Emily Wilkinson

Research Fellow, Climate and Environment

Emily attained an MA in Development Studies from the Institute of Social Studies in 2003 and a PhD in Human Geography from UCL in 2011. She is an honorary researcher at the Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Centre and worked as a project researcher at the Colegio de Mexico from 2004-2006, coordinating two evaluations of the national disaster reconstruction fund. Emily's research focusses on institutional and policy dimensions of environmental hazards, in particular local governance, learning and innovation in disaster risk reduction.

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World Vision’s resilience programming: adding value for development

Publication - Discussion papers - 7 August 2013

ODI Working Papers

Josh Folkema , Maggie Ibrahim and Emily Wilkinson

This working paper discusses about resilience as an alternative way to overcome the obstacles of tradional programming to succeed in development progress.

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Putting resilience thinking into practice: lessons from World Vision

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 7 August 2013

In 2011, more than 13 million people in the horn of Africa saw the worst droughts in 25 years and were left without food, water and emergency healthcare. Hundreds of thousands of people fled from Somalia to escape the drought and conflict, with parts of the country afflicted by famine. Two years on, it is not clear whether these communities are any more resilient to droughts, other climate extremes or conflict than they were in 2011.

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Flooding in Pakistan: a submerged street near Nowshera, Kyhber-Pakhtunkhwa province

Disaster risk management in the post-2015 international policy landscape

Event - Workshop - 3 July 2012 09:30 - 16:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

The workshop is designed to bring together different stakeholders – from development and humanitarian agencies, government departments, research organisations and from the private sector bodies and foundations – to discuss the opportunities, structures and strategies for effectively managing disaster risk in the post-2015 international policy landscape.

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Strengthening resilience in volcanic areas (STREVA)

Projects - July 2012 to June 2016

This project examines the interaction of dynamic factors contributing to disaster risk including: the volcanic hazard processes, the exposure and vulnerability of people and assets, and the capacities in place to reduce, prepare for and recover from the impact.

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Disaster risk management in post-2015 policy frameworks: forging a more resilient future

Publication - Briefing papers - 28 June 2012

ODI Briefings 75

Tom Mitchell and Emily Wilkinson

This Briefing Paper considers what is needed to strengthen the management of disaster risk over the next two decades and strategies to embed disaster risk management in the international policy frameworks to achieve this.

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