I am a PhD Candidate from the Oxford Department of International Development (University of Oxford), and a development practitioner specialised in DRR, WASH, climate change adaptation and broader environmental/sustainability policy issues. I hold a BA in Anthropology from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), and a MA in International Affairs from the University of Ottawa; I have also spent 4 months at Sciences Po Paris, where I have specialised in international development practice. In Oxford, I am conducting interdisciplinary research (Geography - Anthropology - Development Studies) on community resilience to climate change in disaster settings. In particular, I am researching water-related natural hazards and risks in small islands developing states (SIDS) and the contribution of indigenous knowledge to DRR strategies, with fieldwork planned in Guyana in 2019. I have experience in NGO management, programming, public policy and international development practice. I have worked on environmental integration in food and economic security programmes with Louvain Coopération, a Belgian university NGO, and have worked as an Adviser (Humanitarian Affairs, International Law) for the Permanent Representation of Belgium to the UN in New York. I am currently working as a consultant for UNEP/OCHA on gender issues in domestic water and sanitation, and am advising the Oxford Institute for Sustainable Development (sustainable development consulting), with whom I have consulted the World Green Organization on climate change adaptation in Hong Kong.