Dr. Mariana Madruga de Brito
Group Leader
Thematic Area Environment and Society
Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology
Lead of the Computational Social Sciences for Extreme Events Group
Speaker of the Working Group Social-Science Water Research
Helmholtz Centre for
Environmental Research (UFZ)
Permoserstr. 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
Tel.: +49 341 6025 2149
I'm an interdisciplinary scientist working at the intersection of natural and social sciences. My research is guided by relevant societal issues related to hydro-climatic extremes. Currently, my research focuses on synthesizing knowledge using quantitative methods, monitoring long-term climate impacts on society, exploring human-water interactions, and investigating social inequalities using computational social sciences and inter-and-transdisciplinary methods. I am particularly interested in using natural language processing to extract relevant information on extreme events impacts and planned adaptation efforts. I coordinate the Text in Natural Hazards Research Network. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact me.
Education
| 2015-2018 | Ph.D. in Geography - University of Bonn, Geography Institute, Germany (Magna cum Laude, 1.0) |
| 01-02/2014 | Semester abroad - University of Freiburg, Germany (DAAD scholarship) |
| 2012-2014 | M.Sc. in Engineering with an emphasis in Environmental Sciences - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil (GPA 10/10) |
| 2007-2011 | B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering - Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil (GPA 9.08/10) |
Research stays
| 08-08/2022 | Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), Free University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam. Research Groups of Prof. Philip Ward and Prof. Anne Van Loon (COST Scholarship) |
| 11-12/2021 | Geoforschungszentrum (GFZ), Potsdam. Research group of Dr. Keidi Kreibich (HIDA Scholarship) |
| 02-03/2020 | University of Vigo, Spain. Department of Forest Engineering. Research group of Prof. Dr. Juan Vidal Puga. (COST Grant) |
| 11-12/2017 | Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. Institute of Geography. Research group of Prof. Dr. Glenda García-Santos. |
| 05-04/2016 | Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Department of Civil Engineering. Research group of Prof. Dr. Luis Carlos Pinto da S. F. (CAPES Scholarship) |
Publication list
2026 (6)
- Biella, R., Shyrokaya, A., Pechlivanidis, I., Cid, D., Llasat, M.C., Tootoonchi, F., Wens, M., Lam, M., Stenfors, E., Sutanto, S., Ridolfi, E., Ceola, S., Alencar, P., Di Baldassarre, G., Ionita, M., de Brito, M.M., McGrane, S.J., Moccia, B., Nagavciuc, V., Russo, F., Krakovska, S., Todorovic, A., Trambauer, P., Vignola, R., Teutschbein, C. (2026):
Lessons learned in institutional preparedness and response during the 2022 European drought
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 26 , 955 - 979
10.5194/nhess-26-955-2026 - Castelli, G., Wassar, F., Bresci, E., Piemontese, L., Nüsser, M., Ocampo-Melgar, A., de Brito, M.M. (2026):
Editorial: Sociohydrology in drylands
Front. Environ. Sci. 14 , art. 1817593
10.3389/fenvs.2026.1817593 - Di Baldassarre, G., de Brito, M.M., Lindersson, S., Albrecht, F., Rusca, M. (2026):
Breaking vicious cycles of hydrological disasters and socioeconomic inequalities
Hydrol. Sci. J.-J. Sci. Hydrol. 71 (2), 191 - 198
10.1080/02626667.2025.2593331 - Höllermann, B., de Brito, M.M., Pande, S., Sivapalan, M. (2026):
Rethinking water security: integrating justice, governance, and socio-hydrological dynamics
Front. Water 8
10.3389/frwa.2026.1843836 - Kreibich, H., Yu, D.J., Brozović, N., Ceola, S., de Brito, M.M., Quesnel Seipp, K., Schröter, K., Walker, D.W. (2026):
Data needs and acquisition
In: Tian, F., Wei, J., Haeffner, M., Kreibich, H. (eds.)
