Dr. Veit Blauhut
Scientific Employee / PostdocChair of Environmental Hydrological Systems Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg Friedrichstraße 39 D-79098 Freiburg Fon: +49 (0)761 - 203 67436 E-Mail:  External employee |
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Research interests
| Natural hazards | Risk analysis & vulnerability assessment from local to continental scale | Risk Management | Drought | Drought Impacts | Stakeholder Interaction | Geographic Information Systems | Statistical analysis and data visualisation | Databases |
Professional experience
| 04/2016 – today | Postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg, Project: DRiER: Drought impacts, processes and resilience: making the invisible visible, Project coordination |
| 08/2015 – 03/2016 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg Project: Pilot study on Low-Flow Management in Baden-Württemberg, Project Manager |
| 01/2012 – 07/2015 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg Project: Drought R&SPI: Fostering European Drought Research and Science-Policy Interfacing |
Education
| 01/2012 – 11/2015 | PhD in Hydrology (Dr. rer. nat.), Chair of Hydrology, University of Freiburg |
| 11/2010 – 05/2011 | Saxonia, Institute of Education, Dresden, Germany, GIS- specialist, certificated course |
| 01/2010 – 11/2011 | Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Physical Geography, Dresden, Germany, Research associate at the “GEO- Laboratory” |
| 10/2002 – 10/2010 | Technical University of Dresden, Institute of Physical Geography, Dresden, Germany, German Diploma (eq. to MSc), Diploma thesis in cooperation with University of Lethbridge, Canada, 2009: “Snowfall in Southern Alberta – a Global Climate model based prediction for future snow conditions in prairie and alpine landscapes” Scientific specialisation: Hydrology, Meteorology, GIS, Flood risk management, applied Geology |
| 11/2008 – 05/2009 | University of Lethbridge, Department of Geography, Alberta, Canada Research associate |
| 10/2008 | Technical University of Dresden (FLOODMaster) & Dresden Flood research center, FLOODMaster Certificate, thesis in cooperation with the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand: “Tsunami and flood hazard exposure of city council infrastructure in Christchurch City“ |
| 01/2008 – 09/2008 | National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Christchurch, New Zealand, Internship as GIS analyst for natural hazards |
| 06/2002 | Vitzthum Gymnasium Dresden, University entrance diploma |
Teaching
| “Project seminar low flow”, semester course for Bachelor 3rd year, 2015/ 16, Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany |
| “Project seminar drought”, semester course for Bachelor 3rd year, 2014/ 15, Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany |
| “Vulnerability as a component of Risk analyses”, Hydro Hazard course, Guest lecture, Chair of Hydrology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany |
Awards and memberships
| 2014 Young Scientist’s Travel Award at EGU 2014 – Vienna: „Towards drought risk mapping on a pan- European scale” |
| “Environment, Society and Global Change" (ESGC) – Graduate School of the University of Freiburg |
| EGU – European Geoscience Union |
| Deutsche Hydrologische Gesellschaft |
Journal articles
| Blauhut, V., Stahl, K., Stagge, J. H., Tallaksen, L. M., De Stefano, L., and Vogt, J. (2016). Estimating drought risk across Europe from reported drought impacts, drought indices, and vulnerability factors, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 20, 2779-2800, doi:10.5194/hess-20-2779-2016 |
| Stahl, K., Kohn, I., Blauhut, V., Urquijo, J., De Stefano, L., Acacio, V., Dias, S., Stagge, J.H., Tallaksen, L.M., Kampragou, E. and Van Loon, A.F. (2016). Impacts of European drought events: insights from an international database of text-based reports. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 3(9), pp.5453-5492 |
| Tánago Gonzales, I., Urquijo, J., Blauhut, V., Villarroya, F., & De Stefano, L. (2016). Learning from experience: a systematic review of assessments of vulnerability to drought. Natural Hazards, 80(2), 951-973.Blauhut, V., G., Stahl, K., Kohn, I. (2015). The dynamics of vulnerability to drought in Europe, in Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing, Andreu et al.(Eds.), Chapter, Taylor & Francis group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-02779-4 |
| Blauhut, V., Gudmundsson, L., & Stahl, K. (2015). Towards pan-European drought risk maps: quantifying the link between drought indices and reported drought impacts. Environmental Research Letters, 10(1), 014008. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/10/1/014008 |
Book chapters
| Blauhut, V., K. Stahl, and I. Kohn. "The dynamics of vulnerability to drought from an impact perspective." Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing (2015): 349-355. ISBN 9781138027794 |
Project reports
| Stahl, K., Stagge, J.H., Bachmair, S., Blauhut, V., de Stefano, L., Dias, S., Gudmundsson, Kohn, I, van Lanen, H.A.J., Urquijo, J., Tallaksen, L.M., (2015).Recommendations for indicators for monitoring and early-warning considering different sensitivities: pan-European scale, DROUGHT-R-SPI Technical Report no. 28, Freiburg, Germany,13pg., http://www.eu-drought.org/technicalreports, 2015 |
| Blauhut, V. and Stahl, K. (2015). Mapping Drought Risk in Europe. DROUGHT-R-SPI Technical Report no. 27, Freiburg, Germany, 15 pg., http://www.eu-drought.org/technicalreports, 2015 |
| De Stefano, L., González Tánago, I., Ballesteros, M., Urquijo, J., Blauhut, V., Stagge, J.H and Stahl, K. (2015). Methodological approach considering different factors influencing vulnerability - pan-European scale. DROUGHT-R-SPI Technical Report no. 26, Madrid, Spain, 121 pg., http://www.eu-drought.org/technicalreports, 2015 |
| Stahl, K., Blauhut, V., Kohn, I., Stefano, L. De, Dias, S., Urquijo, J., Wolters, W. (2014). Technical Report No. 17 Stakeholder views on drought impacts and drought risk maps at the pan- European scale: results from the 2nd pan- European Drought Dialogue Forum. Freiburg: Drought R&SPI, http://www.eu-drought.org/technicalreports, 2015 |
| Stahl, K., Blauhut, V., Kohn, I. and EDII contributors. (2012). A European Drought Impact Report Inventory (EDII): Design and Test for Selected Recent Droughts in Europe. Freiburg: Drought R&SPI, http://www.eu-drought.org/technicalreports, 2015 |