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Lena Reimann is a Research Fellow at the Water and Development Research Group (WDRG) of the Department of Built Environment at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. Her research focuses on the spatial analysis of population dynamics, particularly internal migration and social vulnerability, in the context of water-related hazards. Her work involves developing geospatial datasets and performing spatial data analysis at continental to global scales.

After completing her PhD in the Coastal Risks and Sea-Level Rise research group at Kiel University, Germany, Lena spent four years as a postdoc at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. During her PhD, she developed spatial modeling approaches and datasets to explore future population exposure to sea-level rise under various climate and socioeconomic scenarios (Shared Socioeconomic Pathways, SSPs). As a postdoc, she broadened this work, extending it from sea-level rise to additional (water-related) climate hazards; from exposure to social vulnerability; and from continental- to global-scale assessments. During her time at WDRG, she aims to further build on this work, with a particular focus on understanding how social vulnerability shapes migration responses under past, present, and future conditions.