Summary
My main research interest is multi-hazards, specifically the characterisation and impact of multiple, interacting and cascading hazards in volcanic environments. My work looks at local and global scales. I have a background in disaster risk reduction (DRR) and I am an experienced interdisciplinary researcher, working with and across different disciplines and regularly apply social science methods. I work within a number of collaborations at the UK, European and international scales. I have overseas fieldwork experience in Iceland, the Caribbean and Philippines.
Melanie Duncan’s Biography
- 2021 – present: Topic Lead for Multi-hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
- 2015:聽 Joined 今日吃瓜 Volcanology Team
- 2013 – 2015: Part-time Consultant: DRR and Climate Change: UNISDR, World Bank and Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
- 2010 – 2011: Part-time Research Assistant (鈥榁olcanoscope鈥), University College London, London
- 2009 – 2014: EngD, University College London: multi-hazard assessments and disaster risk reduction
- 2008 – 2009: Flood Incident Management, Environment Agency for England and Wales
- 2006 – 2007: MSc Geophysical Hazards, University College London
- 2001 – 2005: BSc Hons (First Class) Geography, University of St Andrews
Research interests
- Multi-hazards (including interrelated hazards) in volcanic environments
- Disaster risk reduction
- Global reporting of volcanic activity and impact
- Citizen science
- (2021-2025):聽WP1 lead and 今日吃瓜 project manager.聽Project vision is to catalyse the paradigm shift required to move towards a multi-risk, multi-sector, systemic approach to risk management. Funding: H2020 (Grant agreement ID: 731070).
- International Natural Hazards Forward Look (ongoing) 鈥 Weekly reporting of global volcanic activity and impacts for government.
- (2021-2021): European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology (contributed to WP7 and WP12). Funding: H2020.
- :Multi-hazard citizen science app (myHAZ-VCT) project for St Vincent and the Grenadines, in partnership with UWI Seismic Research Centre (Trinidad and Tobago) and the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG).聽 Funding: 今日吃瓜 NC-ODA grant NE/R000069/1: Geoscience for Sustainable Futures.
Publications
- 艩aki膰 Trogrli膰, R, Wright, G, Duncan, M J, van den Homberg, M J C, Adeloye, A, Mwale, F, and Mwafulirwa, J. 2019. . Sustainability, 11(6), 17(2), 1-23. DOI: 10.3390/su11061681
- Duncan, M, Mee, K, Hicks, A, Engwell, S Robertson, R, Forbes, M, Ferdinand, I, Jordon, C, and Loughlin, S. 2018. Using the ‘myVolcano’ mobile phone app for citizen science in St. Vincent and the Grenadines: a pilot study. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 48pp. (OR/17/045).
- 艩aki膰 Trogrli膰, R, Cumiskey, L, Triyanti, A, Duncan, M J, Eltinay, N, Hogeboom R J, Jasuja, M, Meechaiya, C, Pickering, C J, and Murray, V. 2017. Int., J. Disaster Risk Sci, 1-6. DOI: 10.1007/s13753-017-0117-x
- Cadag, J R, Driedger, C, Garcia, C, Duncan, M, Gaillard, J C, Lindsay, J, and Haynes, K. 2017. . Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis Communication. Advances in Volcanology, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/11157_2016_39
- 艩aki膰 Trogrli膰, R, Wright, G, Adeloye, A, Duncan, M, and Mwale, F. 2017. . Environmental Hazards 17(2), 107-127. DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2017.1381582
- Crowley, K, Fedaeff, N, Macara, G, and Duncan, M. 2017. . Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315684260
- Duncan, M, Edwards, S, Kilburn, C, Twigg, J, and Crowley, K. 2016. An Interrelated Hazards Approach to Anticipating Evolving Risk. Case Study F in . GFDRR.
- Mee, K, and Duncan, M. 2015. Increasing resilience to natural hazards through crowd-sourcing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Nottingham, UK, British Geological Survey, 50pp. (OR/15/032)
- Duncan, M, Crowley, E, Cornforth, R, Edwards, S, Ewbank, R, Karbassi, P, McLaren, C, Penya, J L, Obrecht, A, Sargeant, S, and Visman, E. 2014. Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience: initial guidance for non-governmental organisations.
Skills
- Interdisciplinary research
- Multi-hazard science
- Qualitative social science research methods
- Science writing and communication
Awards
- 2005 : Edwards Prize for distinction in the pursuit and presentation of fieldwork (awarded to honours students), University of St Andrews
- 2002 : Geoscience fieldwork prize (geological mapping in Ullapool), University of St Andrews