Laura Peters

Assistant Professor
Oregon State University
United States

Laura E. R. Peters, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Geography at Oregon State University where she leads the Disasters in Divided Societies Lab, and an Honorary Lecturer in the Department of Risk and Disaster Risk Reduction at University College London. Laura works on preventing disasters in conflict and humanitarian zones and leveraging disaster-related actions as opportunities for disaster diplomacy and environmental peacebuilding. Laura works with partners and affected populations not just to reduce and mitigate risks but also to co-develop explicit strategies that strengthen social-environmental sustainability and build durable peace from their lived experiences.