Dr. Mariana M. de Brito
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Speaker of the Working Group Social-Science Water Research
Scientific coordinator of the Thirsty Cities Graduate School
Member of the Working Group Environmental Risks and Extreme Events
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel.: +49 341 6025 2149
mariana.brito@ufz.de
I'm an interdisciplinary scientist working at the intersection of natural and social sciences. My research is guided by relevant societal issues related to hydro-climatic extremes. Currently, my research focuses on synthesizing knowledge using quantitative methods, monitoring long-term climate impacts on society, exploring human-water interactions, and investigating social inequalities using computational social sciences and inter-and-transdisciplinary research methods. I am particularly interested in the use of natural language processing to extract relevant information on extreme events impacts and their adaptation.
Education
| 2015-2018 | Ph.D. in Geography - University of Bonn, Geography Institute, Germany (Magna cum Laude) |
| 01-02/2014 | Semester abroad - University of Freiburg, Germany (DAAD scholarship) |
| 2012-2014 | M.Sc. in Engineering with an emphasis in Environmental Sciences - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil (GPA 10/10) |
| 2007-2011 | B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering - Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil (GPA 9.08/10) |
Research stays
| 08-08/2022 | Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Research Groups of Prof. Philip Ward and Prof. Anne Van Loon (COST Scholarship) |
| 11-12/2021 | Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ), Potsdam. Research group of Dr. Keidi Kreibich (HIDA Scholarship) |
| 02-03/2020 | University of Vigo, Spain. Department of Forest Engineering. Research group of Prof. Dr. Juan Vidal Puga. Research on the spatial assessment of the costs and benefits of different land uses for flood risk reduction (COST Grant) |
| 11-12/2017 | Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. Institute of Geography. Research group of Prof. Dr. Glenda García-Santos. Use of system dynamics for modelling human-environment interactions |
| 05-04/2016 | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Department of Civil Engineering. Research group of Prof. Dr. Luis Carlos Pinto da S. F. Participatory modelling of flood vulnerability (CAPES Scholarship) |
Publication list
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2024 (4)
- de Brito, M.M., Sodoge, J., Fekete, A., Hagenlocher, M., Koks, E., Kuhlicke, C., Messori, G., de Ruiter, M., Schweizer, P.-J., Ward, P.J. (2024):
Uncovering the dynamics of multi-sector impacts of hydrological extremes: A methods overview
Earth Future 12 (1), e2023EF003906 10.1029/2023ef003906 - de Brito, M.M., Sodoge, J. (2024):
Computational Social Sciences in der Umweltsoziologie
In: Sonnberger, M., Bleicher, A., Groß, M. (Hrsg.)
Handbuch Umweltsoziologie
Springer VS, Wiesbaden , S. 521 - 535 10.1007/978-3-658-37218-7_14 - Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M., Otto, D., Reckhaus, Z.M. (2024):
Resilienter wiederaufbauen? Erste Thesen zur Rekonfiguration hydrosozialer Territorien nach dem Hochwasser 2021
In: Kabisch, S., Rink, D., Banzhaf, E. (Hrsg.)
Die resiliente Stadt: Konzepte, Konflikte, Lösungen
Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg, S. 267 - 281 10.1007/978-3-662-66916-7_17 - Sutanto, S.J., Janssen, M., de Brito, M.M., del Pozo Garcia, M. (2024):
The cascading effect of wildfires on flood risk: a study case in Ebro River basin Spain
EGUsphere 10.5194/egusphere-2024-153
2023 (5)
- Castro, C.V., Carney, C., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
The role of network structure in integrated water management: a case study of collaboration and influence for adopting nature-based solutions
Front. Water 5 , art. 1011952 10.3389/frwa.2023.1011952 - de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Cities dried up by few
Nat. Sustain. 6 (8), 883 - 884 10.1038/s41893-023-01097-6 - Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M., Bartkowski, B., Botzen, W., Doğulu, C., Han, S., Hudson, P., Karanci, A.N., Klassert, C.J., Otto, D., Scolobig, A., Moreno Soares, T., Rufat, S. (2023):
Spinning in circles? A systematic review on the role of theory in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation research
Glob. Environ. Change 80 , art. 102672 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102672 - Moreira, L.L., Vanelli, F.M., Schwamback, D., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Sensitivity analysis of indicator weights for the construction of flood vulnerability indexes: A participatory approach
Front. Water 5 , art. 970469 10.3389/frwa.2023.970469 - Sodoge, J., Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Automatized spatio-temporal detection of drought impacts from newspaper articles using natural language processing and machine learning
Weather Clim. Extremes 41 , art. 100574 10.1016/j.wace.2023.100574
2022 (10)
- Jato-Espino, D., de Brito, M.M., Eslamian, S. (2022):
Multi-criteria decision analysis for flood risk assessment
In: Eslamian, S., Eslamian, F. (eds.)
