Ingrid Coninx is Flemish and holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences from KU Leuven and a master’s degree in Environmental Policy from Wageningen University. Ingrid started her career as a researcher on social flood impact at HIVA (KU Leuven). She was charged with developing a social impact method for floods*. To this end, she conducted a comparative study on the aftermaths of floods in West-European countries. This blog is based on these studies. For her PhD, she studied the Flemish flood policy. In 2009 Ingrid took on the position of researcher and project manager climate adaptation at Wageningen Environmental Research. ‘To face climate change, we must utilise all our options to increase our resilience’, says Ingrid. She aims to support policymakers with the best available knowledge to formulate and implement adaptation strategies and actions. And she motivates people and organisations to face the climate challenge.
Floods often have a devastating force. This summer, the images of the affected areas in the Netherlands, Belgium, and particularly Germany clearly showed this effect. In addition to the material damage, there is also a social impact. Less visible but longer-lasting. Research shows that those affected are often more heavily…
