Bruna De Marchi

Bruna De Marchi is a Guest Researcher at the University of Bergen’s Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities (SVT). She is also affiliated with Egesta Lab at the University of British Columbia and Società per l’Epidemiologia e la Prevenzione in Milan. Her career spans over 40 years in disaster sociology, risk governance, and environmental epidemiology, with early work focusing on inter-ethnic relations and post-earthquake recovery in Italy. A key focus has been integrating scientific and local knowledge in risk management, particularly through participatory citizen science projects like CitieS-Health, which involves communities in environmental health research.

Her research emphasizes post-normal science frameworks to address complex societal challenges, including pandemics and climate-related disasters. She has held academic roles in Italy, including leading the Mass Emergencies Programme at the Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia. Teaching includes online courses on risk communication at the University of Ferrara.

De Marchi’s work bridges academia and policy, with contributions to EU projects like MAGIC (focusing on nexus security) and contributions to science policy debates through outlets like the ESRC STEPS Centre. Her publications explore ethics in public health, disaster governance, and innovative methodologies for collaborative research.