Flood handbook. Analysis and modeling
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, p. 591 - 607 10.1201/9780429463938-35 - Otto, D., Pfeiffer, M., de Brito, M.M., Gross, M. (2022):
Fixed amidst change: 20 years of media coverage on carbon capture and storage in Germany
Sustainability 14 (12), art. 7342 10.3390/su14127342 - Papagiannaki, K., Petrucci, O., Diakakis, M., Kotroni, V., Aceto, L., Bianchi, C., Brázdil, R., Grimalt Gelabert, M., Inbar, M., Kahraman, A., Kılıç, Ö., Krahn, A., Kreibich, H., Llasat, M.C., Llasat-Botija, M., Macdonald, N., de Brito, M.M., Mercurio, M., Pereira, S., Řehoř, J., Rossello Geli, J., Salvati, P., Vinet, F., Zêzere, J.L. (2022):
Developing a large-scale dataset of flood fatalities for territories in the Euro-Mediterranean region, FFEM-DB
Sci. Data 9 , art. 166 10.1038/s41597-022-01273-x - Petrucci, O., Aceto, L., Bianchi, C., Brázdil, R., Diakakis, M., Inbar, M., Kahraman, A., Kılıç, Ö., Krahn, A., Kreibich, H., Kotroni, V., de Brito, M.M., Llasat, M.C., Llasat-Botija, M., Mercurio, M., Papagiannaki, K., Pereira, S., Řehoř, J., Rossello Geli, J., Salvati, P., Zêzere, J.L., Vinet, F. (2022):
FFEM-DB “Database of Flood Fatalities from the Euro-Mediterranean region”
4TU.ResearchData 10.4121/14754999.v2 - Raška, P., Bezak, N., Ferreira, C.S.S., Kalantari, Z., Banasik, K., Bertola, M., Bourke, M., Cerdà, A., Davids, P., de Brito, M.M., Evans, R., Finger, D.C., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R., Housh, M., Hysa, A., Jakubínský, J., Kapović Solomun, M., Kaufmann, M., Keesstra, S., Keles, E., Kohnová, S., Pezzagno, M., Potočki, K., Rufat, S., Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, S., Schindelegger, A., Šraj, M., Stankunavicius, G., Stolte, J., Stričević, R., Szolgay, J., Zupanc, V., Slavíková, L., Hartmann, T. (2022):
Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach
J. Environ. Manage. 310 , art. 114725 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114725 - Rufat, S., de Brito, M.M., Fekete, A., Comby, E., Robinson, P.J., Armaş, I., Botzen, W.J.W., Kuhlicke, C. (2022):
Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 22 (8), 2655 - 2672 10.5194/nhess-22-2655-2022 - Sodoge, J., de Brito, M.M., Kuhlicke, C. (2022):
Automatized drought impact detection using natural language processing
WasserWirtschaft 112 (S1), 30 - 31 10.1007/s35147-022-1008-7 - Vanelli, F.M., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2022):
To which extent are socio-hydrology studies truly integrative? The case of natural hazards and disaster research
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (8), 2301 - 2317 10.5194/hess-26-2301-2022 - Vanelli, F.M., Kobiyama, M., González Ávila, I., Fusinato, E., de Brito, M.M. (2022):
An integrative approach for overcoming dichotomous thinking in natural hazards and disasters research
In: Magnoni Jr, L. (ed.)
