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Marleen de Ruiter is an Assistant Professor at the Water and Climate Risk department within the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. She also serves as co-chair of the RiskKAN network and leads the Amsterdam Sustainability Institute's Natural Hazards & Society cluster with Dr. Sander Veraverbeke. Her research focuses on consecutive disasters, multi-hazard risk modeling, and the effectiveness of disaster risk reduction measures. She holds a PhD from VU Amsterdam (2020), an MSc from the University of British Columbia (2011), and a BSc from VU Amsterdam (2009).
- Education: BSc Earth and Economics (VU), MSc Environmental Management (UBC), PhD Environmental Studies (VU)
- Roles: EU H2020 Myriad-EU project leader, EGU Multi-Hazard Subdivision founder, associate editor of Earth's Future
- Key Awards: Veni Laureate (NWO), EGU Outstanding Early Career Scientist (2024)
Her research emphasizes understanding cascading hazards, improving global risk assessments, and developing anticipatory action frameworks. She pioneered the 'Breaking the Silos' game to shift disaster management paradigms. Current projects include wildfire risk mitigation and socio-hydrological dynamics in the Dutch landscape.
Publications focus on multi-hazard interactions, health impacts, and policy integration, with 42+ articles in journals like Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences and International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
