Dr Paul Barnes is the Judith Neilson Research Fellow (Disaster Resilience) at the University of New South Wales and Coordinator of UNSW’s Resilient Futures Collective. He has over 25 years of experience as an applied academic and public sector manager covering emergency and risk management, and policy development at both State and Federal levels.
He also serves as a visiting Professorial Fellow attached to the Torrens Resilience Initiative at Flinders University, Adelaide, an adjunct Associate Professor within the School of Engineering & Information Technology at UNSW/ADFA, and as a Senior Fellow at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute - where he established and served as Head of the Risk & Resilience Program.
He is a Member of the International Military Council on Climate & Security (Washington DC), the World Economic Forum Expert Network on Risk & Resilience, UN Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) Working Group(s), and a (Non-Resident) Associate Fellow of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.
Join Dr Barnes at the 2022 Better Futures Forum:
Wednesday 7 September, 12.00pm - 1.00pm AEST | Panel Discussion: How can we strengthen the resilience of local governments to protect communities from the impacts of climate change