Joy Ommer
Areas of interest
- Disaster Risk Reduction
- Hydrological Extremes
- Risk Perception
- Citizen Science
Research centres and groups
Environmental Science Research DivisionResearch projects
Reducing Risk to Hydrological Extremes with Nature-based Solutions
The overall expected outcome of my PhD will be an innovative Nature-Based Solutions (NBS) recommendation toolkit for Europe to enhance sustainable and evidence-based decision-making on NBS implementation, to mitigate risk to hydrological extremes in Europe.
To support this outcome, I am exploring environmental susceptibility, multi-hazard approaches and climate change in context with NBS as well as ex-ante assessment of their co-benefits and disbenefits.
Supervisors:
- Professor Hannah Cloke (University of Reading)
- Dr Jess Neumann (University of Reading)
- Milan Kalas (KAJO, s. r. o., Sladkovicova,Slovakia)
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Background
I hold a BSc in Geography from the University of Cologne (Germany) and an MSc (with Commendation) in Disaster Management & Sustainable Development from the Northumbria University (UK).My MSc dissertation studied the risk perception and hazard knowledge acquisition of children.
As a trainee at the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, I have been working on a regional vulnerability index to support risk reduction. Afterwards, I started my current position as a principal scientist exploring Nature-Based Solutions to reduce hydrometeorological hazards. I have a special interest in merging natural and social science for increased risk reduction as well as science communication.