dr. F. Atun (Funda)

I am an urban planner and resilience scientist whose research focuses on developing anticipatory resilience approaches for complex socio-technical urban systems. My work integrates urban planning, disaster risk reduction, safety and security, participatory forensic, strategic foresight, and resilience governance to support the transition towards just and resilient urban futures.

I obtained my PhD with Cum Laude distinction from Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) in 2013. My doctoral research investigated the societal resilience of transportation systems to environmental disasters.

I have contributed to European research since FP6, progressively taking on leadership roles as researcher, work package coordinator, case study principal investigator, assistant coordinator, principal investigator and project coordinator. I currently serve as Co-PI and one of the two Coordinators of the Horizon Europe PARATUS project and lead and supervise research within European and national initiatives, including two Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships. In leadership roles, I have contributed to securing more than €15 million in competitive European research funding

Leadership

Scientific leadership and international collaboration are central to my academic profile. I serve on the Board of Directors of the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society and chair the IDRiM Women in Disaster Risk Science and Practice Committee. I initiated the IDRiM Global Mentorship Program for Women, which was developed and implemented by the Committee to promote mentoring, leadership development, and capacity building for women in disaster risk science and practice. In recognition of my outstanding contributions to the international disaster risk community, I received the IDRiM Aniello Amendola Service Award in 2024.

My work has also extended into international policy and advisory processes, including contributions connected to Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda, creating links between academic knowledge, policy and practice.

Alongside scientific leadership, I invest in building collaborations that connect disciplines, institutions and generations of researchers. Through European consortia, international networks and interdisciplinary initiatives, I have worked to create environments in which researchers, practitioners, decision-makers and communities can develop knowledge together.

In addition to my international research leadership, I serve as the Impact Development Leader for the Resilient Critical Infrastructure impact domain at the University of Twente, where I  lead the strategic development of research impact and interdisciplinary collaboration across the domain. I am also the Impact Portfolio Holder for the PLAN department in the Faculty of ITC, contributing to the faculty's strategic agenda on research impact, external engagement, and knowledge valorisation.

Impact

Creating impact beyond academic outputs is an important part of my work. I aim to translate research into methods, tools, networks, educational approaches and actions that can be used not only by scientists, but also by decision-makers, practitioners and communities. I also see capacity building as a form of impact

Some of these activities have generated outcomes beyond the original research projects. My postdoctoral research with migrant communities in Northern Italy, for example, contributed to the establishment of Gli Altri ed I Disastri, an NGO that translated research on disaster awareness into community activities and multilingual educational resources. Later work with children developed participatory approaches in which children became co-researchers and co-designers, including the creation of educational tools for flood and climate resilience.

Education and Mentorship

Education is an integral part of my academic identity. I teach and supervise across MSc, PhD and postdoctoral levels, with an emphasis on helping researchers progress from acquiring knowledge towards developing curiosity, ownership, independence and ultimately leadership. I particularly value mentoring early-career researchers and creating opportunities for them to develop their own scientific identity, international networks and leadership capabilities. For me, academic success is not only about producing knowledge, but also about developing people who can take that knowledge further.

Looking Forward

Today, the different dimensions of my academic work, research, education, leadership, collaboration and impact, come together around the challenge of preparing cities and societies for increasingly complex and uncertain urban futures. My current work is moving towards anticipatory resilience: strengthening our capacity not only to understand and respond to risks, but to anticipate change and shape more resilient futures.

Organisations

My research explores how cities can move from reacting to crises toward anticipating and preparing for future uncertainties. As climate change, cascading hazards, and critical infrastructure dependencies reshape urban risk, conventional planning approaches are no longer sufficient. I develop interdisciplinary frameworks for anticipatory urban resilience by combining disaster risk science, spatial planning, governance, systems analysis, participatory forensic and foresight. Through collaboration with governments, international organizations, and communities, my research translates scientific knowledge into practical strategies that strengthen resilience, support just urban transitions, and inform policy across local to global scales.

My research develops around three interconnected areas.

1. Systemic and Multi-Hazard Risk

I investigate how hazards and vulnerabilities interact across complex socio-technical systems and how impacts can propagate beyond the locations, sectors and populations initially affected. This includes research on multi-hazard and systemic risk, cascading impacts, critical infrastructure interdependencies, vulnerability and exposure, and the spatial and temporal dynamics of disasters. A particular focus is moving beyond static and single-hazard assessments towards approaches capable of representing changing conditions, interconnected systems and compounding events.

