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Hon. Senior Research Fellow
John Twigg
Contact Information / Biography / Publications
Aon Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, UCL, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Email:j.twigg@ucl.ac.uk
Specialisation:Disaster risk reduction
Research Interests:socio-economic vulnerability, sustainable livelihoods, institutional change and ‘mainstreaming’, DRR planning & evaluation, disability & disasters, disaster education & school safety, risk communications, early warnings, history of disaster management
  • 1998-present: independent consultant and Hon. Senior Research Fellow, UCL
  • 1990-97: Intermediate Technology Development Group
  • 1987-90: Central Office of Information
  • 1985-7: post-doctoral research, University of Cambridge
  • 1983-4: teacher, Bombay International School
  • 1976-83: University of Cambridge (BA, PhD)

Kett M, Twigg J 2007, Disability and disasters: towards an inclusive approach. World Disasters Report 2007: Focus on Discrimination (Geneva: IFRC) pp.87-109.

 

Twigg J 2007, Characteristics of a Disaster-resilient Community: a guidance note. London: DFID DRR Interagency Coordination Group. 36pp.


 

Benson C, Twigg J 2007, Tools for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: Guidance Notes for Development Organisations. Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/ProVention Consortium. 184pp.

 

Benson C, Twigg J 2006, Methodological tools for analysing and addressing risk. Open House International 31(1): 133-40.

 

Benson C, Twigg J 2004, ‘Measuring Mitigation. Methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks and the net benefits of mitigation – a scoping study (Geneva: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies/ProVention Consortium) 149pp.

 

Twigg J 2004, Disaster risk reduction: mitigation and preparedness in development and emergency programming (London: Overseas Development Institute) 365pp.

 

Rowell J, Twigg J 2003, ‘Building capacity – the ethical dimensions’. World Disasters Report 2003 (Geneva: IFRC) 42-65.

 

Twigg J 2003, ‘The Human Factor in Early Warnings: risk perception and appropriate communications’.  Zschau J, Kueppers AN eds, Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction  (Heidelberg:  Springer Verlag) 19-26.

 

Twigg J, Steiner D 2002, ‘Mainstreaming Disaster Mitigation: challenges to organisational learning in NGOs’.  Development in Practice 12(3&4) 473-479.

 

Twigg J, Benson C 2002, ‘Risk reduction: challenges and opportunities’. World Disasters Report 2002 (Geneva: IFRC) 8-39.

 

Twigg J, Steiner D 2001, ‘Missed opportunities: NGOs and the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction’. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 16(3) 5-14.

 

Benson C, Twigg J, Myers M 2001, ‘NGO Initiatives in Risk Reduction:  An Overview’. Disasters 25(3) 199-215.

 

Twigg J 2000, ‘The age of accountability? Future community involvement in disaster reduction’. Australian Journal of Emergency Management 14(4) 51-58.

 

Twigg J, Bhatt MR eds, Understanding Vulnerability: South Asian perspectives (London: IT Publications) 84pp.

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