Joanna Pardoe
Researcher
Department: Flood Hazard Research Centre
Contact
- Telephone: +44 (0)20 8411 6843
- E-mail: j.pardoe@mdx.ac.uk
Qualifications
MSc, MA (Hons)
Research Interests
Joanna’s research interests centre on the social aspects of flooding and flood risk management. In particular, Joanna is interested in participatory approaches to flood risk management and the role of the public as key stakeholders. Her research in this area focuses on improving flood risk communication and risk awareness and allows her to utilise a wide range of qualitative and quantitative research methods.
In addition to risk communication and public participation, Joanna is also interested in policy implementation and the effectiveness of national policy implemented at the local level (as examined through her Masters Thesis on national spatial planning policy and flooding). More recently she has been working on projects which combine both social sciences and economics; assessing the social justice implications of flood risk management funding and economic instruments.
Biography
Joanna joined the Flood Hazard Research Centre in 2009 following completion of her Masters degree in Water Science, Policy and Management. Building on her Postgraduate studies and work as a PhD Assistant looking at institutional connective capacities and their influence on public perceptions of flood risk management, Joanna has been involved in various similarly themed projects at FHRC.
Joanna is currently working on the CRUE ERA-NET Risk Map project which explores flood mapping as a means to foster participation and raise awareness of flood risk. In addition to Risk Map, Joanna was involved in the Environment Agency scoping project assessing the potential for pluvial flood warnings and also the update of the Multi-coloured Handbook (The Benefits of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management). More recently Joanna has begun working on the European FP7 EPI-Water project which examines the use of economic policy instruments (EPIs) for managing water resources. In this project, Joanna is focussing on the social justice implications of EPIs and policy implementation. This work builds on the recently completed Defra funded project looking at the Distributional Consequences of Flood Risk Management.