2. Anticipation, Forensic, Foresight and Decision-Making

Understanding risk is necessary, but it is not sufficient for resilience. Decisions about future risks must often be made under conditions of uncertainty, incomplete knowledge and rapid change. I therefore investigate how participatory forensic, strategic foresight, scenarios, impact chains, forensic analysis and exploratory approaches can help decision-makers examine alternative futures and identify pathways towards resilience. This research seeks to connect risk assessment with forward-looking decision-making: not simply asking what the risks today are, but also what could change, what might emerge, and how to prepare.

3. Participatory Resilience and Societal Transformation

Resilience is ultimately shaped by people, institutions and their capacity to understand and act upon risk. My research examines how participation, co-creation, citizen science, risk communication and serious games can strengthen the relationship between knowledge and action. I am particularly interested in approaches that  recognise citizens, including children, women, migrants, not simply as recipients of risk information, but as active contributors to understanding risks and imagining resilient futures. This strand of my work also explores questions of justice, inclusion and governance: whose knowledge counts, who participates in resilience decisions, and how transformations towards safer and more climate-resilient cities can be both effective and socially just.

Connecting Risk, Anticipation and Action

These three areas come together in my broader research agenda on anticipatory resilience. My work combines quantitative, qualitative and participatory approaches, including systemic risk assessment, spatial analysis, impact chains, scenario development, strategic foresight, serious games, participatory mapping and co-creation.

Through this interdisciplinary approach, I aim to connect:

Risk → Anticipation → Action → Just and resilient transformation in urban regions

The overall objective of my research is to co-develop knowledge, methods and decision support approaches that help urban regions and communities move from assessing risks towards anticipating change and actively shaping more resilient urban futures.

Publications

Research profiles

Developing talent that makes a difference

Education is more than the transfer of knowledge. For me, it is about developing people who are curious, independent and capable of using their knowledge to make a difference. I see my role as enabling leadership that leads to scientific and societal impact.

Since 2009, I have taught and supervised students in Italy, Switzerland and the Netherlands, across different disciplines and academic levels. My teaching is closely connected to my research and to real-world challenges in disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, spatial planning and resilient cities. I bring research questions, societal challenges and different perspectives into education so that students learn not only how to understand complex problems, but also how to engage with them.

I want students and researchers to develop more than disciplinary expertise. Complex societal challenges require people who can work across disciplines, engage with society, navigate uncertainty and connect knowledge with action. Ultimately, I measure success not only by what students and researchers achieve while working with me, but by what they become capable of achieving independently and what they enable others to achieve afterwards.

My educational philosophy follows a progression:

Knowledge → Curiosity → Ownership → Independence → Leadership

BSc - From Knowledge to Curiosity At the undergraduate level, my primary goal is not to provide all the answers, but to cultivate curiosity and intellectual confidence. I want my students to learn to enjoy thinking. My role is to spark curiosity, and their challenge is to learn that not knowing is the beginning of learning.

MSc - From Curiosity to Ownership At the MSc level, I gradually shift responsibility from myself to the student. Rather than solving problems for them, I encourage them to formulate their own questions, evaluate alternative solutions, and justify their decisions. This is where students begin their transition from consumers of knowledge to producers of knowledge. My role is to create opportunities for them to make decisions, their challenge is to learn to take ownership of scientific thinking.

PhD - From Ownership to Independence A PhD journey is not simply about obtaining a doctoral degree; it is about becoming an independent scientist. My responsibility is therefore not to remove every obstacle, but to create an environment in which doctoral researchers learn how to overcome challenges themselves. Scientific independence requires critical thinking, resilience, intellectual courage, and the ability to make decisions under uncertainty. I support my doctoral researchers without removing the experiences that ultimately enable their growth. I measure my success not by how much I do for my PhD researchers, but by how capable, resilient and independent they become after working with me. My role is to develop independent researchers, and their challenge is to become academics who no longer need constant supervision.

Postdoctoral Researchers - From Independence to Leadership At the postdoctoral level, supervision becomes a partnership. Rather than directing research, I act as a strategic sounding board, supporting researchers as they define their own scientific vision, build collaborations, secure funding, and develop leadership capacity. My aim is to help postdoctoral researchers transition from leading projects to leading scientific fields. I encourage them not only to produce excellent science but also to develop the judgement, resilience, and confidence required to mentor others and build research programmes. My role is to develop future scientific leaders, and their challenge is to move from being an excellent researcher to becoming a leader who enables excellence in others.

