Assistant Professor, Disaster and Emergency Management, York University, Canada
Dr. Eva (Evalyna) Bogdan is an Assistant Professor in the Disaster and Emergency Management Program at York University. Her main disciplinary background is environmental and disaster sociology. Her research is on disasters with a focus on perceptions, policies, practices, power dynamics, and participation of stakeholders. To examine complex socio-environmental problems, she applies an interdisciplinary lens and innovative stakeholder engagement approaches. Examples include the We’re Ready! Community Disaster Preparedness Workshops (wereready.org) and training social work students to facilitate these workshops during her Postdoctoral Associate position at the University of Calgary, and the Flood Resilience Challenge Serious Role-Playing Game (frcgame.com) which she co-developed as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo.
Research interests: Disaster governance, flood risk management, community-based research and engagement, serious games and simulations/trainings, and resilience (individual, community, societal, and environmental).
Canadians are unprepared for natural hazards. Here's what we can do about it
Aug 10, 2023 08:32 am UTC| Nature
Over the last year, Canada has made important progress toward making it easier for people to determine if theyre at risk from natural hazard disasters. But many people across the country still lack awareness about the...
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