Urban ARK 4: Small disasters erode household resilience: the absorptive capacity of flood-prone households in Niamey, Niger
01 January 2017
Alejandro Barcena
Researcher (urban risk), Human Settlements research group
Telephone: +44 (0)20 3463 7399
Languages:
English,
Spanish (fluent), French (fluent)
Alex Barcena is an established researcher in urban risk and climate adaptation politics in the global South. He has an extensive experience in transdisciplinary work, facilitating conversations across social and physical science research, policy and practice.
Expertise
Urban risk; resilience; climate adaptation politics; political ecology; feminist literature.
Before IIED
- Lecturer, human geography, King’s College London
- Co-investigator/research associate, Kings College London
- National disaster risk reduction coordinator, IFRC
- Disaster risk reduction consortium coordinator, Practical Action
- Satellite design and implementation manager, Airbus
Education
- PhD in geography, urban risk, transformations, Kings College London
- MSc in development studies, Universidad Complutense Madrid
- MEng in telecommunications engineering, Universidad Carlos III Madrid
Current work
Alex's research focuses on facilitating conversations between urban development planners and at-risk and marginalised communities in cities of the global South through transdisciplinary science with an expertise on social science.
Publications