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA PF) Supervision

Dr Irene Petraroli, September 2024 - May 2027, MEDIME: Motivation and Engagement in Disaster Mapping in Europe. Funda Atun (PI), Johannes Flacke (Co-PI) MEDiME: Motivation and Engagement in Disaster Mapping in Europe | Project pages

Dr Chiara Ramponi, October 2026 - September 2028, SEEN-ATLAS: Advancing a Participatory Model of Environmental Education. The project addresses long-term, invisible environmental risks such as PFAS contamination through participatory environmental education, empowering children and communities to strengthen resilience and trust in risk governance. Funda Atun (PI), Javier Martinez (Co-PI)

Finalised PhD Research

Dr Chen Song, ‘Impact of the 2021 flood disasters on human social and mental health, focusing on elderly people in the Ahr Valley in Germany’, Promoter: Prof. Dr Justine Blanford, Co-promoters: Dr Carmen Anthonj and Dr Funda Atun

Dr. Marina Mendoza “Forensic investigation of post-flood damage data to support spatial planning”, March 2019, Politecnico di Milano. Promoter: Scira Menoni, Co-promoter: Funda Atun.

Visiting PhD – Dr Duygu Kalkanli  ‘Spatial-Behavioral Dimensions of Urban Resilience: A Comparative Evaluation in Different Spatial Configurations via Agent-Based Modelling” Istanbul Technical University, Promotor: Prof. Dr Seda Kundak, ITU,(January - December 2024)

Ongoing PhD candidate (co)supervision

Eneche, P.  ‘Geospatial Simulation of Urban Surface Warming in Major Landscape Characters of Nigeria and Its Implications for Strategic Green Infrastructure Planning’. Promoter: Prof. Dr Karin Pfeffer, Co-Promoters: Dr Funda Atun and Dr Yijian Zeng

Adams, E. ‘Mapping the Differential Vulnerabilities of Men and Women Farmers to Climate Change in Rural Kenya’ – NASA Servir collaboration. Promoter: Prof. Dr Wieteke Willeman, Co-Promoter: Dr Funda Atun

Presser, P. ‘Nature-Based Solutions As An Innovative Strategy to Create Climate Shelters in Schoolyards’ Promoter: Prof. Dr Karin Pfeffer, Co-Promoters: Dr Diana Reckien and Dr Funda Atun

Supervised MSc. Research (UT-ITC graduates only)

Rakhimzhanova, D. (2026). 'Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) as Policy and Spatial Planning Measures to Mitigate the Impacts of Climate Change with a Special Focus on Blue and Green Infrastructure'. (1^st Supervisor)

Frimpong, F. (2025) 'Nature-based Solutions for Reducing Flood Risk: A Case Study in South Tongu District, Ghana.' (1^st Supervisor)

Grütters, L. (2025). 'Influence of Nature-based Solutions on Active Mobility in the Context of Urban Heat'. (1^st Supervisor)

Malavika, M. (2025). 'Scenario Based Urban Growth Modelling for Dominica Island'. (1^st Supervisor)

Sunil, M. (2025) 'A Framework to Quantify the Impacts of Multi-Hazard Interactions'. (2^nd Supervisor)

Mini Nath, A. (2024) 'Quantifying Impact on Population During Cascading Events: Earthquake-Induced Dam Break Flooding in Bucharest Romania - A Case Study'. (1^st Supervisor)

Munthali, T. (2024) 'Analyzing and Selecting Key Indicators for Optimal Location of Disaster Logistic Centers in a Multi-Hazard and Risk Context: Case of Istanbul Mega-city, Turkey'. (1^st Supervisor)

Ghosh, P. (2024). 'Harnessing Nature: Integrated Management for Urban Flood Mitigation Using Nature-Based Solutions in East Kolkata Wetlands, India' (Advisor)

Ghani, A.Z. (2023) ‘Environmental Justice: Assessing the scope of Small Scale Nature-based Solutions with the Capability Approach’. The thesis won the DAIDA Award 3rd place. (1^st Supervisor) (UT Research Honour Program Graduate) 

Pradeepdharan, A. (2023) ‘Vulnerability Assessment of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises to Hydro-eteorological Hazards in Kerala’. (2^nd Supervisor)

