Erica Bower, Phd Email & Phone Number

• Research Consultant for the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) – developed the methodology and led analysis for the report “Leaving Place, Restoring Home: Enhancing the Evidence Base on Planned Relocation Cases in.
• Planned Relocation Technical Advisor for the Government of Fiji – Supported PDD to integrate slow onset hazards, displacement considerations, and site selection criteria to Fiji’s Comprehensive Risk and Vulnerability.

- Affiliate at the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), project on Climate Change, Disasters and Displacement. - Principal Investigator for a National Geographic Early Career Explorers Grant that traced the migrant journey from the Nepali Himalayas to Gulf Countries, in the context of climate change..

Interdisciplinary PhD at Stanford, studying outcomes and governance of planned relocations as both a strategy for climate change adaptation and a durable solution for disaster-displaced persons.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Thematic Specialist in Division of International Protection, Protection Policy and Legal Advice Section.
• Represent UNHCR in international policy fora to promote protection-sensitive legal and policy approaches to disaster displacement, including: COP22-23, Disaster Risk Reduction Global Platform, Human Rights Council etc.
• Support development of tools to enhance national capacity to avert and address disaster displacement: DRR Words into Action on Displacement, Legal Toolkit for NDC implementation, Toolbox ‘Planning Relocations to.
• Lead a mapping exercise to document UNHCR historical and potential future activities related to climate change and disaster displacement since 1990s; published in Overview. Methods included key informant interviews.
• As part of the Coordination Unit of Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD), coordinate with IOM and members of the Advisory Committee to implement Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda, including to address knowledge.

United Kingdom

• Conducted a scoping study of existing literature on the scale and scope of different ways that climate change relates to human mobility (displacement, planned relocation, migration as adaptation, trapped populations)..

• Critically reviewed contentious conceptual issues in discourse on climate and mobility, mapped the landscape of key actors and relevant international policy processes, identified major gaps and opportunities, and made.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Conducted a scoping study on monitoring of protracted displacement following disasters, currently a global blind spot. Methods included surveying primary and secondary sources to identify 74 protracted cases, key.
• Key findings are featured in 2015 Global Estimates Report. Responsible for coordinating case studies, the chapeau (Sec 5), inventory of cases (Annex C), methodology (Annex A3). Developed a database of cases and.

Geneva Area, Switzerland

• Prepared a desk review on cross-border disaster displacement in South Asia, as background paper for Nansen Initiative consultative process. Aggregated historical examples of displacement after disasters, provided.
• Drafted preparation materials and outcome report for the South Asia Civil Society Consultation held in coordination with ICIMOD in Kathmandu, February 2015. Provided ongoing communications support for Secretariat at.

Columbia University

Geneva, Switzerland

• Assisted in rollout of the Global Strategy for Access to Energy in Humanitarian Contexts and Light Years Ahead initiative. Tasks included partnership development with academic institutions and private sector, editing.

Columbia University, New York

Project tracked Global Scientific Progress in Sustainable Development through evaluating temporal and geographic research trends and patterns across publication landscape since 1985 Brundtland Report. Tasks included database development and management, bibliometric analysis, and utilizing VOS Viewer network analysis to identify critical knowledge gaps of.

New York City Headquarters

Worked with Media and Communications teams on coordinating annual Testing the Waters report, and on campaigns including: Antibiotics in animal feed, Hydrofracking, Agricultural policy, Climate change impact on health in India, Green Infrastructure, and Growing Green Awards. Trained in Cision software.

Columbia University

Assisted Professors John Mutter and Ruth DeFries to propose and develop content for new textbook on Science Fundamentals for Sustainable Development. Edited text and graphics, drafted new material for sample chapters, design and analyze student surveys about quality of documents

Greater New York City Area

Bridgeport CT

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program In Environment And Resources (E-Iper)

Activities and Societies: Founding member of Stanford Refugee Rights Network (SRRN)Research on outcomes and governance of community-wide.

Master Of Science - Ms, Forced Migration Studies

Activities and Societies: Linacre College, Brewer Street Scholarship, Founding member of Oxford Climate and Migration Network

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Magna Cum Laude, Sustainable Development, Human Rights

Activities and Societies: Earth Institute Student Advisory Council, Greenborough, Columbia University Photography Society (CUPS), Columbia.

Cornell Nepal Study Program (Cnsp), In Parternship With Tribhuvan University, Climate Change And Migration Patterns, Intensive Nepali Language & Literacy

Conducted household surveys and key informant interviews to document the impact of perceived climate change on mobility, livelihood and.

High School, Gpa 4.41

Activities and Societies: Earth Action, Ludlowe Young Democrats, Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honors Society), Spanish Honor Society, National.