Fabrice Renaud

Prof. Fabrice Renaud is a Professor in Environmental Risk/Community Resilience and Head of the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability at the University of Glasgow, UK. He joined the university in 2018 after 13 years at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) in Germany and Indonesia, where he led research on vulnerability and ecosystem services in coastal and deltaic regions. His expertise spans disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation, and socio-ecological systems resilience.

Education:

• PhD (2000) in Crop, Soil, and Environmental Sciences, University of Arkansas, USA
• MSc (1992) in Agricultural Engineering, Cranfield University, UK
• Diplôme d’Études Supérieures en Agro-développement (1991), École Supérieure d'Agro-développement International, France

Research Interests: Environmental vulnerability assessment, ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction, coastal and delta resilience, water pollution impacts, and socio-ecological systems adaptation. He emphasizes interdisciplinary approaches linking environmental and human security.

Articles Trends: Recent work focuses on post-pandemic green recovery strategies, nature-based solutions for flood mitigation, and risk assessments in Asian deltas. Key themes include policy integration of ecosystems in disaster management and cross-sectoral resilience frameworks.

Labs/Teams: Leads research initiatives within the School of Social & Environmental Sustainability, collaborating internationally on UN-backed projects like the Global Delta Risk Index and Blue Economy recovery frameworks.