Ensino de geografia e a redução do risco de desastres em espaços urbanos e rurais
Centro Paula Souza, São Paulo, p. 697 - 719 - Yiwo, E., Jato-Espino, D., Carracedo, P., de Brito, M.M. (2022):
Multi-stakeholder perception on flood management in Ghana: Analysis of drivers and potential solutions, with a focus on surface permeability
Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 76 , art. 102990 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102990
2021 (8)
- de Brito, M.M. (2021):
Compound and cascading drought impacts do not happen by chance: A proposal to quantify their relationships
Sci. Total Environ. 778 , art. 146236 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146236 - de Brito, M.M., Otto, D., Kuhlicke, C. (2021):
Tracking topics and frames regarding sustainability transformations during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis
Sustainability 13 (19), art. 11095 10.3390/su131911095 - Fekete, A., Aslam, A.B., de Brito, M.M., Dominguez, I., Fernando, N., Illing, C.J., Apil, K.K.C., Mahdavian, F., Norf, C., Platt, S., Santi, P.A., Tempels, B. (2021):
Increasing flood risk awareness and warning readiness by participation – But who understands what under ‘participation’?
Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 57 , art. 102157 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102157 - Lehmann, P., Beck, S., de Brito, M.M., Gawel, E., Groß, M., Haase, A., Lepenies, R., Otto, D., Schiller, J., Strunz, S., Thrän, D. (2021):
Environmental sustainability post-COVID-19: Scrutinizing popular hypotheses from a social science perspective
Sustainability 13 (16), art. 8679 10.3390/su13168679 - Lehmann, P., de Brito, M.M., Gawel, E., Groß, M., Haase, A., Lepenies, R., Otto, D., Schiller, J., Strunz, S., Thrän, D. (2021):
Making the COVID-19 crisis a real opportunity for environmental sustainability
Sustain. Sci. 16 (6), 2137 - 2145 10.1007/s11625-021-01003-z - Moreira, L.L., de Brito, M.M., Kobiyama, M. (2021):
Effect of different normalization, aggregation, and classification methods on the construction of flood vulnerability indexes"
Water 13 (1), art. 98 10.3390/w13010098 - Moreira, L.L., de Brito, M.M., Kobiyama, M. (2021):
Review article: A systematic review and future prospects of flood vulnerability indices
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 21 (5), 1513 - 1530 10.5194/nhess-21-1513-2021 - Moreiro Melo, C., Kobiyama, M., Michel, G.P., de Brito, M.M. (2021):
The relevance of geotechnical-unit characterization for landslide-susceptibility mapping with SHALSTAB
GeoHazards 2 (4), 383 - 397 10.3390/geohazards2040021
2020 (2)
- Almoradie, A., de Brito, M.M., Evers, M., Bossa, A., Lumor, M., Norman, C., Yacouba, Y., Hounkpe, J. (2020):
Current flood risk management practices in Ghana: Gaps and opportunities for improving resilience
J. Flood Risk Manag. 13 (4), e12664 10.1111/jfr3.12664 - de Brito, M.M., Kuhlicke, C., Marx, A. (2020):
Near–real–time drought impact assessment: a text mining approach on the 2018/19 drought in Germany
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (10), art. 1040a9 10.1088/1748-9326/aba4ca
2019 (1)
- de Brito, M.M., Almoradie, A., Evers, M. (2019) Spatially-explicit sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in a MCDA-based flood vulnerability model. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, doi:10.1080/13658816.2019.1599125
2018 (5)
- de Brito, M.M., Evers, M., Almoradie, A. (2018) Participatory flood vulnerability assessment: a multi-criteria approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 373-390, doi:10.5194/hess-22-373-2018
- García-Santos, G., de Brito, M.M., Höllermann, B., Taft, L., Almoradie, A., Evers, M. (2018) Methodology to explore emergent behaviours of the interactions between water resources and ecosystem under a pluralistic approach. Proceedings of the Int. Association of Hydrological Sciences, 95, 1-5, doi:10.5194/piahs-95-1-2018
- Bormann, H., de Brito, M.M., Charchousi, D., Chatzistratis, D., David, A., Groser, P.F., Kebschull, J., Konis, A. Koutalakis, P., Koraki, A., Krauzig, N., Meier, J., Meliadou, V., Meinhardt, M., Munnelly, K., Stephan, C., de Vos, L.F., Dietrich, J., Tzoraki, O. (2018) Impact of hydrological modellers’ decisions and attitude on the performance of a calibrated conceptual catchment model: results from a ‘modelling contest’. Hydrology, 5, 64; doi:10.3390/hydrology5040064
- Ramos, P.A.R., Oliveira, G.G., de Brito, M.M., Silva, L.C.P. (2018) Methodological proposal for flood vulnerability mapping. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 41, 281-291, doi: 10.11137/2018_3_281_291
Evers, M., de Brito, M.M. (2018) Multi-criteria and participatory Vulnerability Analysis – a transdisciplinary approach to Flood Risk Management. In: Schütze, N. et al. (Eds) Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. Heft 39.18.
