From disaster preparedness and emergency management to climate resilience and community-led recovery, these publications from AUT Applied Disaster and Risk Research Centre (ADARR) showcase research that addresses real-world disaster and risk challenges.
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Adaptation Children and Youth Disaster and Development Disaster and Public Health Drowning Prevention Environment Gender Migrants Participation Recovery Technology VulnerabilityGoswami, S., Sharan, A., Joseph, J., & Raju, E. (2026). Othering and access to housing: a unique navigation of placemaking practiced by thirunangais in urban spaces of Chennai. Identities, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2026.2698216
Sharan, A. (2026). Re-thinking gender beyond the binary in disasters: Othering and hybrid identities of hijras in India. In Reimagining Disasters (pp. 83-99). Routledge. DOI: 10.4324/9781032632797-7
Sharan, A. & Gaillard, J.C. (2025). Re-Gendering the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Experiences of gender diverse groups from India and the Philippines. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-024-00612-3
Sharan, A., & Gaillard, J. C. (2025). Re-gendering the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction: Experiences of gender diverse groups from India and the Philippines. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 16(1), 92-102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13753-024-00612-3
Sharan, A., Baumann, L., Sapalo, N., Gaillard, J.C., Dwyer, E. & Salamanca, A. (2025). What’s “Holding Back Change”? Opportunities and Challenges for the ‘Participation’ and ‘Inclusion’ of People with Diverse SOGIESC in Disaster Risk Reduction. Climate and development. https://doi.org/10.1080/17565529.2025.2451973
Sharan, A. (2024). Disasters and the “Other” Gender: The Case of the Hijras in Odisha, India. Southasiadisasters.net, 211, (pp. 15-16). https://aidmi.org/postcolonial-futures-for-disaster-risk-reduction-in-south-asia/
Baumann, L., Sharan, A., & Gaillard, J. C. (2022). Queering “Gender and Disaster” for Inclusive Disaster Risk Reduction. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199389407.013.412