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Melanie Duncan’s Biography

• 2021 – present: Topic Lead for Multi-hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction
• 2015: Joined BGS Volcanology Team
• 2013 – 2015: Part-time Consultant: DRR and Climate Change: UNISDR, World Bank and Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)
• 2010 – 2011: Part-time Research Assistant (‘Volcanoscope’), University College London, London
• 2009 – 2014: EngD, University College London: multi-hazard assessments and disaster risk reduction
• 2008 – 2009: Flood Incident Management, Environment Agency for England and Wales
• 2006 – 2007: MSc Geophysical Hazards, University College London
• 2001 – 2005: BSc Hons (First Class) Geography, University of St Andrews

Research interests

• Multi-hazards (including interrelated hazards) in volcanic environments
• Disaster risk reduction
• Global reporting of volcanic activity and impact
• Citizen science

• (2021-2025):WP1 lead and BGS project manager.Project vision is to catalyse the paradigm shift required to move towards a multi-risk, multi-sector, systemic approach to risk management. Funding: H2020 (Grant agreement ID: 731070).
• International Natural Hazards Forward Look (ongoing) – Weekly reporting of global volcanic activity and impacts for government.
• (2021-2021): European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology (contributed to WP7 and WP12). Funding: H2020.
• :Multi-hazard citizen science app (myHAZ-VCT) project for St Vincent and the Grenadines, in partnership with UWI Seismic Research Centre (Trinidad and Tobago) and the National Emergency Management Organisation (NEMO) of St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG). Funding: BGS NC-ODA grant NE/R000069/1: Geoscience for Sustainable Futures.

Publications

• Šakić Trogrlić, R, Wright, G, Duncan, M J, van den Homberg, M J C, Adeloye, A, Mwale, F, and Mwafulirwa, J. 2019. . Sustainability, 11(6), 17(2), 1-23. DOI: 10.3390/su11061681
• Duncan, M, Mee, K, Hicks, A, Engwell, S Robertson, R, Forbes, M, Ferdinand, I, Jordon, C, and Loughlin, S. 2018. Using the ‘myVolcano’ mobile phone app for citizen science in St. Vincent and the Grenadines: a pilot study. Nottingham, UK, 51����, 48pp. (OR/17/045).
• Šakić Trogrlić, R, Cumiskey, L, Triyanti, A, Duncan, M J, Eltinay, N, Hogeboom R J, Jasuja, M, Meechaiya, C, Pickering, C J, and Murray, V. 2017.  Int., J. Disaster Risk Sci, 1-6. DOI: 10.1007/s13753-017-0117-x
• Cadag, J R, Driedger, C, Garcia, C, Duncan, M, Gaillard, J C, Lindsay, J, and Haynes, K. 2017. . Observing the Volcano World: Volcano Crisis Communication. Advances in Volcanology, Springer. DOI: 10.1007/11157_2016_39
• Šakić Trogrlić, R, Wright, G, Adeloye, A, Duncan, M, and Mwale, F. 2017. . Environmental Hazards 17(2), 107-127. DOI: 10.1080/17477891.2017.1381582
• Crowley, K, Fedaeff, N, Macara, G, and Duncan, M. 2017. . Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781315684260
• Duncan, M, Edwards, S, Kilburn, C, Twigg, J, and Crowley, K. 2016. An Interrelated Hazards Approach to Anticipating Evolving Risk. Case Study F in . GFDRR.
• Mee, K, and Duncan, M. 2015. Increasing resilience to natural hazards through crowd-sourcing in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Nottingham, UK, 51����, 50pp. (OR/15/032)
• Duncan, M, Crowley, E, Cornforth, R, Edwards, S, Ewbank, R, Karbassi, P, McLaren, C, Penya, J L, Obrecht, A, Sargeant, S, and Visman, E. 2014. Integrating science into humanitarian and development planning and practice to enhance community resilience: initial guidance for non-governmental organisations.

Skills

• Interdisciplinary research
• Multi-hazard science
• Qualitative social science research methods
• Science writing and communication

Awards

• 2005 : Edwards Prize for distinction in the pursuit and presentation of fieldwork (awarded to honours students), University of St Andrews
• 2002 : Geoscience fieldwork prize (geological mapping in Ullapool), University of St Andrews