2017 (5)
- de Brito, M.M., Evers, M., Höllermann, B. (2017) Prioritization of flood vulnerability, coping capacity and exposure indicators through the Delphi technique: A case study in Taquari-Antas basin, Brazil. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 24, 119-128, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.027
- de Brito, M.M., Weber, E.J., Silva Filho, L.C.P. (2017) Multi-criteria analysis applied to landslide susceptibility mapping. Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia, 17, 719-735, doi:10.20502/rbg.v18i4.1117
- de Brito, M.M., Weber, E.J., Krigger, V.S., Leitzke, F.P. (2017) Analysis of landslide conditioning factors in Porto Alegre municipality based on historical data. Brazilian Journal of Cartography, 68, 1853-1872
- de Brito, M.M., Weber, E.J., Passuello, A. (2017) Multicriteria analysis applied to landslide susceptibility mapping: a case study in Cascata District, Porto Alegre, RS. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, 10, 12-24, doi:10.5935/1984-2295.20170048
- Passuello, A., de Brito, M.M., Giazzon, E., Foresti, A., Pauletti, C., Favero, E., Bresolin, J., Silva Filho, L.C.P. (2017) Tecnologia social como ferramenta para a redução de vulnerabilidade a riscos. In: Marchezini, V., Saito, S., Londe, L., Trajber, R., Iwama, A.Y., Furtado, J.R. (Eds.) Redução de vulnerabilidade a desastres: em busca de rotas para prevenção. RiMA editora.
Before 2016 (3)
- de Brito, M.M., Evers, M. (2016) Multi-criteria decision making for flood risk management: a survey of the current state-of-the-art. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 16, 1019-1033, doi:10.5194/nhess-16-1019-2016
- de Brito, M.M. (2015) Identification of landslides scars in the Eastern Edge of the Paraná Basin based on Landsat 5-TM images. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, 8, 56-70. doi:10.26848/rbgf.v8.1.p056-070
- Silva Filho, L.C.P., Pauletti, C., Passuello, A., Bussular, C.Z., Korzenowski, C., Rocha, C. S., Giazzon, E.M.A., Costa, E.A., Favero, E., Bresolin, J.T., Fin, J., Guasselli, L.A.; Souza, L. P., Bressani, L.A., Fonseca, M.R., de Brito, M.M., Assis, M., Schavinski, M., Fontes, P.W., Alves, R.C.M., Lucena, R. B., Saito, S.M., Marchezini, V. (2015) Capacitação em gestão de riscos. 2nd ed. Porto Alegre: UFRGS. 214p.
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Travel Grants and Awards
| 2023 | International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Next Scientific Decade workshop. Cordoba, Spain – IAHS |
| 2019 | Early Career Short Term Scientific Mission Grant - European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Title: Analysis of the costs and benefits of different land uses for flood risk reduction through game theory. Link: http://www.land4flood.eu/mariana-in-vigo/ Vigo, Spain - COST |
| 2019 | Resilient flood risk management Summer School. Cologne, Germany - DAAD |
| 2019 | Stakeholder engagement workshop, Land4floods Project. Thessaloniki, Greece - COST |
| 2019 | Citizen science & social innovations Workshop. Kaunas, Lithuania - COST |
| 2019 | Digital transformations in citizen science & social innovation Training School. Fiesole, Italy - COST |
| 2018 | Coastal floods and river hazards and management strategies Summer School. Aachen, Germany - BMBF, ICGS and DAAD |
| 2017 | Best oral presentation and travel award - Dangerous Landscapes Conference. Hannover, Germany - Volkswagen Stiftung |
| 2017 | Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE) Conference. Wageningen, Netherlands - ESRI and AGILE |
| 2017 | Flood risk management Summer School. Lesbos, Greece - DAAD |
| 2016 | THESys Summer School - Transformative human-environment research & participatory methods: from co-production to co-producing. Berlin, Germany - Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2016 | International promovieren in Deutschland – für alle (IPID4all). Viena, Austria - DAAD |
| 2015 | Citizen science for clean coasts Training School. Galway, Ireland - COST |
| 2015 | Human sensor and GIS for disaster risk management Training School. Coimbra, Portugal - COST |