Biography of Dr Riffat Mahmood
I’ve 8 years of teaching experience and engaged in various national and international organizations doing research related to my specialized field. I did PhD in Cartography and Geographic Information Science (Research focus: Coast and Climate Change) at the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). I did my Masters and Bachelor in Geography and Environment with special focus on Human Geography from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
People and Environment being the centre of my research focus, I joined IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) in 2015 and facilitated a research component related to the participatory approach of coastal community in climate change induced disaster mitigation. The study of space, as the key question of geography, I studied the change in spatial patterns by anthropogenic processes through engaging myself in several research projects e.g. Migration and Urbanization of Bangladesh funded by UNFPA.
Based on the academic and research excellence, I was awarded “CAS-TWAS President’s Fellowship” funded by The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), Italy, and UNESCO. During my PhD, I formulated Climate Change Resilience of Place (C-CROP) model based on the principles of climate change vulnerabilities and resilience of local community with an approach to the incorporation of nature-based solution (NBS). To formulate C-CROP model, I thoroughly reviewed the discourse and related narratives on disaster management, climate change induced vulnerabilities, loss, and damage (L&D), adaptation, and resilience. This theoretical review gave me deeper understanding on the need of vulnerable communities and barriers to the adaptation practices of local community and related Loss and Damage (L&D) of socio-ecological system especially in the Third World context. I have published around 17 scientific articles in my teaching and research career. My current engagements as an academia and researcher integrate and incorporate theoretical knowledge of human-environment interaction and climate actions (SDG 13) with various powerful tools and techniques to support policy recommendation and advocacy.
Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=jbuDyEAAAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Riffat-Mahmood
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