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Susanne Krings

e-mail: krings@ehs.unu.edu

BACKGROUND

Susanne Krings studied geography and English language and literature studies at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University of Bonn (Germany) and the University College Cork (Ireland) with a special focus on social geography. Before joining UNU-EHS in 2007 she was working as a research assistant in the Geography Department of the University of Bonn.

WORKING AREA AT UNU-EHS

Susanne is currently involved in the ‘Vulnerability to Floods’ project issued by the German Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance as a research associate. In this project she is working on a method to allow municipalities to assess the vulnerability of electricity and water supply systems towards floods. Her primary research interests are in the field of security studies and critical infrastructures.