Professor of risk and disaster reduction
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Duties and responsibilities
The new Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) aims to provide a focus for UCL’s risk and disaster reduction activities, which span earth and space science, mathematics and statistics, engineering and development planning, population health, anthropology, ethics and laws. We are seeking to appoint an outstanding individual to provide leadership in the Institute, develop world-class research programmes and contribute to advanced teaching and knowledge exchange activities.
Key requirements
The Chair will have an outstanding record of academic research and publication in i) geological disasters (i.e., earthquakes, volcanoes and related hazards), ii) hydrometeorological disasters (i.e., windstorms, floods and droughts), and/or iii) disaster risk reduction (disaster risk management, resilience, recovery), and will be able to work collaboratively with an inter-disciplinary approach. The Chair should come from a discplinary background within the Built Environment, Engineering and Mathematical and/or Physical Sciences.