Gerald Singh

Gerald Singh is Assistant Professor and Ocean Nexus Chair in Global Change and Sustainable Development at the University of Victoria. His research is situated in the science-policy interface, focused on understanding the dynamics between social, economic, and environmental dimensions in sustainable development, and characterizing risk and impacts towards environmental decision-making. His work is connected with risk assessment and management related to sustainable development under global change. His recent work includes understanding extremes, including characterizing disasters brought out from climate change interacting with human development. Part of this work is an explicit focus on unintended risks that come from well-intentioned development meant to address important problems.