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Silvia De Angeli

Silvia De Angeli is a Fixed-term Assistant Professor at the University of Genoa in Italy, investigating water-related and multi-hazard risks for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. She has obtained a Ph.D. in Understanding and Managing Extremes at IUSS Pavia (Italy) and spent an exchange period as a Postgraduate Researcher at King's College London - Geography Department, working on multi-hazard risk. Her research interests encompass natural hazards exposure and vulnerability assessment, water-related risk assessment, climate change adaptation strategies, and multi-hazard risk assessment.

New positions to join the Natural Hazards Division team!

New positions to join the Natural Hazards Division team!

Interested in being actively involved in shaping the EGU NH Division activities and organising the annual General Assembly?  Are you working in the Natural Hazards field? Then keep reading… we need you! Our Division is seeking: a new Science Officer for the NH10 Multi-Hazards sub-division a new Social Media Coordinator For both positions, the term is fixed for a two-year period with a possible ext ...[Read More]

COVID-19 and natural hazards: a complex multi-risk scenario

COVID-19 and natural hazards: a complex multi-risk scenario

COVID-19 has been a disruptive ‘tsunami’ that most countries were not prepared to handle. The pandemic has been representing a global slow-onset long-lasting disaster that has drastically challenged all emergency management systems worldwide. The pandemic slow-onset disaster has been characterized by a prolonged emergency phase with varying intensity levels, and a cyclic behavior, where the interp ...[Read More]

“This is a man’s world” – Challenges in being women in science

“This is a man’s world” – Challenges in being women in science

Gender equality is a fundamental human right and a basis for building a peaceful and sustainable future for our society. It has been identified by the United Nations as one of the seventeen urgent goals – the so-called Sustainable Development Goals – to be achieved by all countries to ensure sustainability on a global scale [1].  #genderequality is a hashtag used (and overused) to tag millio ...[Read More]

We want you: New Science Officers seeking.

Interested in getting involved in shaping the EGU NH Division? Interested in having an active role during the organisation of the annual General Assembly?  Are you working in a field of research related to Natural Hazards? Then keep reading! Our Division is seeking new volunteer Science Officers to fill in the role for the following subdivisions: NH2: Volcanic Hazards NH3: Landslide Hazards NH5: S ...[Read More]