Karen Engel

Independent Researcher

Karen Engel earned her PhD in disaster studies from the University of Wageningen. She is an experienced researcher, lecturer and facilitator. Her work focuses on dealing with complex issues through multi-stakeholder processes. Engel's specific areas of interest are community resilience, disaster risk reduction, and sustainable climate change adaptation. Her research explores opportunities for increasing disaster resilience and disaster risk reduction, as well as the politics of disaster risk reduction.