Giuliano Di Baldassarre

Professor in Hydrology at Department of Earth Sciences; Program for Air, Water and Landscape Sciences; Environmental Analysis

Telephone:: +46 18 471 71 62
E-mail:: Giuliano.Dibaldassarre@geo.uu.se
Visiting address:: Geocentrum, Villavägen 16
752 36 Uppsala
Postal address:: Villavägen 16
752 36 UPPSALA

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E-mail:: giuliano.dibaldassarre@geo.uu.se
Visiting address:: MTC-huset, Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, 1 tr
752 37 Uppsala
Postal address:: Akademiska sjukhuset
751 85 Uppsala

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ORCID:: 0000-0002-8180-4996

Short presentation

Giuliano Di Baldassarre is a professor of hydrology and environmental analysis. He is also the head of division LUVAL, Air Water and Landscape Sciences. His interdisciplinary work combines qualitative and quantitative research methods to unravel the interplay between water, environment and society. The aim is to advance fundamental science and inform policy in the context of disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation and sustainability.

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Biography

Giuliano Di Baldassarre (born in L'Aquila, Italy, in 1978) is a professor of hydrology and environmental analysis at the Department of Earth Sciences of Uppsala University, as well as the head of division LUVAL, Air Water and Landscape Sciences. His research deals with risks, crises or disasters resulting from the interplay between water, environment and society. His multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary work combines qualitative and quantitative methods to advance fundamental science and inform policy in the context of disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and sustainability.

Giuliano Di Baldassarre has been the recipient of various honours, including the International Hydrology Prize, i.e. Volker Medal, by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), UNESCO and the World Metereological Organization (WMO); the Plinius Medal by the European Geosciences Union (EGU); the Witherspoon Lecture Award by the American Geophysical Union (AGU); and the Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). He was one of the leaders (also serving as one of the Chairs) of Panta Rhei-Everything Flows (2013-2022), the global IAHS research initiative on water-society interactions , and served as the director of the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS) in the period 2016-2025. He published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including multidisciplinary ones such as Nature Sustainability, Science Advances, Earth's Future and Nature.