Lucy Easthope
Professor Lucy Easthope is a leading authority on recovering from disaster. She's a passionate and thought-provoking voice in an area that few know about: emergency planning.
For over two decades she has challenged others to think differently about what comes next, after tragic events.
Her Sunday Times Bestseller 'When The Dust Settles', about her life working on some of the world’s most memorable disasters, was released in 2022 and her second book Come What May was published in May 2025.
She's also a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath and Co-Founder of the After Disaster Network, University of Durham. She is also Research Associate at the Joint Centre for Disaster Research, Massey University, New Zealand.
Her radio shows on science communication, risk and peril have provoked international interest and discussion.