Dr. Claudia Wolff is a postdoctoral researcher at the Coastal Risks and Sea-Level Rise Research Group in the Geography Department at Kiel University. Starting September 1st, she will lead her own junior research group, RECOAST-VISION, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation for five years.
RECOAST-VISION (Reimagining Coastal Flood Adaptation for Tomorrow’s Baltic Sea Coast: Visionary Strategies for Transformative Coastal Adaptation) aims to rethink coastal protection in response to rising sea levels. In collaboration with the Danish Coastal Authority and local stakeholders, the project will explore long-term, community-driven solutions for flood-adapted living along the Baltic Sea coast. This initiative is part of the Volkswagen Foundation’s “Change!” funding program and will run until 2029.
Claudia’s research focuses on coastal flood risk assessment and adaptation, particularly addressing data limitations and uncertainties in broad-scale flood risk assessments. She has developed spatial explicit urban extent projections and is particularly interested in how adaptation planning in the form of landuse planning (e.g. setback zones or retreat) could be an effective measure for reducing future coastal flood risk, reflecting her strong interest for transformative adaptation solutions.
She also contributes to the DIVA modeling framework and teaches in the B.Sc. Geography and M.Sc. Environmental Geography and Management programs at Kiel University.