Kamwele, N.M., (2023) ‘Integrating Nature-Based Solutions to Mitigate the IntraUrban Heat Island using 3D Modelling. A Case Study for Zwolle, The Netherlands’. (1^st Supervisor)

Ushiña Huera, D.P. (2023) ‘The effect of land tenure on the access to assistance for the long-term recovery of flood damage’. (1^st Supervisor) (UT Research Honour Program Graduate)

Bos, D.M. (2023) ‘Design principles and policies on ecotourism as a way to preserve mangrove forest and the local culture of Panju Island, India’. (1^st supervisor)

Vries, J. de (2022) ‘Assessing potential disruptions from earthquakes in the historical peninsula of Istanbul using 3D models’. The thesis presentation won the second prize for the young scientist award of IDRiM Society. https://idrim.org/?page_id=14238) (1^st Supervisor)

Kotecha, M. (2022) Interlinking lakes: Decision support tool for sustainable lake ecosystem, Ahmedabad, India. (1^st supervisor) (UT Research Honour Program Graduate)

Begum, R. (2022) Assessing multi-hazards exposure and risk perception: A case of Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar and Bhashan Char. (Advisor)

Asare, P. (2021) Nature-based solutions (NBS) as an urban flood mitigation measure: the case of Ga East Municipality, Accra, Ghana. (1^st supervisor) (UT Research Honour Program Graduate)

Shrestha, S. (2021) Nature-based Solution (NbS) for local adaptation of neighborhood to urban flooding: A case study of Enschede, Netherlands. (1^st supervisor)

Gebremaryam, N.H. (2021) ‘Exploring the barriers of solar energy development in expansion  areas of Addis Ababa.’ (2^nd supervisor)

Somadas, A.T. (2020) ‘Rethinking ecosystem services in the urban fringe, opportunities in human well-being - The case of Panju Island, Mumbai.’ (2^nd supervisor)

Rahman, MD Z. (2020) ‘Relationship between multiple deprivation and disaster risk perception in Rangpur city, Bangladesh.’ (1^st supervisor) (UT Research Honour Program Graduate)

Esmaiel, A.M.R.A. (2020) ‘Mainstreaming Risk Assessment into Spatial planning for Risk Reduction: Case Study of Urban Flood in Alexandria, Egypt’. (2^nd supervisor)

Knauer, M. (2020), ‘Identifying obstacles for City Climate Action Planning in cities of the South – Belo Horizonte, Brazil.’ (2^nd Supervisor)

Courses academic year 2026/2027

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2025/2026

My research projects contribute to a long-term research agenda on anticipatory urban resilience: understanding how cities, communities and critical systems can anticipate, prepare for and adapt to interconnected risks and uncertain futures.

Across European and international projects, my work has evolved from vulnerability and disaster risk assessment towards systemic and multi-hazard risk, climate resilience, participatory approaches, strategic foresight and resilience governance.

CURRENT RESEARCH LEADERSHIP

PARATUS - Promoting Disaster Preparedness and Resilience

October 2022 - September 2026
My Role: Co-PI and one of the two Coordinators
Funding: Horizon Europe

PARATUS develops new approaches for understanding and managing the systemic risks of compounding and multi-hazard disasters. The project brings together 19 partners from 11 countries and was awarded the maximum evaluation score of 15/15.

As Co-PI and Co-Coordinator, I contribute to the scientific and strategic direction of the project, connecting systemic risk assessment with stakeholder needs and risk-informed decision-making. PARATUS combines forensic disaster analysis, impact chains, exposure and vulnerability assessment, Earth observation, scenario development, serious gaming and social simulation to explore how risks cascade across interconnected sectors and territories. The project develops an open-source platform to support stakeholders in exploring changing risk conditions, evaluating risk-reduction options and preparing for complex disaster scenarios.

Research themes: Systemic risk | Multi-hazard risk | Cascading impacts | Critical infrastructure | Participatory foresight | Serious games

ACT - Accelerating Just Climate Transitions in Urban Regions

My Role: Work Package Coordinator and Steering Committee Member
Funding: KIN / NWO

ACT investigates how just climate transitions can be accelerated at the neighbourhood level in the Netherlands. My work focuses on translating knowledge into local action by connecting residents, municipalities, housing corporations, businesses and sustainability professionals. Through the development of local pathways and action agendas, the project explores how climate transitions can become both effective and socially just.

