M.Sc/MA Chloe Begg
Research Assistant
Division of Social Sciences
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research - UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: ++49 - 341 - 235 1467
fax: ++49 - 341 - 235 1836
Chloe Begg
Research Interests
Natural hazards, climate change, sustainability, risk perception, risk communication, governance, and community engagement.
Professional and Academic Career
05/2012 – current
Researcher in the EU-project emBRACE (Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe, 2011-2014) (
http://www.embrace-eu.org)
Particularly involved in a case study which focuses on the resilience of German cities against demographic change and flooding.
05/2010 – 05/2012
Researcher in the EU project CapHaz-Net (Capacity Building for Natural Hazards Towards More Resilient Communities (http://www.caphaz-net.org)
Chloe was part of the CapHaz-Net coordination team. Her work within this project included a 6 month research placement at Lancaster University, UK (http://www.lec.lancs.ac.uk) at the Lancaster Environment Centre.
01/2010 – 04/2010
Central European University (www.ceu.hu), Budapest, Hungary
Department of Environmental Science, and Policy, M.Sc in Environmental Science, Policy and Management
03/2008 – 12/2009
Monash University (www.monash.edu.au), Melbourne, Australia
Department of Geography and Sciences, MA in Environment and Sustainability
06/2009 – 11/2009
Intern at Environment Victoria
(www.environmentvictoria.org.au), Melbourne, Australia
Victorian based environmental NGO.
* Research and development of a handbook focusing on community engagement and the successful management of river systems.
09/2009 – 11/2009
Intern at Office of the Commissioner for Environment and Sustainability (www.ces.vic.gov.au), Melbourne, Australia
Independent government auditing body for the State of Victoria.
* Research and information gathering for a strategic audit report. Focusing on Education for Sustainability (EfS).
03/2004 – 12/2007
Deakin University (www.deakin.edu.au), Melbourne, Australia
Department of Arts, BA in Media and Communications.
Index:
2013 (1)2011 (1)You could use our publication index for further requests.
2013 (1)
- Wachinger, G., Renn, O., Begg, C., Kuhlicke, C. (2013):
The risk perception paradox—implications for governance and communication of natural hazards
Risk Anal.
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- Kuhlicke, C., Steinführer, A., Begg, C., Bianchizza, C., Bründl, M., Buchecker, M., De Marchi, B., Di Masso Tarditti, M., Höppner, C., Komac, B., Lemkow, L., Luther, J., McCarthy, S., Pellizzoni, L., Renn, O., Scolobig, A., Supramaniam, M., Tapsell, S., Wachinger, G., Walker, G., Whittle, R., Zorn, M., Faulkner, H. (2011):
Perspectives on social capacity building for natural hazards: outlining an emerging field of research and practice in Europe
Environ. Sci. Policy 14 (7), 804 - 814
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