Dr Joanna Faure Walker
Professor of Earthquake Geology and Disaster Risk Reduction
Inst for Risk & Disaster Reduction
Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences
- Joined UCL
- 15th May 2012
Research summary
The UCL-IRDR promotes doing scientific research that can influence disaster risk reduction practice within academia, industry, NGOs and government.
Teaching summary
Joanna is the IRDR Director of Studies and Programme Director for the IRDR MSc Risk, Disaster and Resilience. She lectures on natural hazards, vulnerability, risk and their integration into decision-making. She is the module tutor for the UCL masters-level courses: “Integrating Science into Risk and Disaster Reduction” and “Natural and Anthropogenic Hazards and Vulnerability”. Joanna has taught on a number of undergraduate, masters and PhD training modules for UCL and Birkbeck, such as active tectonics, geophysical hazards, structural geology, geology for civil engineers, earthquake seismology and earthquake hazard. She has taught geophysical techniques, geological mapping, and risk assessment on fieldtrips in the U.K., Italy, and Greece.
Joanna has experience teaching to a wide range of audiences. In addition to her university teaching, she has taught on professional training courses covering topics such as earthquake hazard, landslide hazard, extreme events, exposure and vulnerability, data availability, and communicating disaster risk reduction. She was the co-chair for the “Educating Future Leaders in Understanding Risk” session at the Third Understanding Risk Forum organised by the World Bank.
Joanna has appeared on national and international television and radio media including BBC News, BBC World News, Sky News, TRT World News, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussing earthquake hazard and risk in the UK, Italy and Mexico and post disaster recovery.
Education
- PGCE, PGCE. |
- Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), ATQ09 - Other UK accreditation or qualification in teaching in the higher education sector |
- Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), ATQ03 - Recognised by the HEA as a Fellow |
- University College London
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 2010
- University of Cambridge
- Other higher degree, Master of Natural Science | 2006
Biography
Teaching
Joanna has taught on a number of undergraduate, masters and PhD training modules for UCL and Birkbeck, such as active tectonics, geophysical hazards, structural geology, geology for civil engineers, earthquake seismology and earthquake hazard. She has taught geophysical techniques, geological mapping, and risk assessment on fieldtrips in the U.K., Italy, and Greece.
Joanna has experience teaching to a wide range of audiences. In addition to her university teaching, she has taught on professional training courses covering topics such as earthquake hazard, landslide hazard, extreme events, exposure and vulnerability, data availability, and communicating disaster risk reduction. She was the co-chair for the “Educating Future Leaders in Understanding Risk” session at the Third Understanding Risk Forum organised by the World Bank.
Media
Joanna has appeared on national and international television and radio media including BBC News, BBC World News, Sky News, TRT World News, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4 Today programme discussing earthquake hazard and risk in the UK, Italy and Mexico and post disaster recovery.
BBC News 24 August 2016 Italian EQ
BBC World News 24 August 2016 Italian EQ
BBC News 19 September 2017 Mexico EQ
TRT World News 19 September 2017 Mexico EQ
Industry Experience
Before joining the IRDR, Joanna was an analyst in the market-leading catastrophe risk modelling firm, RMS (Risk Management Solutions). RMS produces numerical models that provide a statistical approach to quantifying risk. During her time at RMS, Joanna gained an understanding of how catastrophe models are designed, developed and used both internally by modeling firms, external clients and the insurance industry. Joanna has worked on a number of consultancy projects, including in collaboration with industrial partners.