Dr Vangelis Pitidis is an Assistant Professor of Global Sustainable Development and Impact Lead at the School of Cross-Faculty Studies and at the University of Warwick. He teaches at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels, convening core modules on urban resilience, sustainable cities and disaster risk managment. With a background spanning social sciences, urban planning, human geography, and GIS, he brings a holistic perspective to research, teaching, and policy engagement, his interdisciplinary research focuses on urban resilience, citizen science, and participatory governance, particularly in disaster-prone areas across the Global North and South. Vangelis has been actively involved in major international UK and EU funded projects and across Europe, Latin America and Africa, focusing on enhancing urban resilience, promoting sustainable development and ameliorating disaster risk planning, management and response.
