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Biography
Alexandra entered NUI Galway as a BA student in 2003 where she completed her degree in Political Science & Sociology and Geography in 2006. During the degree, Alexandra became very interested in grassroots initiatives, environmental policy and community life. In that same year she enrolled in a two year Masters in Community Development. The program included a five month placement in Galway City Council in the Community and Enterprise Section as well as a semester in Wageningen University- Holland. In Wageningen Alexandra was exposed to the field of disaster management as a way of increasing society’s capacity to cope with crisis. Alexandra was hugely inspired by these courses and has since aspired to do research in this area. Alexandra is currently in the final year of her PhD studies, and her thesis is concerned with exploring the role of public participation in current flood management strategies in Ireland.
Funding and Awards
2010-2013 Irish Research Council Scholarship
2012 New ideas IRCHSS Grant. (€6.000)
2009-2010 NUIG College of Arts Fellowship
Current Research
Flood Risk Management in Ireland- The Role of Public Participation
The research has two main objectives. Number one is an examination of present public participation practices. The purpose is to evaluate existing relationships with other organisations involved in flood management such as local authorities, flooding experts and political representatives. It also looks at the significance of local knowledge in these flood management practices and perceptions of current strategies from a local point of view. The second objective of the research is to enhance the role of public participation by engaging with critical literature on the topic which provides a means to refine concepts and develop best practice guidelines taking in consideration the Irish context. The objective then is to critically assess ideas surrounding public participation and offer insights which enhance the involvement of communities and build up coping capacities to address flooding problems.
Based on this information the research will seek to make a number of suggestions at policy level with the hope of strengthening the role of communities in flood management in Ireland. Research outcomes are based on two case-study evaluations. The first case-study is in the Kinvara Catchment area/South Galway and the second one in the Dodder Catchment area in Dublin.
The research has officially started in September 2009 and is due to be finalised in September 2013. The project is fully funded by the Irish Research Council and is being carried under the Structured PhD programme in NUIG.
Supervisors: The research is co-supervised by:
Dr Frances Fahy and
Dr Marie Mahon
Research Interests:
• Disaster Management & Public Participation
• Flood Management
• Environmental Policy
• Grassroots Initiatives
Teaching Involvement:
TI704 - Environment and Risk (Masters Teaching)
TI341 - River Systems: Hydrology and Geomorphology (Undergraduate Teaching)
TI224 - Fieldtrip Tutor (Undergraduate Teaching)
Current Research Collaborations
ANDROID - Academic Network for Disaster Resilience to Optimise Educational Development, EU Funded project/ Erasmus Academic network programme
Organized events
Enhancing Academic Capacity to Address increased Flood Management Challenges: A Multi-disciplinary Symposium
(Funded by the Irish Research Council New Ideas grant) 8th March, 2012:
Presentations.
Invited Speaker (
upcoming), Flood Management Conference in the Royal Marine Hotel in Dun Laoghaire, 4th of October -2012
2012 (4th July) ’
The advent of flood management in Ireland an unchallenged policy cycle’ Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference. Edinburgh, 4th July, 2012.
Invited Speaker 2012,
’Wealth versus Rights Based approaches Public Participation in Flood Management in Ireland’ Seminar, Flooding in Ireland: Perceptions, Preparedness and Policy in UCD. Dublin, (
16th March)
2012 (8th March) ’Closing Comments-Flood Management: an Interdisciplinary Challenge’, IRCHSS funded Symposium,
Enhancing Academic Capacity to Address Increased Flood Management Challenges: a Multidisciplinary Symposium in NUIG. 8th March, 2012
2012 (1st March) 'Rights and wealth based approaches: implications for flood management in Ireland'
Geography Seminar Series, Department of Geography, NUI Galway
2010, "Flood Management in Ireland: The Role of Public Participation", Paper presented at the
Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference 2010, London/England, September 1st
2009, “Flood Risk Management in Ireland" Paper presented at the Department of
Geography Seminar series in NUI, Galway, January 14th.
Publications
(Under Review) Revez, A. (2012)
’Flood Management in Ireland: New Policies Old Political Structures’, Environmental Policy and Governance Journal.
( Under Review) Revez, A. Mahon, M. and Fahy, F. (2012)
’Enhancing Academic Capacity to address increased Flood Management Challenges: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective’, Symposium Proceedings/ School of Geography and Archaeology and Institute for Business, Social Sciences and Public Policy, NUIG
Research Cluster:
Planning and Sustainability
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