Karen Sudmeier-Rieux

Dr. Karen Sudmeier-Rieux is a Senior Advisor, Disaster Risk Reduction with UN Environment, Post-conflict disaster management branch in Geneva. Karen has over a decade of experience with ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction and has developed numerous training materials, including a Post-graduate course and the Massive Open Online Course: “Disasters and Ecosystems: Resilience in a Changing Climate” on the topic. In parallel, she is an associate researcher at the University of Lausanne, and has published extensively on landslide management in Nepal and community resilience. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Lausanne and Masters’ degrees in international development and forest ecology.