Education

10/2011 – 10/2016     M.A. of Geography at the University of Heidelberg

Thesis: “Analyzing Water Spheres in Kathmandu Valley – Negotiation Processes between Society and Space in a Changing Environment“

09/2007 – 09/2011     B.A. of Geography and Anthropology at the University of Heidelberg

Thesis: “Sea-level Rise and Climate Induced Impacts for the Population of the Pacific Island State Tuvalu“

10/2009 – 02/2010     Student at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Academic Jobs

03/2018 – 11/2018     DAAD funded field research in Nepal; Topic: „Reconstruction and social transformation in the High Mountains of Nepal “

03/2017 – 02/2018     Research Assistant at the Department of Geography of the South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg                               

06/2012 – 09/2013 und 01/2015 – 02/2018   Student Assistant at the Geographical Association of Heidelberg                                   

12/2008 – 12/2010     Student Assistant at the Department of Geography, University of Heidelberg

Winter term 2020/21

BA Seminar: Complex dynamics in a globalized world

Research focus

Human-Environment-Interaction
Social Science/Geographical Disaster Research
Climate Change Adaptation
Qualitive Social Research
Vulnerability & Resilience
Natural Hazards

Publications

• Sandoval, Vicente; Voss, Martin; Flörchinger, Verena; Lorenz, Stephan; Jafari, Parisa (2023): Integrated Disaster Risk Management IDRM: Elements to Advance its Study and Assessment. In: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 14(3), pp. 343–356. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-023-00490-1.

• Schulze, Katja; Bock, Nicolas; Flörchinger, Verena; Merkes, Sara T.; Voss, Martin (2021): Die COVID-19-Pandemie aus Sicht der Bevölkerung im Sommer 2020. Ergebnisse einer Bevölkerungsbefragung. KFS Working Paper Nr. 19. Berlin: Katastrophenforschungsstelle. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-29719.

• Schulze, Katja; Merkes, Sara T.; Kleinebrahn, Anja; Flörchinger, Verena; Voss, Martin (2020): Veränderte Wahrnehmungen der COVID-19-Lage von März bis April 2020: Ergebnisse einer deutschlandweiten Panelbefragung. KFS Working Paper Nr. 17. Berlin: Katastrophenforschungsstelle. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-27376.

• Schulze, Katja; Bock, Nicolas; Dittmer, Cordula; Flörchinger, Verena; Lorenz, Daniel F.; Merkes, Sara T.; Voss, Martin (2020): Die SARS-CoV-2-Pandemie aus Sicht der Bevölkerung. Ergebnisse einer Bevölkerungsbefragung. KFS Working Paper Nr. 16. Berlin: Katastrophenforschungsstelle. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17169/refubium-26823.

• Daniell, James E.; Schmidt, Hanns-Maximilian; Schäfer, Andreas; Hoechner, Andreas; Girard, Trevor; Brink, Susan; Kunz-Plapp, Tina; Mühr, Bernhard; Dittrich, André; Vervaeck, Armand; Wenzel, Friedemann; Khazai, Bijan; Anhorn, Johannes; Flörchinger, Verena; Strader, Anne; Schorlemmer, Danijel; Beutin, Thomas; Fanselow, Florian; Kunz, Michael; Trieselmann, Werner; Gourraud, Cyril; Bendimerad, Fouad (2015): Nepal Earthquakes - Report #3. Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) Situation Report. CEDIM und SAI. Available online at https://www.cedim.kit.edu/download/CEDIM_ImpactSummary_EarthquakeNepal2015_-1.pdf.

• Daniell, James E.; Vervaeck, Armand; Wenzel, Friedemann; Khazai, Bijan; Brink, Susan; Kunz-Plapp, Tina; Anhorn, Johannes; Flörchinger, Verena; Schäfer, Aandreas; Hoechner, Andreas; Schmidt, Hanns-Maximilian; Bessel, Tina; Mühr, Bernhard; Dittrich, André; Girard, Trevor; Robles, Carlos; Skapski, Jens-Udo; Kunz, Michael; Trieselmann, Werner (2015): Nepal Earthquake - Report #1. Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) Situation Report. CEDIM und SAI. Available online at https://www.cedim.kit.edu/download/CEDIM_ImpactSummary_EarthquakeNepal2015_Report1.pdf.

• Khazai, Bijan; Anhorn, Johannes; Girard, Trevor; Brink, Susan; Daniell, James E.; Bessel, Tina; Mühr, Bernhard; Flörchinger, Verena; Kunz-Plapp, Tina (2015): Shelter response and vulnerability of displaced populations in the April 25, 2015 Nepal Earthquake. Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) Report 2. CEDIM und SAI. Available online at https://www.cedim.kit.edu/download/CEDIM_FDA_NepalEarthquake_Report2Shelter.pdf.

• Flörchinger, Verena; Marx, Sabrina; Müller, Larissa; Schelhorn, Svend-Jonas; Schütt, Fabian; Selgert, Ulrich (2013): Die touristische Entwicklung der Hochgebirgssiedlung Langtang in Nepal. In: Lennartz, Thomas; Butsch, Carsten; Franz, Martin; Kroll, Mareike (Hg.): Aktuelle Forschungsbeiträge zu Südasien. Heidelberg: AK Südasien, pp. 19–22.

Presentations

• Desportes, Isabelle; Sandoval, Vicente; Flörchinger, Verena (2023): A cultural turn in disaster studies? Exploring epistemological, socio-historical and scalar perspectives. Panel at the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS). Enschede, 2 Nov 2023.

• Flörchinger, Verena; Jafari, Parisa (2023): Lessons Learned from Recent Floods and Mutual Learning for Disaster Risk Management in Iran and Germany. Presentation at the Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS). Enschede, 1 Nov 2023.

• Flörchinger, Verena (2023): Lessons Learned from Recent Droughts for Disaster Risk Management in Germany. Presentation at the Deutschen Kongress der Geographie (DKG). Frankfurt a.M., 22 Sep 2023.

• Flörchinger, Verena (2023): Gaps and Potentials of an Integrated Disaster Risk Management in Germany. Presentation and poster at the European Geography Conference (EUGEO). Barcelona, 6 Sep 2023.

• Sandoval, Vicente; Flörchinger, Verena; Priesmeier, Peter (2023): Integrated Disaster Risk Management for a Resilient Future: Geographical Linkages of Social, Spatial, and Temporal Dimensions. Panel at the European Geography Conference (EUGEO). Barcelona, 6 Sep 2023.

• Flörchinger, Verena (2019): Post-Disaster Development and Reconstruction in Langtang Valley, Nepal. Presentation at the 9. Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Südasien. Heidelberg, 26 Jan 2019.

• Flörchinger, Verena (2019): Community-Based Mapping in the Context of Post-Disaster Research. Presentation at the International Workshop Mapping Asia: Sharing Techniques and Technologies for 21st Century Map Making, MLU Munich, 19 Jan 2019.

• Flörchinger, Verena (2017): Langtang Rising? Wiederaufbau und Lebenssicherungsstrategien nach dem Gorkha-Erdbeben. Presentation at the Werkstattgespräch Nepal, Heidelberger Akademien der Wissenschaften. Heidelberg, 5 Dec 2017.