Research themes: Climate resilience | Just transitions | Urban governance | Co-creation | Societal transformation

MEDiME - Motivation and Engagement in Disaster Mapping in Europe

September 2024 – June 2027
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr Irene Petraroli
My Role: PI / Supervisor
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

MEDiME addresses a critical challenge in disaster resilience: why does increased availability of risk information not necessarily lead to greater preparedness? The project develops a framework for understanding and strengthening citizens' motivation and engagement in disaster preparedness and training. Particular attention is given to disaster mapping, risk communication and serious gaming as mechanisms for turning risk knowledge into preventive action.

Research themes: Disaster preparedness | Risk communication | Behaviour | Serious games | Citizen engagement

SEEN-ATLAS - Advancing a Participatory Model of Environmental Education

October 2026 - September 2028
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow: Dr Chiara Ramponi
My Role: PI / Supervisor
Funding: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship

SEEN-ATLAS develops participatory approaches to environmental education for long-term and less visible environmental risks, including PFAS contamination. The project investigates how children and communities can become active participants in understanding environmental risk, strengthening environmental awareness, resilience and trust in risk governance.

Research themes: Environmental risk | Participatory education | Children | Risk governance | Community resilience

SELECTED RECENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Enhancing the Understanding of Multi-(Hazard-)Risk

September 2024 - August 2026
My Role: PI at University of Twente
Funding: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - University of Twente Collaboration

This strategic collaboration explores how Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction can be better integrated to address multi-hazard and systemic risk. The project brings together expertise from the University of Twente and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam while directly involving stakeholders in identifying gaps, synergies and future research priorities. It also creates opportunities for Early Career Researchers to develop interdisciplinary collaboration and proposal-development skills.

Research themes: Multi-hazard risk | Climate adaptation | Disaster risk reduction | Knowledge integration | Research collaboration

EO4MULTIHA - EARTh Observation for Multi-Hazards

September 2023 - August 2025
My Role: Researcher
Funding: European Space Agency (ESA)

EO4MULTIHA explored the potential of Earth Observation to advance multi-hazard science. The project investigated how EO data can strengthen hazard modelling, forecasting, exposure analysis and vulnerability assessment beyond conventional single-hazard approaches.

Research themes: Earth observation | Multi-hazard risk | Exposure | Vulnerability | Risk modelling

COOLSCHOOLS

March 2022 - February 2025
My Role: Researcher and PhD Supervisor
Funding: JPI Urban Europe / NWO

COOLSCHOOLS investigated the transformative potential of nature-based solutions in school environments. Through cases in Barcelona, Brussels, Paris and Rotterdam, the project examined how climate shelters can contribute simultaneously to urban climate resilience, social justice, education and wider social-ecological transformation.

Research themes: Nature-based solutions | Climate adaptation | Urban resilience | Schools | Environmental justice

Twinning for Climate-Resilient Urban Solutions

2022 - 2023
My Role: Researcher
Funding: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - University of Twente Collaboration

This project investigated how green and blue infrastructure can support climate-resilient urban development while responding to competing demands for housing, energy and urban land. The collaboration connected knowledge, data and planning tools with local stakeholder needs to explore where climate-resilient interventions can generate the greatest benefit.

Research themes: Climate adaptation | Nature-based solutions | Spatial planning | Urban development

PARTICIPATORY RESILIENCE & CITIZEN SCIENCE PROJECTS

An important strand of my research explores how citizens, and particularly children, can become active participants in resilience building rather than passive recipients of risk information.

Children Citizen GeoScience FOR CLIMATE ADAPTIVE CITIES

September 2023 - July 2024
My Role: PI / Coordinator with Javier Martinez and Martin van Hoijdonk
Funding: DesignLab / Province of Overijssel

Children Citizen GeoScience investigated how children's participation in geo-citizen science can contribute to societal and structural transformations for climate resilience. Children participated as co-researchers, rather than simply as data collectors. They contributed throughout the research process—from collecting and analysing spatial data to identifying and communicating possible climate actions.

Research themes: Citizen science | Children | Climate resilience | Participatory research | Geo-information

ENABLE CHILDREN

2021 - 2022
My Role: PI / Coordinator with Javier Martinez and Martin van Hoijdonk
Funding: DesignLab

ENABLE CHILDREN explored how children can co-create educational tools for climate and disaster resilience. More than 60 children in India and the Netherlands contributed to the development of Rising Water, Safer Shores, a board game on flooding and climate-change adaptation for children aged 9–11. The project demonstrated how co-design, play and visual communication can connect children from different contexts with shared global challenges.

