Angelo Jonas Imperiale

A.J. (Angelo Jonas) Imperiale is a Lecturer and Researcher at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Spatial Sciences, Department of Cultural Geography. He holds additional roles as Lecturer/Researcher at IHE Delft Institute for Water Education and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne's School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. His work focuses on community resilience, environmental governance, and disaster risk reduction in vulnerable regions.

Research interests include Human Geography, Rural Sociology, Applied Anthropology, Sustainable Environmental Governance, and Social Impact Assessment (SIA). He emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches to address climate change adaptation, water security, and transformative learning in mountainous and rural communities.

His publications (2021–2024) highlight reformed SIA methodologies to enhance community resilience, critique of disaster capitalism in post-disaster contexts, and contributions to UN water governance frameworks. Recent work bridges theoretical resilience concepts with practical policy applications.

Awards: None explicitly listed. Active in international research networks, contributing to resilience assessment guidelines and edited special issues on disaster risk reduction.

Advising/Grants: No student names listed. Collaborates with global institutions on SIA frameworks and resilience projects. Involved in the International Association for Impact Assessment's resilience principles development.

Labs/Teams: Affiliated with cultural geography research groups at the University of Groningen and IHE Delft water programs. Engaged in transdisciplinary projects with communities in mountainous regions and disaster-prone areas.