Coevolution and prediction of coupled human-water systems: A sociohydrologic synthesis of change in hydrology and society
Elsevier, p. 139 - 207
10.1016/B978-0-443-41736-8.00002-6 - Pereira Santos, A., De Angeli, S., Hanf, F.S., Mirbach, C., van Maanen, N., Benson, V., de Ruiter, M.C., Dunant, A., Terzi, S., Schweizer, P.-J., Nunes Carvalho, T.M., de Brito, M.M., De Polt, K., Šakić Trogrlić, R., van den Homberg, M. (2026):
Workshop report—Vulnerability in multi-hazard risks: Addressing its complexity and dynamics
29 (4), art. 115250
10.1016/j.isci.2026.115250
2025 (11)
- Bartkowski, B., Baaken, M.C., Nagpal, M., Sodoge, J., de Brito, M.M. (2025):
What constitutes sustainable agriculture for different audiences in Germany? A comparative analysis of large-scale text data
People Nat. 7 (3), 715 - 730
10.1002/pan3.70003 - Biella, R., Shyrokaya, A., Ionita, M., Vignola, R., Sutanto, S.J., Todorovic, A., Teutschbein, C., Cid, D., Llasat, M.C., Alencar, P., Matanó, A., Ridolfi, E., Moccia, B., Pechlivanidis, I., van Loon, A., Wendt, D.E., Stenfors, E., Russo, F., Vidal, J.-P., Barker, L., de Brito, M.M., Lam, M., Bláhová, M., Trambauer, P., Hamed, R., McGrane, S.J., Ceola, S., Bakke, S.J., Krakovska, S., Nagavciuc, V., Tootoonchi, F., Di Baldassarre, G., Hauswirth, S., Maskey, S., Zubkovych, S., Wens, M., Tallaksen, L.M. (2025):
The 2022 drought needs to be a turning point for European drought risk management
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (11), 4475 - 4501
10.5194/nhess-25-4475-2025 - Castelli, G., Howard, B.C., Adyel, T.M., AghaKouchak, A., Agramont, A., Aksoy, H., Alba, R., Alencar, P.H.L., Amanambu, A.C., Aslam, H., Bharati, L., Bos-Burgering, L., Bresci, E., Caramiello, C., Cavus, Y., Chaudhari, K., Chifflard, P., Choukrani, H., Chun, K.P., Cudennec, C., Cumiskey, L., Dakhlaoui, H., De Angeli, S., de Brito, M.M., Dembelé, M., Dewals, B., Elshenawy, A., Gwapedza, D., Hall, C., Hermans, L., Höllermann, B., Jaramillo, F., Jomaa, S., Koren, G., Krause, S., Lahsaini, M., Mahé, G., Manfreda, S., Maynard, C., Merheb, M., Nóbrega, R.L.B., Ocampo-Melgar, A., Olusola, A., Orduna Alegria, M.E., Owusu, A., Pacetti, T., Panchanathan, A., Panda, S., Piemontese, L., Pradhananga, D., Shobha Ajin, R., Rusca, M., Scolobig, A., Thaler, T., Tran, B.N., Triml-Chifflard, D., Vanelli, F.M., Villani, L., Walker, D.W., Zarif, F., Buytaert, W., Ceperley, N. (2025):
Co-creating water knowledge: a community perspective
Hydrol. Sci. J.-J. Sci. Hydrol. 70 (16), 2899 - 2919
10.1080/02626667.2025.2571065 - Cavalcante, L., Kchouk, S., Ribeiro Neto, G., Melsen, L., van Oel, P., Dewulf, A., Walker, D., Pot, W., de Brito, M.M., Nunes Carvalho, T.M. (2025):
Data underlying the publication: From insufficient rainfall to livelihoods: understanding the cascade of drought impacts and policy implications
4TU.ResearchData
10.4121/ee5c62e1-438a-4a29-be00-1d736579b0e1.v1 - Cavalcante, L., Walker, D.W., Kchouk, S., Ribeiro Neto, G., Nunes Carvalho, T.M., de Brito, M.M., Pot, W., Dewulf, A., van Oel, P. (2025):
From insufficient rainfall to livelihoods: understanding the cascade of drought impacts and policy implications
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 25 (6), 1993 - 2005
10.5194/nhess-25-1993-2025 - de Brito, M.M., Sodoge, J., Kreibich, H., Kuhlicke, C. (2025):
Comprehensive assessment of flood socioeconomic impacts through text-mining
Water Resour. Res. 61 (1), e2024WR037813
10.1029/2024wr037813 - Fusinato, E., Han, S., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2025):
Unintended consequences of public policies in increasing risk: the safe development paradox in the Revólver basin, Brazil
Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 128 , art. 105697
