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UCL RDR in the media

Experts from the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction are frequently called upon for commentary and insights during and after major disasters.

Latest media features

• Prof Ilan Kelman on the risks involved with private spacewalking in AP News – 11 September 2024
• Prof Ilan Kelman on the impact of heatwaves on power grids in Southern and Eastern Europe – 18 July 2024
• Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson's research on trafficking risks for unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK – 17 July 2024
  The Guardian exclusively covered Dr Sonja Ayeb-Karlsson's research with UCL and ECPAT UK colleagues. 
• Dr Yulia Ioffe on Belarus's suspected role in the transfers of children – 23 May 2023
  Dr Yulia Ioffe was interviewed by Reuters as part of an article on Ukraine investigating the role of Belarus in transfers of children.
• Dr Sarah Dryhurst on how music can influence climate change action – 31 March 2023
  Dr Sarah Dryhurst was quoted in an LA Times article and featured in an associated podcast about the Tempo: Music for Climate Action research project, which looks at whether music can influence climate change action.
• Prof Ilan Kelman on whether we can reduce lives lost from extreme weather – 2 January 2023
  Prof Ilan Kelman appeared on the BBC World Service programme 'The Climate Question' discussing how the number of lives lost due to extreme weather can be reduced.
• Prof Joanna Faure Walker on how to respond and reconstruct when disaster strikes – 13 December 2022
  Prof Joanna Faure Walker appeared on Euronews as part of a panel discussing disaster reconstruction with a focus on the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami.
• Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha on how irrigation systems in Bangladesh may help to avoid flooding –15 September 2022
  Dr Mohammad Shamsudduha was quoted in a New Scientist article about how farmers' irrigation systems are helping to avoid flooding in Bangladesh. The piece referenced research conducted by Shams and published in Science.
• Dr Gianluca Pescaroli on how banks are preparing for winter power shortages – 7 September 2022
  Dr Gianluca Pescaroli was featured in a Reuters analysis of how European banks and financial institutions are preparing for potential winter power shortages.
  23 September 2022 – He also appeared in a feature on Bloomberg UK about how banks are using their lockdown plans to prepare for power blackouts.