Dr Irene Petraroli is currently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellow at ITC-PGM, University of Twente. Her project, Motivation and Engagement in Disaster Mapping in Europe (MEDiME), focuses on social vulnerabilities and hazard mapping in Europe and Japan. Dr Petraroli holds a PostDoc and PhD from the Environmental Education Laboratory at Kyoto University and an MPhil degree from Oxford University. Her work focuses on the crisis capabilities and vulnerabilities of immigrant groups, local communities, and gender issues.
Expertise
Social Sciences
- Japan
- Disaster Prevention
- Early Warning System
- Evacuation
- Italy
- Narrative
- Communication Strategies
- Cultural Studies
Organisations
Publications
2026
Motivation and engagement in disaster mapping in Europe (MEDiME): Understanding hydrogeological risks and vulnerability through serious gaming (2026)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2026. Petraroli, I., Flacke, J. & Atun, F.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-17956City strategies for disaster communications in Asia: Reaching Out to International Tourists (2026)Tourism, Culture and Communication, 26(1), 49-62. Singer, J., Kieu, T. K., Petraroli, I., Takinana, A., Furihata, S. & Nguyen, T.https://doi.org/10.3727/194341425X17464552853746A decade after Sendai: Assessing global actor dynamics and roles in participatory flood early warning systems (2026)Progress in Disaster Science, 29. Article 100529. Dacosta Aboagye, P., Cao, A., Watanabe, M., Petraroli, I. & Nakamura, S.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pdisas.2026.100529
2025
Cultures of risk: Exploring resident water-related disaster preparedness in a multi-country context (2025)[Contribution to conference › Poster] 15th International Conference of Integrated Disaster Risk Management Society . Petraroli, I., Flacke, J., Atun, F. & Terumoto, K.https://idrim2025.com/book-of-abstracts/Ready for the worst: awaiting disaster in ageing rural Japan (2025)Disasters, 49(2). Article e12680. Petraroli, I., Nagahama, A., Baars, R. C. & Terumoto, K.https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12680A review of typologies, trends, and evolution of actor and institutional involvement in implementing local flood early warning systems (L-FEWS). (2025)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2025. Dacosta Aboagye, P., Shinichiro, N., Anh, C., Watanabe, M. & Petraroli, I.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-4682Building Flood Resilience: Lessons from Japan for the EU (2025)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] EGU General Assembly 2025. Petraroli, I.https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-9512
2024
Policy informs academia: A 6-element framework in disaster studies (2024)Journal of integrated disaster risk management, 14(2), 194-204. Petraroli, I. & Baars, R.https://doi.org/10.5595/001c.123609
2022
Disaster preparedness communication and perception of foreign residents in Kansai, Japan: a socio-cultural study (2022)Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Petraroli, I. & Baars, R. C.https://doi.org/10.47389/37.2.81To be a woman in Japan: Disaster vulnerabilities and gendered discourses in disaster preparedness in Japan (2022)International journal of disaster risk reduction, 70. Petraroli, I. & Baars, R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102767
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