Research themes: Children | Climate education | Flood resilience | Co-design | Serious games

BReUCom - Building Resilient Urban Communities in India

My Role: Researcher (2019-2020)
Funding: Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education

BReUCom developed and piloted professional development programmes addressing real-world urban resilience challenges in India. Within the project, I developed a comparative case study involving children as co-researchers, contributing to the development of my longer-term research on participatory resilience and citizen science.

EARLIER INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH

My earlier research established the foundations of my current work on anticipatory resilience. Across European and international projects, I worked on vulnerability assessment, crisis management, culture and disaster risk, knowledge exchange, critical infrastructure and community resilience.

DRIVER+ Enhancing European Resilience and Response to Threats and Crisis Situations

My Role: Researcher, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Ispra (2018)
Funding: EU FP7

DRIVER+ developed and tested approaches for strengthening European crisis-management capabilities, including a pan-European test-bed for evaluating innovative crisis-management solutions.

EDUCEN — European Disasters in Urban Centres: A Culture Expert Network

My Role: Work Package Coordinator, City & Infrastructure; Milan Case Study PI (2015-1017)
Funding: EU Horizon 2020

EDUCEN investigated culture as a resource for disaster risk reduction. I coordinated work on cities and infrastructure and led the Milan case study on the safety, security and resilience of the Milan Expo mega-event. The project strengthened my research on the social and cultural dimensions of resilience and on the relationship between communities, institutions and urban risk.

City - Migration - Disaster

My Role: Principal Investigator, Politecnico di Milano (2015)
Funding: Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities, Türkiye

This postdoctoral project investigated disaster awareness and adaptive capacity among Turkish migrant communities across Northern Italy. The research reached 545 households—approximately 20% of the target migrant population—and included six focus groups. The project subsequently led to the establishment of the Gli Altri ed I Disastri NGO in Milan, extending the research into societal action. Through the NGO, we worked with children to develop flood-awareness activities and a child-designed educational toolkit translated into five languages. This experience became an important foundation for my later work on children, participatory resilience and co-created risk education.

KNOW4DRR - Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation

2013 - 2015
My Role: Assistant Coordinator
Funding: EU FP7

KNOW4DRR investigated how disaster-risk and climate-adaptation knowledge is produced, shared and used by different stakeholders. The project explored barriers between scientific knowledge and practice and developed participatory mechanisms, including workshops, seminars and living labs, to strengthen knowledge exchange and societal learning.

ENSURE - Enhancing Resilience of Communities and Territories Facing Natural and Na-Tech Hazards

2008 – 2011
My Role: Researcher / Support to Scientific Coordination
Funding: EU FP7

ENSURE developed approaches for assessing vulnerability to natural and technological hazards and strengthening the resilience of communities and territories. My work combined research activities with support to scientific coordination, providing early experience in both European research collaboration and the management of large interdisciplinary projects.

MIARIA - Adaptive Hydrogeological Monitoring for Integrated Alpine Risk

2009 – 2011
My Role: Researcher
Funding: INTERREG Italy - Switzerland

MIARIA developed hydrogeological risk scenarios and mapping approaches for flood and landslide risk in Alpine regions, supporting improved risk monitoring, management and mitigation.

SCENARIO - Support on Common European Strategy for Sustainable Natural and Induced Technological Hazards Mitigation

My Role: Collaborator
Funding: EU FP6

I contributed during the final phase of SCENARIO, supporting the development of the project book. This was one of my earliest experiences within European collaborative disaster-risk research.

In 2022, I was selected as one of the three young talents at the University of Twente. If you want to see my Ted Talk during the event Dies Natalis 2022 ''Every Connection has a story, please visit the YouTube link.

Here, you can read the interview with me on my research interest, ''Societal Resilience''.

Videos for the KIDWISE research: Rising Water Safer Shores on Vimeo and ENABLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.

PARATUS project in media:

Making a difference before, during and after a disaster with ITC project PARATUS – 21 September 2023 (U-Today)

How a landslide Early Warning System could look like – 13 September 2023 (Austrian Press Agency)

PARATUS Project nominated for Polish Smart Development Award: Project of the Future – 6 June 2023 (University of Twente)

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