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Scott Gabriel Knowles

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Scott Gabriel Knowles

Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Scott Gabriel Knowles is a Professor in the Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. He is a historian of disaster worldwide. He focuses on the historical processes that make disasters possible, and the application of history to reduce future disasters. Since March of 2020 Knowles has hosted #COVIDCalls every weekday, a live podcast discussion of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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History Policy Technology

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Cover of The Disaster Experts
Book March 7, 2012 The Disaster Experts Mastering Risk in Modern America Tracing the intertwined development of disaster expertise, public policy, and urbanization over the past century, historian Scott Gabriel Knowles tells the fascinating story of how this diverse collection of professionals—insurance inspectors, engineers, scientists, journalists, public officials, civil defense planners, and emergency managers—emerged as the authorities on risk and disaster and, in the process, shaped modern America. Scott Gabriel Knowles Urban Development

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