Olivia WALMSLEY

Name Olivia WALMSLEY
Affiliation D1, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
Email olivia.walmsley.q7@dc.tohoku.ac.jp
Education
  • 2018 - BA (Hons) in Geography, University of Brighton (Brighton, United Kingdom) 
  • 2020 - MSc  in Risk, Disaster and Resilience, University College London (UCL) (London, United Kingdom)
Research interest The gendered impacts of disasters with a specific focus on LGBTQI+ populations and their experiences with warning and evacuation procedures during large-scale disaster events in Japan.
Publications
Research Grant and Scholarship
  • Pioneering Research Support Scholarship 2024-2027
Volunteering
  • Assistant Global Coordinator for the Gender and Disaster Network (June 2020- now)
  • Voluntary member of the UN Women Gender Observatory panel at the APMCDRR, Manila 2024.