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2025.105697 - Kreibich, H., Sivapalan, M., AghaKouchak, A., Addor, N., Aksoy, H., Arheimer, B., Arnbjerg-Nielsen, K., Vail-Castro, C., Cudennec, C., de Brito, M.M., Di Baldassarre, G., et al. (2025):
Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society
Hydrol. Sci. J.-J. Sci. Hydrol. 70 (7), 1210 - 1236
10.1080/02626667.2025.2469762 - Papalexiou, S.M., Mascaro, G., Pendergrass, A.G., Mamalakis, A., de Brito, M.M., Andreadis, K.M., Schiro, K., Zaerpour, M., Hatami, S., Gavasso-Rita, Y.L., Ballarin, A.S., Vargas Godoy, M.R., Nerantzaki, S., Abdelmoaty, H., Matin, M.A., Madani, K. (2025):
Sustainability Nexus AID: storms
Sustainability Nexus Forum 33 , art. 1
10.1007/s00550-024-00544-y - Sodoge, J., Nunes Carvalho, T.M., de Brito, M.M. (2025):
GC Insights: Breaking the silos – leveraging natural language processing (NLP) to encourage interdisciplinary interaction at the European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Geosci. Commun. 8 (3), 191 - 196
10.5194/gc-8-191-2025 - Wang, J., Castelletti, A., de Brito, M.M., Pernici, B. (2025):
Drought perceived impacts via text mining of social media
Environmental Research: Water 1 (4), art. 045007
10.1088/3033-4942/ae2e37
2024 (14)
- Alencar, P.H.L., Sodoge, J., Paton, E.N., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Flash droughts and their impacts - using newspaper articles to assess the perceived consequences of rapidly emerging droughts
Environ. Res. Lett. 19 (7), art. 074048
10.1088/1748-9326/ad58fa - Arheimer, B., Cudennec, C., Castellarin, A., Grimaldi, S., Heal, K.V., de Brito, M.M., Mahé, G., et al. (2024):
The IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN a Global world (HELPING)
Hydrol. Sci. J.-J. Sci. Hydrol. 69 (11), 1417 - 1435
10.1080/02626667.2024.2355202 - de Brito, M.M., Sodoge, J., Fekete, A., Hagenlocher, M., Koks, E., Kuhlicke, C., Messori, G., de Ruiter, M., Schweizer, P.-J., Ward, P.J. (2024):
Uncovering the dynamics of multi-sector impacts of hydrological extremes: A methods overview
Earth Future 12 (1), e2023EF003906
10.1029/2023ef003906 - de Brito, M.M., Sodoge, J. (2024):
Computational Social Sciences in der Umweltsoziologie
In: Sonnberger, M., Bleicher, A., Groß, M. (Hrsg.)
Handbuch Umweltsoziologie
Springer VS, Wiesbaden , S. 521 - 535
10.1007/978-3-658-37218-7_14 - Eisenhauer, N., Frank, K., Weigelt, A., Bartkowski, B., Beugnon, R., Liebal, K., Mahecha, M., Quaas, M., Al-Halbouni, D., Bastos, A., Bohn, F.J., de Brito, M.M., Denzler, J., Feilhauer, H., Fischer, R., Fritsche, I., Guimaraes-Steinicke, C., Hänsel, M., Haun, D.B.M., Herrmann, H., Huth, A., Kalesse-Los, H., Koetter, M., Kolleck, N., Krause, M., Kretschmer, M., Leitão, P.J., Masson, T., Mora, K., Müller, B., Peng, J., Pöhlker, M.L., Ratzke, L., Reichstein, M., Richter, S., Rüger, N., Sánchez-Parra, B., Shadaydeh, M., Sippel, S., Tegen, I., Thrän, D., Umlauft, J., Wendisch, M., Wolf, K., Wirth, C., Zacher, H., Zaehle, S., Quaas, J. (2024):
A belowground perspective on the nexus between biodiversity change, climate change, and human well-being
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 3 (2), e212108
10.1002/sae2.12108 - Fusinato, E., Han, S., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Safe development paradox: evidence and methodological insights from a systematic review
Nat. Hazards 120 (15), 13693 - 13714
10.1007/s11069-024-06774-z - Fusinato, E., Han, S., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Unintended consequences of disaster mitigation: A systematic review of the safe development paradox
Research Square
10.21203/rs.3.rs-3941568/v1 - Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M., Otto, D., Reckhaus, Z. (2024):
Resilienter wiederaufbauen? Erste Thesen zur Rekonfiguration hydrosozialer Territorien nach dem Hochwasser 2021
In: Kabisch, S., Rink, D., Banzhaf, E. (Hrsg.)
