Emily Ragus

About Emily

Emily is an anthropologist, nurse and humanitarian aid worker dedicated to understanding how people navigate environmental disasters, climate uncertainty, and violence. Her work focuses on floods, drawing on decolonial methodologies and innovative arts-based approaches—such as storytelling, sculpting, and body mapping—to uncover marginalized narratives and promote healing.
With over 15 years of experience as a nurse specializing in helicopter trauma retrieval and disaster management, Emily has worked across conflict zones in Malaysia, Jordan, Azerbaijan, and Ukraine with the International Committee of the Red Cross. Emily brings this frontline experience into her academic research, combining compassionate fieldwork with critical analysis to explore the intersections of gender, violence, and environmental crises. Currently pursuing her PhD at the University of Amsterdam, she is examining how communities and disaster response teams respond to rupture and repair in uncertain futures.