Kevin Blanchard (he/him)
Contributing to a truly inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction
system = my raison d'etre. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇺🇳
Plus politics (UK, EU), travel & my own (amateur) photography
@nonaturaldisasters.bsky.social
There's no such thing as a 'natural' disaster. #NoNaturalDisasters #DisastersArePolitical #DRR #Disasters.
@jcarleepurdum.bsky.social
Asst. Professor of Sociology at University of Houston Disasters / Punishment / Incarceration / Emergency Management *views are my own
@bfrostycommentator.bsky.social
#NewEnglander. #ConstitutionStateNative Married🌈. Activist + Humanitarian.Mentor.Ally.Advocate. Neurodivergent.Independent #Researcher. NSLS 24’,Commentator. #DemocratCTCOILD #Denver #EducateDontHate #ProtectDemocracy #EndPoliticalAdministrativeControl
@esqueer.net
Transgender Menace 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷 Clinical Instructor, Harvard Law Cyberlaw Clinic. Gender & Tech. Views = my own. She/Her. Sometimes anti-social, always anti-fascist.
@globalnetworkdr.bsky.social
The world’s largest global network of civil society organisations working to strengthen the #resilience of people most at #risk and prevent hazards from becoming #disasters. www.gndr.org
@marieas.bsky.social
International law | disaster risk | nature | inclusive lawmaking | ultrarunning | dogs | 🇸🇪 🇮🇪 | she/her
@praveenkalura.bsky.social
Hydrology • Remote Sensing • Mountains • Climate Justice • SDGs • Climate Change • Himalayas • Rural Development • Migration • WebGIS • Water Accounting • Mountain Disasters https://bio.link/praveenkalura Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
@sianberry.bsky.social
Green MP for Brighton Pavilion since 2024. Challenging Labour to do better at all levels of Govt since 2014. She/her. Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party at POBox 78066 SE16 9GQ
@alastairzangs.bsky.social
🌊Delivering coastal adaptation in the UK. 🏔️Researching transboundary climate risk in S.Asia 🎤Host of How We Might Live: Adapting to a New Climate 🐱CAT alumnus
@kabweprq.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Director, Uppsala University Bioarchaeology Research Laboratory @uubrl.bsky.social Bioarchaeology; trauma & pathology; thanatology & taphonomy; medieval Visby; caves; African Stone Age; 3D imaging. Slightly sweary. He/Him.
@nordregio.bsky.social
International research centre for regional development and planning located in the heart of Stockholm. We are bridging policy and research for a thriving, sustainable Nordic region and beyond.
@cabot-institute.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary environmental research and education community at the University of Bristol. Food security, water, low carbon energy, city futures, environmental change, natural hazards & disaster risk, climate change & health. www.bristol.ac.uk/cabot
@southsaxon.bsky.social
Working class history, photography, railways, skiing, cats, corvids and goats! A sense of humour is essential. Cat butler. Reluctant intellectual. Rare disease survivor. Born at 314.3ppm. https://railthing.blogspot.com/?m=1
@mattbailliesmith.bsky.social
Professor of Global Development & Dean of Research Culture, Northumbria University UK. Research voluntary labour and: humanitarianism; global development; climate action; citizenship. www.mattbailliesmith.com https://uk.linkedin.com/in/matt-baillie-smith
@thisone0verhere.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Sometimes funny. Generalized anxiety Wunderkind. Author of “Winterset Hollow.” https://jonathanedwarddurham.substack.com http://Patreon.com/jonathanedwarddurham https://jonathanedwarddurham.com
@kityates.bsky.social
Author. Prof of Math Bio and Public Engagement. Member of Independent Sage since October 2020. @Kit_Yates_Maths on twitter Books - Math(s) of Life and Death How to Expect the Unexpected Get them here: https://tinyurl.com/37rx2yuv He/Him
@barbaracastle.bsky.social
Campaigning to restore a railway, improve bus services and reduce emissions in Derbyshire. Would love to make contact with people doing the same in rural areas elsewhere. Things here don't work like they do in cities.
@gobeyondeu.bsky.social
#EmergencyManagement | #EarlyWarningSystems 🌍 EU Project developing a geo and weather Multi-Risk Impact-Based Early Warning System Funded by @horizoneu.bsky.social
@alt-usace.bsky.social
Fed employee. Resistance. #AltGov #Altfam. Dream job- steward to Turtle Island waters, lands, and people — no matter who is in the casa blanca. None of us are free until all of us are. Not official USACE Account. USACE staff can DM with any stories.
@drtcombs.bsky.social
Transport-Equity-Resilience PhD. Researching & teaching🚶♀️🚲 🚌 & 🛣️. Occasional outbursts about dogs, kids, Davidson hoops, & gardening. My opinions are mine. A person, not a data point. She/hers. Villagist. Please read pinned post before following.
@edwimarty.bsky.social
Human geographer post-doc. Research on socio-political dimensions of climate change adaptation | rural transformations | political ecology | pastoralism in France and Kenya Otherwise probably occupied by reading and eating cheese.
