Bayes Ahmed

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  • Associate Professor in Risk and Disaster Science, UCL

Dr Bayes Ahmed is an Associate Professor in the Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction at University College London (UCL). His work examines how disasters, conflict, displacement, and environmental injustice shape the lives of frontline communities, particularly displaced and stateless populations.

Trained in urban planning, geospatial technologies, and disaster risk reduction, he combines field-based research, spatial analysis, community engagement, and policy translation. His research spans disaster risk reduction, landslide early warning, climate mobility, genocide diplomacy, conflict and migration, and Hydrocide, a concept he has developed to examine the political, ecological, and human consequences of water injustice.

Bayes is committed to producing research that moves beyond academic debate and supports practical, evidence-based decisions for communities, governments, and humanitarian actors.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Associate Professor, University College London (UCL)
  • 2019–2022
    Lecturer, University College London (UCL)
  • 2017–2019
    Research Fellow, University College London (UCL)

Education

  • 2017 
    University College London (UCL), PhD in Disaster Risk Reduction
  • 2011 
    Universitat Jaume I (UJI), Spain, MSc in Geospatial Technologies
  • 2008 
    Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Bachelor of Urban and Regional Planning

Professional Memberships

  • Life Member: The International Association of Genocide Scholars (IAGS)
  • Life Member: American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Life Member: European Geosciences Union (EGU)

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