Pablo Suarez PhD is Associate director for research and innovation at the Red Cross
Red Crescent Climate Centre, as well as Artist in Residence at the National University of
Singapore (NUS-LRFI), visiting fellow at Boston University, honorary senior lecturer at
University College London, and faculty member at University of Lugano (Switzerland). He has
consulted for the UN Development Programme, the World Food Programme, the World Bank,
Oxfam America, and about twenty other international humanitarian and development organizations, working in more than 60 countries. His current work addresses institutional integration across disciplines and geographic scales, and the use of innovative tools for climate risk management – ranging from financial instruments for faster disaster preparedness, to self-learning algorithms for flood prediction, to collaboration with artists and improvisers to inspire thinking and action. Pablo holds a water engineering degree, a master’s in planning, and a PhD. in geography.