Emmanuel Raju

Short presentation

Research

Emmanuel's research interests include disaster risk reduction; disaster recovery; and governance.

He also works on issues on Disasters and Memory; International frameworks on Disasters and is interested in issues of integration of climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction. He has conducted research in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, South Africa and Denmark. 

From 2014-2016, he was part of Changing Disasters research project at the University of Copenhagen and was on the Core organising team of the North Eurpoean Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) in 2015 and 2017. 

Emmanuel holds a PhD from Lund University, Sweden. His PhD focussed on Disaster Recovery Coordination post-tsunami in India.

Emmanuel has been chosen for the Integrated Reasearch on Disaster Risk Young Scientists Programme from July 2017 onwards. 

Emmanuel is affiliated to the Copenhagen centre for disaster research- inter-institutional research center COPE linking disaster research and education (Master of Disaster Management). 

Research Projects at University of Copenhagen (Since 2014)

2014-2016: Post-doc on the Changing Disasters Project

2016-2018: Responsible for Research Work Packagaes with Assoc. Prof Kristian Lauta on an EU project 'Enhancing synergies for disaster prevention in the EU'. 

2017- Disaster Memories

2019-2021: Collaborative Project funded by FORMAS Sweden- Global Attribution Models, Mediation and Mobilisation in Sweden and Spain. Lead Institution- Lund University, Sweden 

Editorial Experience

Member- Editorial Board- Journal of International Humanitarian Action 

Member- Editorial Board for Asia In Focus (a journal for young scholars) from 2014-2017. 

Reviewer- Disasters; Disaster Prevention and Management; Asia in Focus; Culture Inbound; International Journal of Disaster Risk Science; Jamba- Journal of Disaster Risk Studies; Sustainability; International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Co-Editor- Special Issue on Disaster Risk Governance (2020): https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/pages/view/nextissues#disastergovernance

Awarded Outstanding Reviewer for 2017 by Disaster Prevention and Management, Elsevier Publications

Teaching

Emmanuel currently leads 3 core courses  and one elective on the Master of Disaster Management at the University of Copenhagen. 

Courses: 

Introduction to Disaster Risk Management: From Theory to Practice

Preparedness and Response to Humanitarian Crises

Disaster Recovery Planning and Development

Vulnerability and Risk Assessment Methods (Field work course in Sri Lanka). 

Emmanuel has been teaching in many countries (Sweden, Denmark, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Ghana). 

Practice

Emmanuel is part of the personnel roster of the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) as Disaster Risk Reduction expert and was deployed to Myanmar in 2014-2015. Recently he worked as a DRR expert in Karlstad in Sweden in July 2017. He also on the pool of experts for disasters with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Cesent Societies; the Danish Red Cross and Swedish Cross. 

CV

June 2016- 2019 Assistant 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)  

Education

2013 - PhD; Lund University, Sweden (Erasmus Mundus Scholarship 2009-2012)

2009- M.A in Disaster Management, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India  

2007- B.A (Economics, Political Science and Sociology), St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore University, India.