Professor Lucy Easthope is the country’s leading authority on recovering from disaster. In their second CDAS In Conversation event about the pandemic, CDAS Co-Director Dr John Troyer and Professor Easthope examine the last year, reflect on what it feels like having spent careers readying for these times, and discuss Professor Easthope's forthcoming book 'When the Dust Settles' (Hodder & Stoughton March 2022) on what the future holds.

Lucy's Bio:

Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on recovering from disaster. For over two decades she has challenged others to think differently about what comes next, after tragic events. She is a passionate and thought-provoking voice in planning for pandemics, conflict and disaster, and has been a tactical advisor to UK disaster responders since 2001. Her research and practice portfolio includes mass fatalities planning, legal aspects of emergencies, identifying lessons post incident, the effectiveness of public inquiries, interoperability, and community resilience in practice.She holds an LLB (Bristol), Masters in Risk, Crisis and Disaster management (Leicester) and PhD in Medicine (Lancaster).Lucy is known globally for her work and holds an honorary position at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand. She is a Professor in Practice of Risk and Hazard at the University of Durham and a co-founder of the After Disaster Network based in their Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience. She is a Fellow in Mass Fatalities and Pandemics at the Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath. She is a former senior fellow of the Cabinet Office Emergency Planning College. She has acted as the external examiner for a number of international disaster management postgraduate programmes. She is a member of the Cabinet Office National Risk Assessment Behavioural Science Expert Group and sits on the editorial board of the Australian Journal of Emergency Management. Her first book ‘The Recovery Myth’ proved definitive on the challenges facing the UK in disaster recovery and her next book ‘When the Dust Settles’ is published in March. @lucygobag