John Twigg

Specialisation

Socio-economic vulnerability and disaster risk reduction.

• Institutional aspects of disaster reduction, including ‘mainstreaming’
• Early warning systems
• Impact of disasters on vulnerable groups
• Monitoring and evaluation methodologies

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Short curriculum vitae

• 1998-present, independent consultant and Hon. Senior Research Fellow, Benfield UCL Hazard Research Centre, University College London
• 1997-8 Oxford Centre for Disaster Studies
• 1990-97 Intermediate Technology Development Group
• 1987-90 Central Office of Information
• 1984-6 Post-doctoral research, University of Cambridge
• 1983-4 Teacher in India

• Benson C, Twigg J (2006) Tools for analyzing disaster risk in designing and evaluating projects. Open House International 31(1): 133-140
• Benson C, Twigg J (2004), Measuring Mitigation. Methodologies for assessing natural hazard risks and the net benefits of mitigation (Geneva: ProVention Consortium) 149pp
• Twigg J (2004), Disaster risk reduction: mitigation and preparedness in development and emergency programming (London: Overseas Development Institute,) 365pp
• Twigg J (2003), The Human Factor in Early Warnings: risk perception and appropriate communications. In Zschau J, Kueppers AN eds, Early Warning Systems for Natural Disaster Reduction (Heidelberg: Springer Verlag) 19-26
• Twigg J, Steiner D (2002), Mainstreaming Disaster Mitigation: challenges to organisational learning in NGOs. Development in Practice 12(3&4) 473-479