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Professor Ilan Kelman

Professor Ilan Kelman

Professor of Disasters and Health

Department : Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction

Faculty : Faculty of Maths & Physical Sciences

Address : G01 GROUND FLOOR
FRONT LODGES
GOWER STREET
LONDON
WC1E 6BT

Languages spoken fluently (other than English) : English

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Disasters, climate change, and disaster risk reduction--and their interaction with health and migration. Disaster diplomacy: How and why disasters do and do not create peace. Islands: Vulnerability, resilience, and livelihoods in small, isolated places. Polar regions: The politics of the Arctic and the Antarctic. Twitter and Instagram @ILANKELMAN

Research groups:

Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/rdr
Institute for Global Health (IGH) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/igh
Global Governance Institute http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-governance

Research publications:

http://www.ilankelman.org/publications.html

Climate change and islands publications http://www.islandvulnerability.org/docs/islandsclimatechange.pdf

Personal web address: http://www.ilankelman.org

collapse section Professional Affiliations and Appointments:

University of Agder, Norway
Heidelberg Institute of Global Health
Risk RED (Risk Reduction Education for Disasters)

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Radio YesPrint Yes TV Yes

Example news stories:

One regular column I write https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/disaster-choice

An article I wrote https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/07/21/floods-wildfires-heat-climate-planning

A video series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlVyY1UAOnU&list=PLCuu5t_nsFKC5IbjnahIEoKHK8o2vegaZ

An interview http://fivebooks.com/interviews/ilan-kelman-on-disaster-diplomacy

Academic support for a popular science initiative http://www.scidev.net/global/climate-change/spotlight/joint-action-climate-change-spotlight.html

Podcast /climate-change/podcasts-videos/generation-one-podcast/climate-podcast-how-should-we-tackle-climate-disasters

Example video clips:

(a) YouTube series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlVyY1UAOnU&list=PLCuu5t_nsFKC5IbjnahIEoKHK8o2vegaZ
(b) Google Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86nVC65T2Ps
(c) Geography home learning https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjG4j7M3f9s

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