Abdur Rahim Hamidi
- Email: ss22arh@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Flood exposure and social vulnerability: how can a joint assessment provide insights for flood risk governance in Pakistan?
- Supervisors: Professor Jouni Paavola, Dr Paula Novo
Profile
I am a PhD student in the School of Earth and Environment and a Priestley Climate Scholar, as well as a co-founder of Sustainability Week Pakistan.
My research focuses on the human dimension of climate change and disasters, particularly examining vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation in context-specific ways. I explore how individuals and communities perceive, experience, cope with, respond to, manage, and adapt to climate change and disasters. My work has been published in journals such as Cities, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, Natural Hazards, Sustainability, and Water etc.
Prior to joining SRI in 2022, I served as a Research Associate at the School of Public Administration at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China. There, I contributed to a National Natural Science Foundation of China-funded project focused on User-Generated Content, Intelligent Mining, and Emergency Management Decision Support Research in Disaster Emergencies. Additionally, I worked with the Centre for Disaster Preparedness and Management-University of Peshawar, Provincial Disaster Management Authority-Pakistan, and ACF International Pakistan on a project: Disaster Risk Reduction in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. I also contributed to projects funded by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan's National Research Program for Universities, addressing 'Issues, Dynamics, and Implications of Disaster Management in Pakistan' and 'Multi-Hazards, Vulnerabilities, Coping Capacities, Risk, and Resilience Assessment of District Peshawar, Pakistan.'
Research interests
- Community vulnerability and resilience
- Flood management and governance
- Climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction
- Disaster risk communication
Qualifications
- MA Social Research (Interdisciplinary), University of Leeds
- Master of Public Administration, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
- Bachelor in Disaster Management, University of Peshawar
Research groups and institutes
- Climate Change Adaptation, Vulnerability and Services
- Sustainability Research Institute