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Katie Oven is a human geographer at Northumbria University specializing in social vulnerability and resilience to disasters, particularly earthquakes and landslides in South and Central Asia. Her research bridges social, political, and development geography, emphasizing empirical work in Nepal, Northern India, and Kazakhstan. She is a Co-Investigator on the NERC/DFID-funded SHEAR project, focusing on post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal involving collaboration with NGOs and government bodies. Previously, she held an Assistant Professor (Research) position at Durham University.
Her academic qualifications include a PhD in Geography (2010). Her research interests encompass disaster risk governance, socio-political dimensions of risk management, and interdisciplinary methodologies combining social and biophysical sciences. She actively collaborates with natural scientists, NGOs, and policymakers to address hazard mitigation challenges.
Oven’s recent work includes exploring disaster resilience frameworks in post-Soviet contexts and co-authoring studies on landslide inventories, rainfall-triggered hazards, and cascading earthquake hazards. She supervises postgraduate research, including Bina Limbu’s project on rural households’ experiences in Nepal. Her projects often highlight community engagement and policy-relevant outcomes.
Key collaborations include the ‘Earthquakes without Frontiers’ project and partnerships with Nepal’s National Reconstruction Authority. Her research emphasizes methodological innovation, particularly integrating ethnographic and physical science approaches in disaster studies.
