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Marlies Barendrecht is a lecturer in Natural Environmental Hazards at King's College London. She specializes in socio-hydrology, focusing on human-water interactions, drought, flood risks, and water security. Her research employs a mix of quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze human-water systems and develop integrated modeling frameworks. With a PhD from the Technical University of Vienna, she has previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher at VU Amsterdam, where she investigated drought-to-flood events influenced by human interactions with water. Marlies is passionate about interdisciplinary research, striving to enhance socio-hydrological models and frameworks to better inform adaptation strategies in the context of climate change. Her teaching encompasses undergraduate and postgraduate courses, where she supervises PhD candidates on topics related to hydrology and adaptation strategies.
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