Dr Kristian Krieger
Research Associate
Room 7.05
Department of War Studies
Strand Campus
London WC2R 2LS
Email: kristian.1.krieger@kcl.ac.uk
Biography
Dr Kristian Krieger is a Research Associate in the Department of War Studies, working on EU-FP7 project PRACTICE (Preparedness and Resilience against CBRN terrorism using integrated concepts and equipment, see http://practice.fp7security.eu/ ) which is headed by Dr Brooke Rogers. In this project, Kristian’s research is to contribute to improving the information and communication processes with public and among emergency responders before, during and after a terrorist event to mitigate the adverse consequences of the incident.
Before joining the Department of War Studies at King’s, Kristian completed his M.Sc. in International Political Economy at the LSE and a German Diplom in Political Science with Law and Economics at the University of Leipzig. After his degrees, he worked as a Research Assistant at the King’s Centre for Risk Management (KCRM) where he was involved in several projects concerned with risk perception and communication in the energy sector and the terrorism field. Following this research work, he undertook his ESRC-sponsored PhD project (Putting risk-based governance into institutional context: Flood management regimes in Germany and England in the 1990s and 2000s) at KCL’s Department of Geography. In this, he explored the institutional determinants of different national styles of risk-based governance, thereby challenging assumptions of a uniform rise and colonisation of public policy areas through risk instruments.
Kristian also was a visiting researcher at the Environmental Policy Research Centre (FFU) at the Free University Berlin in 2008 and is a Fellow of the Earth System Governance Network.
Areas of interest
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risk governance
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risk perception and communication
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resilience
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natural disaster management and climate adaptation
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CBRN terrorism
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comparative politics
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neo-institutionalism
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energy politics
Selected publications & presentations
Peer-reviewed journal articles
(co-authored with CANTELLI, F and KODATE, N) “Towards democratic governance of uncertainty? Contesting notions of participation, control and accountability”. Journal of Risk Research Vol 14(8):919-932, 2011 (here)
(co-authored with ROGERS, MB) “Green partnerships in Britain's energy sector – classifying non-governmental organisations and exploring their varying potential to co-operate with energy companies. Environmental Politics Vol 19(6):910-929, 2010 (here)
(co-authored with ROGERS, MB; AMLOT, R; RUBIN, GJ; WESSELY, S) “Mediating the social and psychological impacts of terrorist attacks: the role of risk perception and risk communication”. International Review of Psychiatry Vol 19(3):279-288 (here)
Paper presentations
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“Rational adaptation to increasing flood risk? Institutional drivers and barriers to risk-based flood management in Germany and Britain” at SRA-E London June 2010; ECPR Joint Sessions Munster March 2010; Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change Amsterdam December 2009.
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(co-authored with PORTER, J) “Maps, Markets, and the Management of Risk: The Production of Flood Risk Maps in England and Wales” at RBG-IBG Annual International Conference London August 2008
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(co-authored with ROGERS, MB) “NGO-Business-Partnerships – Exploring and comparing the potential of British non-governmental organisations to partner with businesses of the energy sector” at the 58th PSA Annual Convention Swansea April 2008
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(co-authored with BICKERSTAFF, K) “A just, low-carbon energy system? Exploring concepts of justice and equity from a whole systems perspective” at INCLUESEV Workshop London May 201