Sett, Dominic
Research Associate
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- INSTITUTE:
- UNU-EHS
- OFFICE:
- Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management & Adaptive Planning Section (VARMAP) & Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII)
- E-MAIL:
- sett@ehs.unu.edu
- PHONE:
- +49-228-815-0293
- NATIONALITY:
- Germany
Research Interests
- Adaptive Social Protection
- Disaster Risks and Impact Assessment
- Risk Management and Adaptation Behaviour Research
- Urban Climate Change Adaptation
Education
- M.Sc. Geography of Environmental Risk and Human Security, United Nations University (UNU-EHS) & University of Bonn
- B.Sc. Geography, University of Bonn
Appointments
- 2020 to present: Co-Course Coordinator for Module „Building Resilience and Adaptive Governance“, Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, Maastricht University and United Nations University (UNU-MERIT)
- 2019 to present: Young Professionals, German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction (DKKV)
- 2019 to present: Arbeitskreis Naturgefahren und Naturrisiken, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Geographie (DGfG)
Biographical Statement
Dominic Sett is a Research Associate for the FloodAdapt project, aiming at integrating ecosystem-based approaches into flood risk management for adaptive and sustainable urban development in the city of Hue, Central Viet Nam. Within this project, Dominic mainly contributes to the flood risks and impact assessment, as well as identifying and evaluating flood risk management and adaptation options. For the latter, he particularly focuses on assessing behavioural factors to explain motivation for engaging in and acceptance of flood protection measures.
Before joining the FloodAdapt project, Dominic was involved in the Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) project at UNU-EHS from 2020-2022, developing a national-level strategy to integrate climate change adaptation, disaster risk management and social protection efforts in Indonesia, to strengthen the resilience of communities. He was also involved in the InsuRisk project on assessing disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions from 2019-2022 and led the writing of the 2021 InsuRisk report on disaster risk, social protection and readiness for insurance solutions. In addition, he also supported different local and international projects as student assistant, joining UNU-EHS in 2018, including on vulnerability assessment to heat stress in Bonn (ZURES) and end-user resilience to critical infrastructure failure in Germany (KIRMin).
Dominic has (co-)authored several policy and research publications and engaged in outreach campaigns for different research projects. Apart from research, he is also engaged in teaching, most notably in Master’s programmes at UNU-MERIT, where he also acts as course coordinator for UNU-EHS input, and different Master’s programmes at TH Köln – University of Applied Sciences. Besides, he gave guest lectures in international universities and increasingly engages in thesis and junior researcher supervision activities.
Dominic holds a Bachelor’s in Geography at the University of Bonn, and a Master of Science degree in ‘Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security’ offered by UNU-EHS and the University of Bonn. He graduated in 2019 and wrote his thesis on the role of social-psychological factors for the adoption of rainwater harvesting as a measure of adapting to water scarcity in Cape Town, for which he was awarded the Young Professionals “Preparedness 2030” Award by the German Committee for Disaster Risk Reduction (DKKV).
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Articles
- Fekete, Alexander, Fuchs, Sven, Garschagen, Matthias, Hutter, Gerard, Klepp, Silja, Lüder, Catharina, Neise, Thomas, Sett, Dominic, von Elverfeldt, Kirsten and Wannewitz, Mia (2022). Adjustment or transformation? Disaster risk intervention examples from Austria, Indonesia, Kiribati and South Africa. Land Use Policy, 120, n/a-n/a
- Sandholz, Simone, Sett, Dominic, Greco, Angelica, Wannewitz, Mia and Garschagen, Matthias (2021). Rethinking urban heat stress: Assessing risk and adaptation options across socioeconomic groups in Bonn, Germany. Urban Climate, 37, 1-19
- Sandholz, Simone and Sett, Dominic (2019). Gesellschaftlicher Umgang mit Wetterextremen: Risiko, Management und Anpassung. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschehen (APuZ), 2019(52), 30-37
Book Chapters
- Fekete, Alexander, Asadzadeh, Asad, Contreras, Diana, Hamhaber, Johannes, Sandholz, Simone and Sett, Dominic, “Urban and rural interdependencies: infrastructure services” in Routledge Handbook of Environmental Hazards and Society, ed. McGee, Tara K. and Penning-Rowsell, Edmund C. (Oxon & New York: Routledge, 2022), 214-229.
