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Vikas Lakhani is a lecturer and study advisor in the Liberal Arts and Sciences program at University College Tilburg. With an interdisciplinary background in Geography, Disaster Management, and Environmental Sciences, his work focuses on sustainability, disaster memory and reconstruction, and heritage tourism. He teaches and supervises students in sustainability, disaster recovery, and climate change.
Vikas earned his Ph.D. in Geography from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow and was part of the Rachel Carson Center's Environment and Society Program (2015–2018). He has held visiting research positions at the University of Leeds and Stavanger University (both in 2018) and previously worked at Hiroshima University (2015) and the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (2009–2010). From 2010 to 2015, he served as Deputy Director and Sector Manager in the Disaster Management Department of the Government of Gujarat, India.
Education/Academic qualification
(Human) geography, cartography, town and country planning, demography, PhD, Dynamic Climates of Memory: Environmental Learning, Risk Perception, Remembering and Forgetting Disasters, Ludwig Maximilian Univ Munich, University of Munich
Award Date: 30 Jun 2021
Other, Master’s Degree, Tata Institute of Social Sciences
3 Sept 2007 → 8 May 2009
Award Date: 8 May 2009
Environmental science, Other, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Award Date: 29 Sept 2007
Environmental science, Bachelor’s Degree, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
Award Date: 17 Oct 2006
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action
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Educational Utopias: Liber Amicorum for Prof.Dr. Alkeline van Lenning
van der Laan, G. (Editor), Leesen, T. (Editor), Bot, M. (Editor), Dreezens, E. (Editor), Lakhani, V. (Editor), Loos, M. J. (Editor), Shekiladze, A. (Editor), Spoormans, E. J. C. (Editor) & Willems, T. (Editor), 2023, Tilburg: Open Press Tilburg University. 338 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book editing › Popular
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Towards Measuring Resilience of Low-Income Settlements in Cities: The Case of Mumbai
Lakhani, V. & Andharia, J., 26 Mar 2020, Disaster Studies. Springer, p. 285–310Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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A Walk Through the Ruins
Lakhani, V., 17 Oct 2018Research output: Online publication or Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Popular
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Fixing a Nation's Plumbing I: India’s National River Linking Project
Lakhani, V., 11 Sept 2018Research output: Online publication or Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Popular
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Fixing a Nation’s Plumbing II: What We Choose to Ignore
Lakhani, V., 14 Sept 2018Research output: Online publication or Non-textual form › Web publication/site › Popular
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Remembering and Forgetting Disasters
Lakhani, V. (Invited speaker)
16 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
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(Um)Weltschmerz
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17 Oct 2018 → 20 Oct 2018Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference › Scientific
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How to make an effective presentation?
Lakhani, V. (Invited speaker)
20 Nov 2017Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional
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Disaster Management: Challenges and Opportunities in India
Lakhani, V. (Invited speaker)
18 Jun 2014Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Professional