Dr Dr Stephen G Flood PhD

Senior Postdoctoral Scientist

Maynooth UniversityIreland

Research focus

I have over 12 years’ experience working in global environmental change, environmental policy, consultancy and applied social science. My expertise includes communicating climate change adaptation and behavioural change, the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, future sustainability imaginaries, resilience and systems thinking, serious games, coastal management, climate change adaptation governance and decision-making, vulnerability assessment and risk management, climate finance and capacity building. My work makes a direct social, economic and environmental impact by enabling communities and end users to make better decisions, increase their environmental governance capacity, and thus protect their local environments and communities from the present and future impacts of global environmental change. I have proven expertise at managing projects, solving problems and communicating complex ideas to a range of audiences.

SDG targets

5.1

End discrimination against women and girls

5.2

End all violence against and exploitation of women and girls

5.3

Eliminate forced marriages and genital mutilation

5.4

Value unpaid care and promote shared domestic responsibilities

5.5

Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making

5.6

Universal access to reproductive health and rights

5.A

Equal rights to economic resources, property ownership and financial services

5.B

Promote empowerment of women through technology

5.C

Adopt and strengthen policies and enforcable legislation for gender equality

11.1

Safe and affordable housing

11.2

Affordable and sustainable transport systems

11.3

Inclusive and sustainable urbanization

11.4

Protect the world's cutural and natural heritage

11.5

Reduce the adverse effects of natural disasters

11.6

Reduce the environmental impact of cities

11.7

Provide access to safe and inclusive green and public spaces

11.A

Strong national and regional development planning

11.B

Implement policies for inclusion, resource efficiency and disaster risk reduction

11.C

Support least developed countries in sustainable and resilient building

13.1

Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate related disasters

13.2

Integrate climate change measures into policies and planning

13.3

Build knowledge and capacity to meet climate change

13.A

Implement the UN framework convention on climate change

13.B