@intwaterboy.bsky.social
WASH - Water, Sanitation Hygiene in Emergencies Society needs politics and participation Talking in good times about disaster to come is not sexy - I'm not sexy anyway.
@conteristo.bsky.social
PostDoc MPIDR (Rostock, Germany). Social inequality, climate change, demography https://sites.google.com/view/ristocontekeivabu/home
@cdittmer.bsky.social
* Undoing Disaster * Katastrophenforscherin und -soziologin/Disaster Sociologist and researcher * Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS)/Disaster Research Unit (DRU) Berlin * Akademie der Katastrophenforschungsstelle (AKFS) * @druberlin.bsky.social
@lmcampbell.bsky.social
In between worlds | Local & global ecosystems | Art & Science | Deaf Scientist in a Hearing World | lives in K'jipuktuk - Halifax. |
@chris-mc.bsky.social
Interested in natural hazards & the like. Also likes a bit of cycling, footy (Go you 🦁!) & music. Sometime swimmer & lifesaver. Accomplished at racking up student debt. This time it’s a Masters of Enviro Management & Sustainability at Uni of Newcastle.
@ejparkinson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor - crowded places, emergency management. Coventry, UK.
@whatfuntimes.bsky.social
Toddler dad and middle aged undergrad. Studies political science and environmental studies. Interests include climate resilience, national defence, urbanism, social equality, healthcare, Airedales, and plenty more. Canadian.
@zachstanford.bsky.social
Emergency Management & Homeland Security | Risk & Hazard Comms + Maps | Cares too much about emergency alerts | Opinions are mine and represent only me | ENTP | WX5OEM | #EMGChat #GraySky
@tomnewby.co.uk
Structural engineer. Emergency shelter specialist & ex-humanitarian aidworker. Interested in good people-centred design, equity & (climate) justice. Currently working on the unusual combination of social housing and stadiums in the UK.
@lmbagshaw.bsky.social
PhD International Law and Disasters We should improve society somewhat Free Palestine 🇵🇸 He/Him
@resilienceinstitute.ca
The Resilience Institute (TRI) is a national, charitable organization in Canada. The TRI team works locally and globally with diverse partners on education and research initiatives that address climate change.
@danielaldrich.bsky.social
Social scientist interested in social capital, social infrastructure, energy and environmental politics. Books at https://www.amazon.com/stores/Daniel-P.-Aldrich/author/B001JSDHPW
@ingerandersen.bsky.social
Executive Director of @UNEP.org and United Nations Under-Secretary-General.
@wmo-global.bsky.social
@icimod.bsky.social
Regional intergovernmental knowledge centre working across 8 Hindu Kush Himalayan #HKH countries Tweets on #HKH #MountainsMatter
@unpiper.bsky.social
Former UN AssistSecretaryGeneral for solutions for internally displaced persons. Former head of UN's global Development Coordination Office. UN Coordinator for Palestine, for Sahel, Nepal & Kosovo. #Prevention #Solutions #Multilateralism #Hope
@sei.org
We are an international non-profit research institute that tackles environment and sustainable development challenges. Through SEI’s HQ and seven centres around the world, we engage with policy, practice and development action for a sustainable future.
@philipward.bsky.social
It's me, hi 👋 Professor of Global Risk Dynamics at IVM - VU Amsterdam Senior Expert Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation at Deltares Coordinator of MYRIAD-EU project
@chas-eby.bsky.social
Emergency manager. Proponent of disaster risk reduction, health security, and B4LT1M0RE.
@dan-doan.bsky.social
Disaster Risk Reduction Advocate | Mass Gathering Event Professional | Dad | Pracademic | Photographer | World Traveller 🌎
@luxembourg1991.bsky.social
Disaster risk reduction 💼 - Civil Protection 🚒🚑 - Resilience 💪🏻 - Maastricht University Alumni 🎓 🎼Music was my first love
@undrr.bsky.social
UNDRR has a big ambition: to help decision makers across the globe better understand and act on risk. We envision a world where disasters no longer threaten the the well-being of people and the future of the planet. | www.undrr.org
@sjirkmeijer.bsky.social
Disaster Risk Reduction specialist - love my friends in 🇺🇦 - opinionated but love to be convinced otherwise.
@glacier-hazards.bsky.social
GLOF expert; Disaster Risk Management & Reduction; Multi-hazard EWS; GLOF risk assessment for hydropower; Asst. Prof. at IIT Bhubaneswar; former inspire faculty @ IISc Bangalore; PD @ Uni. of Zurich & Uni. Dayton, USA
@sunkiehabib.bsky.social
Dr. Olasunkanmi Okunola is a distinguished expert in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation, with extensive experience in research, policy development, and advancing resilience through innovative frameworks and global collaborations.
@jameschristie.bsky.social
🌍 Geoscientist interested in interdisciplinary natural hazards research and disaster risk reduction. 🌋 Particular affinity with volcanoes and hazard/risk communication. 📚 Seeking collaboration/postdoc opportunities! 🙋♂️ He/him. 🤷♂️ Views my own.