Olivia Jensen

Dr Olivia Jensen is a social scientist specialising in water and environmental policy with a focus on urban Asia. She joined IPUR in 2018 as Lead Scientist overseeing the Institute’s work related to Environment and Climate. She holds a joint appointment as Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy’s Institute of Water Policy, where she has worked from 2014.

Dr Jensen’s research is concerned with the spectrum of urban environmental risks and the design and evaluation of policy interventions to strengthen the resilience of urban communities. Her current projects include water risk governance in Asian mega-cities; the role of citizen science in assessing and managing environmental risks; and the design of effective communication strategies for risk management in areas of high vulnerability and high exposure to flood risks.

Education

• PhD The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2003 — 2006)
• MSc The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2002 — 2003)
• MA International University of Japan (1997 — 1999)
• BA University of Oxford (1994 — 1997)

Companies

• Lead Scientist Lloyd's Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (2019)
• Senior Research Fellow National University of Singapore, Institute of Water Policy (2014)
• Asia Editor Global Water Intelligence (2010 — 2014)
• Adjunct Professor CIEE, East China Normal University (Shanghai) (2010 — 2010)
• Associate Director (Shanghai) IPA Energy & Water Economics (2008 — 2010)
• Senior Consultant ICF International (2006 — 2007)
• Director Jensen & Blanc-Brude Ltd (2004 — 2006)
• economist CUTS (2001 — 2003)