Opportunities for Early- and Mid-Career Academic and Practitioners (EMCAP) to grow, learn and become the next generation of leaders in the natural hazards space are at the forefront of Natural Hazards Research Australia’s (the Centre) EMCAP Network, launched at the Natural Hazards Research Forum 2024 in Adelaide on 15 May.
The EMCAP Network advocates for the next generation of natural hazards leaders by supporting and fostering excellence in the science and management of natural hazards. It will also underpin the long-term development of the Centre and its outcomes, ensuring collaboration with our partners and the community on research that is useful, useable and used to create a safer and more resilient Australia.
The EMCAP Network is led by an Executive Committee made up of EMCAPs to oversee and deliver professional development activities, grow stakeholder connections and strengthen ties between research and practice.
The Centre warmly welcomes the inaugural EMCAP Network Executive Committee members:
- Dr Hamish Clarke, The University of Melbourne and Inaugural EMCAP Network Chair
- Ruby Campbell, Stantec
- Suki Jaiswal, The University of New South Wales
- Dr Thomas Johnson, The University of Newcastle
- Dr Adriana Keating, Monash University
- Kristin Kreyscher, Deakin University
- Dr Petter Nyman, Alluvium
- Dr Deb Parkin, Inspector-General for Emergency Management, Victoria
- Dr Kamarah Pooley, Fire & Rescue NSW
Ensuring there are opportunities to develop and lead for Australia’s emerging natural hazards leaders is a key role of the EMCAP Network believes inaugural Chair, Dr Hamish Clarke.
“We need all hands on deck and we need to jump out of our lovely silos and build bridges. Bridges between scientific disciplines, between hazards, between research and management, between Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge, between professionals and communities. We need to plan ahead and that means supporting the next generation of academics and practitioners, which is exactly what this network aims to do,” explained Hamish.
Involved in several Centre and Bushfire and Natural Hazards CRC projects, EMCAP Network Executive Committee member, Dr Adriana Keating says she believes in the ability of the EMCAP Network to contribute to the Centre’s strategic direction of natural hazards research and deepen the researcher-practitioner collaboration.
“I see this role as the perfect opportunity to contribute to establishing strong foundations for the future of research-backed, evidence-based risk management and resilience strengthening policy and practice across Australia,” Adriana says.
Watch inaugural EMCAP Network Chair, Dr Hamish Clarke’s launch of the group below.
Interested in joining the EMCAP Network as a member and being kept in the loop about activities the network will offer?