fluvial and volcanic systems overlain by a ubiquitous and heavily degraded ice-rich latitude-dependent mantle. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 124(2): 504-527. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018je005663

2017:

• 5. Swirad Z.M., Migoń P. & Strzelecki M.C. 2017. Rock control on the shape of coastal embayments of north-western Hornsund, Svalbard. Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie 61(1): 11-28. https://doi.org/10.1127/zfg/2017/0403
• 4. Strzelecki M.C., Kasprzak M., Lim M., Swirad Z.M., Jaskólski M., Pawłowski Ł. & Modzel P. 2017. Cryo-conditioned rocky coast systems: A case study from Wilczekodden, Svalbard. Science of The Total Environment 607-608: 443-453. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.009
• 3. Ramsdale J.D., Balme M.R. Conway S.J., Gallagher C., van Gasselt S.A., Hauber E., Orgel C., Séjourné A., Skinner J.A., Costard F., Johnsson A., Losiak A., Reiss D., Swirad Z.M., Kereszturo A., Smith I.B. & Platz T. 2017. Grid-based mapping: A method for rapidly determining the spatial distributions of small features over very large areas. Planetary and Space Science 140: 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.002

2016:

• 2. Swirad Z.M., Rosser N.J., Brain M.J. & Vann Jones E.C. 2016. What controls the geometry of rocky coasts at the local scale? Journal of Coastal Research SI 75: 612-616. https://doi.org/10.2112/si75-123.1

2015:

• 1. Swirad Z.M. & Rees W.G. 2015. Geomorphometric analysis of a rocky coastline: an example from Hornsund, Svalbard. International Journal of Geographical Information Science 29(9): 1694-1717. https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2015.1061131