Emmanuel Raju

Kort præsentation

Emmanuel holds a PhD from Lund University, Sweden. His PhD focussed on Disaster Recovery Coordination post-tsunami in India. He completed his Master degree in Disaster Management from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India. Along with his post-doctoral research, he lectures on the Master of Disaster of Managment at KU. Also, Emmanuel is part of the personnel roster of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) as Disaster Risk Reduction expert. His most recent mission was to work with UN-Habitat in Myanmarb for capacity building for disaster risk management. 

His research interests include disaster risk reduction; disaster recovery; and governance.

CV

2016- 2019Assistant Professor, Global Health Section & the Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen

March 2014- May 2016 Post- Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Law and Copenhagen Centre for Disaster Research, University of Copenhagen

2014-2017- Editorial Board, Asia in Focus, A Nordic Journal on Asia

Nov 2014 – Feb 2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Officer for UN-HABITAT, Myanmar (Deployed by MSB- Sweden) 

2011- Also involved in the personnel roster of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) as Disaster Risk Reduction expert for deployment in International operations in Disaster Risk Reduction 

Visiting Research Scholar at the African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University, South Africa (October – November 2010)

Research Scholar at Disaster Research Centre (DRC), University of Delaware, USA (June – August 2008)