Reports
- Sett, Dominic, Widjaja, Christina N., Sanady, Patrick, Greco, Angelica, Setiadi, Neysa, Sagala, Saut, Rozanna, Cut Sri and Sandholz, Simone (2022). Hazards, Exposure and Vulnerability in Indonesia: A risk assessment across regions and provinces to inform the development of an Adaptive Social Protection Road Map. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
- Sett, Dominic, Waldschmidt, Florian, Rojas-Ferreira, Alvaro, Sagala, Saut, Arce Mojica, Teresa d.J., Koirala, Preeti, Sanady, Patrick, Widjaja, Christina N., Kreft, Soenke, Souvignet, Maxime and Sandholz, Simone (2022). Climate and disaster risk analytics tool for adaptive social protection. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
- O',Connor, Jack, Eberle, Caitlyn, Cotti, Davide, Hagenlocher, Michael, Hassel, Jonathan, Janzen, Sally, Narvaez, Liliana, Newsom, Amy, Ortiz-Vargas, Andrea, Schuetze, Simon, Sebesvari, Zita, Sett, Dominic and Walz, Yvonne (2021). Interconnected Disaster Risks. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
- Cotti, Davide, Hagenlocher, Michael, Sett, Dominic, Reith, Jonathan, Harb, Mostapha, Kreft, Soenke, Kaiser, Delia, Zwick, Astrid and Garschagen, Matthias (2021). InsuRisk Report 2021 – Annex. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (LMU), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and InsuResilience Global Partnership (IGP).
- Sett, Dominic, Hagenlocher, Michael, Cotti, Davide, Reith, Jonathan, Harb, Mostapha, Kreft, Soenke, Kaiser, Delia, Zwick, Astrid and Garschagen, Matthias (2021). InsuRisk Report 2021: Disaster risk, social protection and readiness for insurance solutions. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (LMU), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and InsuResilience Global Partnership (IGP).
- Sandholz, Simone, Sett, Dominic and Saenger, Nathalie (2020). Ausfälle von Kritischen Infrastrukturen: Wie resilient ist die Bevölkerung?. Bevölkerungsschutzmagazin. Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz und Katastrophenhilfe (BBK).
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Cotti, Davide, Denno Cissé, Jennifer, Garschagen, Matthias, Harb, Mostapha, Kaiser, Delia, Kreft, Soenke, Seifert, Viktoria, Sett, Dominic, Reith, Jonathan and Zwick, Astrid (2020). Disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions in Small Island Developing States. United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS), Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München (LMU), Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, and InsuResilience Global Partnership (IGP).
- Hagenlocher, Michael, Cotti, Davide, Denno Cissé, Jennifer, Garschagen, Matthias, Harb, Mostapha, Kaiser, Delia, Kreft, Soenke, Reith, Jonathan, Seifert, Viktoria, Sett, Dominic and Zwick, Astrid (2020). InsuRisk Special Report on SIDS – Annex. UNU-EHS.
- Sandholz, Simone and Sett, Dominic (2019). Erfahrungen und Bedarfe von Akteuren der Stadtplanung im Hinblick auf Vulnerabilität gegenüber Hitzestress: Ergebnisse einer Haushalts-Umfrage zum Hitzeempfinden in Bonn. Zures Working Paper. United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
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Reports
- UN ESCAP & UN-Habitat (2018): Climate Change and national urban policies in Asia and the Pacific – A regional guide for integrating climate change concerns into urban-related policy, legislative, financial and institutional frameworks
Thesis
- Sett, D. (2019): The role of social-psychological factors for the adoption of domestic rainwater harvesting as a measure of adapting to urban water scarcity in Rondebosch, Cape Town
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- Future-oriented Vulnerability and Risk Analysis as Instrument to Support Urban Infrastructure Resilience (ZURES)
- Critical Infrastructures Resilience as a Minimum Supply Concept (KIRMIN)
- InsuRisk: Disaster Risk and Readiness for Insurance Solutions
- Integrating Ecosystem-based Approaches into Flood Risk Management for Adaptive and Sustainable Urban Development in Central Vietnam (FloodAdaptVN)
- Adaptive Social Protection (ASP)