WRC Core Staff

Associate Professor in Science and Technology Studies (Department of Science and Technology Studies)

Email: c.fearnley@ucl.ac.uk
Profile: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/sts/people/dr-carina-fearnley

Carina is an interdisciplinary researcher, drawing on relevant expertise in the social sciences on scientific uncertainty, risk, and complexity to focus on how natural hazard early warning systems can be made more effective, specifically alert level systems. She also has interest in the transdisciplinary potential of art and science collaborations around environmental hazards. Carina established the World Organisation of Volcano Observatories Volcano Alert Level Working Group, and edited the first publication dedicated to Volcanic Crisis Communication (Observing the Volcano World: Volcanic Crisis Communication). She is the founder of the UCL Warning Research Centre.

Professor of Disasters and Health (Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction and Institute of Global Health)

Email: i.kelman@ucl.ac.uk
Profile: http://www.ilankelman.org / https://www.ucl.ac.uk/risk-disaster-reduction/people/dr-ilan-kelman
Twitter/Instagram: @ILANKELMAN

llan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, England and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research. That covers three main areas: (i) disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org; (ii) island sustainability involving safe and healthy communities in isolated locations http://www.islandvulnerability.org; and (iii) risk education for health and disasters http://www.riskred.org.

Email: claudia.farini.18@ucl.ac.uk
Profile/Website: Linkedin

Claudia Fernandez de Cordoba Farini is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on health warning systems that strive to integrate human, animal and environmental health. Her research examines how to switch from a responsive siloed public health approach to infectious diseases to a preventative cross-sectoral approach that addresses their environmental drivers. She is also a doctoral researcher at the highly competitive UK Food Systems Centre for Doctoral Training (UKFS-CDT), part of the UK's strategic programme on Transforming the UK Food System.

Claudia recently worked as a scientific advisor to the One Health team in the Department of Environment in the UK Government, setting the objectives for the negotiations on the new international agreement for pandemics. She also worked at the consultancy Global Counsel, navigating the intersection between politics, policy and health tech for top pharmaceutical companies, biotechnologies, and the UK National Health Care System (NHS). Prior experience includes venture capital collaborating on a deep dive into the microbiome sector.

Email: m.rokhideh@ucl.ac.uk
Profile/Website: LinkedIn

Maryam is an interdisciplinary researcher specializing in the links between security, climate change, and development. Her research examines how communities respond to multiple and compounding risks, with current projects exploring community resilience, disaster response, and climate governance. Her work on complex risks and emerging threats spans different countries and builds on community-engaged and decolonial approaches. At UCL, she is currently working with the EU Horizon HuT Project to develop multi-hazard risk reduction tools to effectively deal with climate-related disasters. She has worked with governments, UN agencies, and other international organizations, and remains actively involved in policy consultations and contributions. Her research has been supported by the European Union, USAID, Fulbright, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the National Science Foundation.

Email: a.gallant@ucl.ac.uk
Profile: Linkedin

Amanda works on communications, events and administration for UCL's Warning Research Centre and the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (IMSS). Amanda's BA in English Literature is from Seattle University in the shadow of Mt Rainier, and her MA in Comparative Literature is from Goldsmiths, University of London.