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Erich Wolff

Erich Wolff

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Nanyang Technological University

Erich Wolff is an interdisciplinary researcher with a background in civil engineering, geotechnical engineering, and architecture. His doctoral research explored the first-hand experiences of leading a citizen science flood-monitoring project conducted in partnership with communities living in Indonesia and Fiji.

Community members participating in the RISE program collected photos of floods between 2018 and 2020 in Makassar. Photo credit: iStock/syahrir maulana.
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How Scientists and Communities Can Build Partnerships to Deal with Floods: Learning from Indonesia

Citizen science, a way for communities to collaborate with researchers, can help scientists understand the impacts of floods.