Lecturer in Disaster Studies, University of Manchester
I am a Lecturer of disaster studies at the University of Manchester. My research is interdisciplinary and is concerned with the media representations of human vulnerability in popular culture; the liveD experiences of people living with disaster risk; and disaster policy making processes in postcolonial societies.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/gemma.sou.html
Research experience in the UK, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Kenya, Puerto Rico, Antigua and Barbuda
Barbudans are resisting 'disaster capitalism', two years after Hurricane Irma
Jul 18, 2019 23:30 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
Its been nearly two years since Hurricane Irma devastated the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda. Gusts of 150mph or more damaged or destroyed almost every structure on the island, and its 1,600 residents were evacuated....
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