Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London. His research links disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster and health research, with a particular focus on polar regions and island communities.
This work covers three main areas:
1. Peace and conflict: How and why disaster-related interventions (disaster diplomacy, including for climate-related hazards) and health-related interventions (health diplomacy, including pandemics) do and do not influence conflict and cooperation. See http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org
2. Island sustainability: Creating and maintaining safer and healthier communities on islands and in isolated areas, such as border, Arctic, and mountain communities. See https://www.islandvulnerability.org and Many Strong Voices http://www.manystrongvoices.org
3. Risk education: Increasing the effectiveness and impact of risk education, focusing on health and disaster risks, including climate change. See http://www.riskred.org