Jessica Reiter
Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Disaster Research Unit (DRU)
Research Associate
Studies and Academic Positions
- 01/2015 - Associate Researcher at the Disaster Research Unit (DRU) of the Freie Universität Berlin. Work on the project "INVOLVE: INitiate VOLunteerism to counter VulnErability"
- 09/2009-12/2014 Freelance research for a variety of institutions, including: Nexus - Institute for Cooperation Managment and Interdisciplinary Research, Helmholz-Center for Environmental Research (UFZ-Leipzig), Disaster Research Unit at the FU Berlin, Adelphi Research GmbH (Core interests being: Strategies and Measures in Climate Adaptation, Volunteerism in Civil Protection (Disaster Management))
- 08/2008–06/2009 Worked as a Diplomandin in the research project „Risk Habitat Megacity“ at the Helmholz-Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig/Santiago de Chile (wrote a thesis paper related to the project, titled "Vulnerabilität in the Face of Floods in Select Districts of Santiago de Chile" (Vulnerability to)
- 10/2004-01/2005 Abroad research in Bolivia (The utilization of natural resources in Guaraní-Communities in Chaco)
- 10/2002-12/2009 Studies in Geography (1.HF) at theHumboldt-Universität in Berlin
- 04/2001-04/2008 Studies in Latin American Studies (2.HF) at the Freie Universität Berlin
Research Interests
- Vulnerability and Resilience
- Risk and Space in Cities
- Strategies for Climate Adaptation
- Volunteerism in Civil Protection and Disaster Management
Publications
- Reiter, Jessica; Nunes Muniz, Janaina; Dittmer, Cordula; Lorenz, Daniel F.; Voss, Martin (2019): Katastrophen und Katastrophenvorsorge in Berlin-Neukölln aus Sicht der Bevölkerung. Ergebnisse einer quantitativen Bevölkerungsbefragung. KFS Working Paper Nr. 13. Berlin: KFS. Download. DOI: 10.17169/refubium-2851
- Voss, Martin; Dittmer, Cordula; Reiter, Jessica (2018): Transdisziplinäre Integrative Vulner-abilitäts- und Resilienzbewertung (TIV). Theoretische und Methodologische Grundlagen. KFS Working Paper Nr. 5. Berlin: KFS. Download. DOI: 10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000027714
- Reiter, Jessica; Wenzel, Bettina; Dittmer, Cordula; Lorenz, Daniel F.; Voss, Martin (2018): The 2013 flood in the community of Elbe-Havel-Land in the eyes of the population. Research report of the quantitative survey. KFS Working Paper 08. Berlin: KFS. Download. DOI: 10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000028852
- Reiter, Jessica; Wenzel, Bettina; Dittmer, Cordula; Lorenz, Daniel F.; Voss, Martin (2017): Das Hochwasser 2013 im Elbe-Havel-Land aus Sicht der Bevölkerung. Forschungsbericht zur quantitativen Datenerhebung. KFS Working Paper 04. Berlin: KFS. Online verfügbar. DOI: 10.17169/FUDOCS_document_000000027713
- Reiter, J.; Lorenz, D.F.; Dittmer, C.; Voss, M. (2017): Vulnerabilität aus der Perspektive der sozialwissenschaftlichen Katastrophenforschung, in: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz e.V. (ed.): Stärkung von Resilienz durch den Betreuungsdienst – Teil 1. Wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zu Bedingungen für einen zukunftsfähigen Betreuungsdienst, Schriftenreihe der Forschung 4, 22-24.
- Dittmer, C.; Lorenz, D.F.; Reiter, J.; Wenzel, B. (2016): Drei Jahre nach dem Deichbruch – Über die Gegenwart einer nicht abgeschlossenen Katastrophe, Notfallvorsorge 4/2016, 17-25.
- Reiter, J.; Wenzel, B.; Dittmer, C.; Lorenz, D.F.; Voss, M. (2016): The Social Dimension of Heat Waves – Blind Spots in Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management in Germany and India, in: Ghafory-Ashtiany, M. Izadkhah, Y.O.; Parsizadeh, F. (Ed.): Proceedings of Extended Abstracts 7th International Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management Disasters and Development: Towards a Risk Aware Society, Teheran, 353-355.
- Wenzel, B.; Reiter, J.; Dittmer, C.; Lorenz, D.F.; Voss, M. (2016): The Harmonization of People's Needs and Professional NGO Assistance. The Case of Flooding in Germany, in: Ghafory-Ashtiany, M. Izadkhah, Y.O.; Parsizadeh, F. (Ed.): Proceedings of Extended Abstracts 7th International Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management Disasters and Development: Towards a Risk Aware Society, Teheran, 171-172.
- Bledau, L.; Reiter, J.; Dittmer, C.; Jungmann, A.; Lorenz, D.F.; Voss, M. (2015): Herausforderungen für das Ehrenamt. Gegenwärtige Entwicklungen im Katastrophenschutz aus Sicht der Trägerorganisationen und Behörden in Schleswig-Holstein, in: Bevölkerungsschutz 4/2015, 22-31.
- Müller, A., Reiter, J., and Weiland, U.: Assessment of urban vulnerability towards floods using an indicator-based approach - a case study for Santiago de Chile, Natu- Hazards Earth Sytem. Sci., 11, 2107-2123