Dr. Michal Linder Zarankin
Israel
Michal holds a Ph.D. in Public Administration from Virginia Tech with a specialization in Disaster Management and Policy. At Tel Aviv University, she develops and oversees joint academic projects and initiatives, including those focused on climate resilience. Additionally, Michal serves as a lecturer in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Disaster Management Program. She has also taught courses at the School of Public Health at Ben-Gurion University and at the School for Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech. Her area of interest revolves around exploring how communities can effectively adapt to environmental challenges, crises and disasters and devising strategies to enhance resilience at both local and global levels. Recently, she has been involved in examining the role of higher education institutions in addressing global challenges, including geopolitical conflicts and climate change.
Education
Public Administration, Ph.D. - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Center for Public Administration & Policy.
Israel
- Place of affiliation
Emergency and Disaster Management
- Public Policy theories
- Public Health
Community Resilience
- Vulnerability
- Community Wellbeing
- Social Network
Climate Change
- Public Engagement and Education
- Linder M. (2023). European Association for International Education (EAIE) Forum Magazine, Risk and Response. Our Moral Imperative.
- Linder M. (2020). Research Counts. Mass Sheltering and Disaster Special Collection. Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, Colorado.
- Linder M. (2019), A Latent Resilience Capacity: Individual and Organizational Factors Associated with Public Library Managers’ Willingness to Engage in Post-Disaster Response and Recovery. Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy .
- Linder M. (2018). Research Counts. Managerial Perspectives on the Role of Public Libraries in Disaster Response, Natural Hazards Center, Boulder, Colorado.
- Linder M. (2017) A Latent Resilience Capacity: Public Libraries and Community Emergency Response in Stephenson Jr. M. & Kirakosyan L RE: Reflections and Explorations: A Forum for Deliberative Dialogue. Blacksburg: Virginia
