Christine Eriksen PhD

Welcome! I am Dr Christine Eriksen, a human geographer researching social dimensions of disasters.

Much of my work focuses on people’s ability to coexist with wildfire. I consider broader contexts, such as climate change, environmental history, cultural norms, and political agendas. My work is driven by curiosity about local knowledge and the societal coping capacities generated by it.

I am currently a Senior Researcher in the Center for Security Studies at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zürich). I am also the Editor in Chief for the “Fire Social Science” Section of the journal Fire.

In August 2023, I will commence a SNSF-funded professorship at the University of Bern. Before I relocated to Switzerland, I was a social scientist at the University of Wollongong in Australia from 2007-2020.

Please click on the red buttons to access publications, talks, media interviews, and other details about my work and its impact. I also write short newsflashes when I have exciting news to share. These are listed at the bottom of this page.