Lydia Cumiskey

Dr Lydia Cumiskey is a senior postdoctoral researcher at the MaREI Centre, University College Cork working on enhancing disaster resilience in the EU Horizon funded DIRECTED project. Over the past 10 years Lydia has worked in research and consultancy projects in the areas of flood risk governance, risk communication and climate adaptation. Her recent work in the EU Horizon funded DIRECTED project focuses on capacity building for knowledge co-production in Real World Labs and embracing creativity for collaboration. She led the Creative Ireland funded project BluePrint which co-created artistic risk communication outputs supporting communities and policymakers together with artist Sara Walmsley.