Lydia Cumiskey, Phd. Email & Phone Number

Cork, County Cork, Ireland

Researcher within the Climate Adaptation and Impacts team at MaREI - Irelands leading research center on Energy, Climate and Marine, coordinated by the Environmental Research Institute (ERI) at University College Cork. Leading the centre's engagement in the EU Horizon project - DIRECTED - which aims to build disaster resilience for extreme climate events through enhancing interoperable data, models, communication and governance. The project will support four Real World Labs across various catchment and spatial scales, including Copenhagen and Capital region in Denmark, Emilia Romagna region in Italy, Danube region, and Rhine-Erft Region. My work focuses on developing and testing an integrated risk governance framework to enhance Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation across the Real World Labs to support co-development, capacity building and ownership among targeted users.

Leading on partner engagement at the Anticipation Hub - a platform facilitating knowledge exchange, learning, guidance, and advocacy around anticipatory action both virtually and in-person. The Anticipation Hub is a joint initiative between the German Red Cross (GRC), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (Climate Centre), bringing together partners across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, universities, research institutes, (i)NGOs, UN agencies, governments, donors, and network initiatives.Together with our partners, we are nurturing a community of practitioners, scientists and policymakers committed to doing more anticipatory action, doing it better and doing it together, to jointly embed a culture of anticipatory action inside and beyond the humanitarian sector. Please get in touch if you would like to learn more.

London, United Kingdom

As an Early Stage Researcher within the System-Risk Marie-Skłodowska-Curie European Training Network I completed my PhD thesis at the Flood Hazard Research Centre Middlesex University entitled "Joining the dots: a framework for assessing integration in flood risk management with applications to England and Serbia"(see below). Alongside my research I completed numerous training activities and secondments with System-Risk project partners across Europe. In addition, I completed a teaching exchange on FRM with the University of Sarajevo, developed interactive FRM materials for STEM outreach with children and organised events in the UK such as, the Next Generation Flood and Coast event (2019). I also participated as a member of the Roles & Responsibilities stakeholder working group for the draft Flood and Coastal Risk Management Strategy for England.

Delft Area, Netherlands

Throughout my role in the System-Risk project I completed my secondment periods with Deltares as a guest researcher during my PhD. As part of these secondments we collaborated on a joint case study for my PhD in Serbia and I received continued supervisory support.

Delft Area, Netherlands

At Deltares I worked as a researcher and advisor on flood and disaster risk management across a variety of projects internationally. Project clients ranged from national governments, donor agencies, NGOs and universities. My roles across projects varied from project management to providing technical expertise on early warning and flood risk management. I acted as the project leader and flood early warning expert for the "Mobile Services for Flood Early Warning" project (Phase 1) in Bangladesh (2014 – 2015) led by Deltares and continued my role as a consultant during the second phase "People centered information gateway for early warning (TamTam)" (2015 – 2016) led by Cordaid. See links below for more information. In addition, my expertise on Bangladesh and EWS allowed me to play an expert role in other projects, such as "Innovations in Flood Risk Mitigation in Dhaka (World Bank)". My skills in designing and facilitating multi-stakeholder workshops, conducting end-user needs assessments and project evaluation surveys were used across projects. For example;★Resilience Increasing Strategies for Coasts (RISC-KIT), European Commission★Aqueduct Flood Risk Analyser, Global, World Resources Institute★iD-lab Interactive Research Data Laboratory, Deltares★Urban critical infrastructure risk assessment, Ireland, European Commission My commitment to knowledge sharing, capacity building and business development across science, policy and practice saw my role extend to:★Preparation of proposals and consortia for international multi-disciplinary research and consultancy projects on DRM★Organising knowledge dissemination and outreach to government clients and partners for study tours and at international conferences (e.g. Understanding Risk - see link)★Providing policy support on international agendas and communication with global organisations★Supervision of IHE-Delft MSc. Flood Risk Management students on impact based early warning

Delft, South Holland, Netherlands

Internship with Deltares to complete MSc. thesis on "Flood warning communication using mobile services in flash flood communities of Bangladesh". This involved 2 months field work in Bangladesh supported by local partner CEGIS. My supervisory team included Dr. Micha Werner from Deltares/IHE-Delft, Dr. Karen Meijer and Dick van den Bergh from Deltares. A publication related to the MSc. thesis can be accessed in the link below. The full thesis is available upon request.

Chicago, Usa

Prepared and reviewed risk assessments for bridges and signs for Michigan Department of Transportation. Drafted technical drawings for bridges, evaluated field inspection reports, assigned condition ratings and prepared recommendations.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Flood Risk Management

This thesis entitled "Joining the dots: a framework for assessing integration in flood risk management with applications to England.

Master Of Science - Ms, Erasmus Mundus Master In Flood Risk Management

This two year Erasmus Mundus MSc. degree in Flood Risk Management took place across four universities - Technical University Dresden.

Bachelor’S Degree, Civil Engineering, First Class Honours

Four year Civil Engineering degree with a focus on water resources. Final thesis was completed in conjunction with the research team.

Study Abroad 3Rd Year, Civil Engineering

Activities and Societies: Active member of the UConn Green Building Society, winning 1st place in the Regional Building Energy 2010.