Die resiliente Stadt: Konzepte, Konflikte, Lösungen
Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg, S. 267 - 281
10.1007/978-3-662-66916-7_17 - Li, N., Zahra, S., de Brito, M.M., Flynn, C.M., Görnerup, O., Worou, K., Kurfalı, M., Meng, C., Thiery, W., Zscheischler, J., Messori, G., Nivre, J. (2024):
Using LLMs to build a database of climate extreme impacts
In: Stammbach, D., Ni, J., Schimanski, T., Dutia, K., Singh, A., Bingler, J., Christiaen, C., Kushwaha, N., Muccione, V., Vaghefi, S.A., Leippold, M. (eds.)
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Natural Language Processing Meets Climate Change (ClimateNLP 2024), Bangkok, Thailand, August 16, 2024
Association for Computational Linguistics, Kerrville, p. 93 - 110
10.18653/v1/2024.climatenlp-1.7 - Nunes Carvalho, T.M., de Assis de Souza Filho, F., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Unveiling water allocation dynamics: a text analysis of 25 years of stakeholder meetings
Environ. Res. Lett. 19 (4), art. 044066
10.1088/1748-9326/ad37cd - Sodoge, J., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Computational social sciences in human–water research
In: Koundouri, P., Alamanos, A. (eds.)
Elgar encyclopedia of water policy, economics and management
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, p. 50 - 52
10.4337/9781802202946.00018 - Sodoge, J., Kuhlicke, C., Mahecha, M.D., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Text mining uncovers the unique dynamics of socio-economic impacts of the 2018–2022 multi-year drought in Germany
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 24 (5), 1757 - 1777
10.5194/nhess-24-1757-2024 - Sodoge, J., Reckhaus, Z., Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M. (2024):
Unified in diversity: Unravelling emerging knowledge on drought impact cascades via participatory modeling
Clim. Risk Manag. 46 , art. 100652
10.1016/j.crm.2024.100652 - Sutanto, S.J., Janssen, M., de Brito, M.M., del Pozo Garcia, M. (2024):
The effect of wildfires on flood risk: a multi-hazard flood risk approach for the Ebro River basin, Spain
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 24 (11), 3703 - 3721
10.5194/nhess-24-3703-2024
2023 (9)
- Castro, C.V., Carney, C., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
The role of network structure in integrated water management: a case study of collaboration and influence for adopting nature-based solutions
Front. Water 5 , art. 1011952
10.3389/frwa.2023.1011952 - de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Cities dried up by few
Nat. Sustain. 6 (8), 883 - 884
10.1038/s41893-023-01097-6 - de Brito, M.M., Kuhlicke, C., Bartkowski, B., Botzen, W., Doğulu, C., Han, S., Hudson, P., Karanci, A.N., Klassert, C., Otto, D., Scolobig, A., Moreno Soares, T., Rufat, S. (2023):
A systematic review of the use of theories in social vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation research
EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU23-1308
10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1308 - Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M., Bartkowski, B., Botzen, W., Doğulu, C., Han, S., Hudson, P., Karanci, A.N., Klassert, C.J., Otto, D., Scolobig, A., Moreno Soares, T., Rufat, S. (2023):
Spinning in circles? A systematic review on the role of theory in social vulnerability, resilience and adaptation research
Glob. Environ. Change 80 , art. 102672
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2023.102672 - Marx, A., Blauhut, V., Boeing, F., Forkel, M., Hagenlocher, M., Herbst, M., Hoffmann, P., Kuhlicke, C., Kumar, R., de Brito, M.M., Samaniego, L., Thonicke, K., Ziese, M. (2023):
Dürren und Waldbrände unter Klimawandel
In: Brasseur, G.P., Jacob, D., Schuck-Zöller, S. (Hrsg.)
Klimawandel in Deutschland: Entwicklung, Folgen, Risiken und Perspektiven
Springer Spektrum, Berlin, Heidelberg, S. 131 - 142
10.1007/978-3-662-66696-8_11 - Moreira, L.L., Vanelli, F.M., Schwamback, D., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Sensitivity analysis of indicator weights for the construction of flood vulnerability indexes: A participatory approach
Front. Water 5 , art. 970469
10.3389/frwa.2023.970469 - Nunes Carvalho, T.M., de Assis de Souza Filho, F., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Water management assessment with text mining
EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU23-8349
10.5194/egusphere-egu23-8349 - Sodoge, J., Kuhlicke, C., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Automatized spatio-temporal detection of drought impacts from newspaper articles using natural language processing and machine learning
Weather Clim. Extremes 41 , art. 100574
10.1016/j.wace.2023.100574 - Sodoge, J., Kuhlicke, C., Mahecha, M., de Brito, M.M. (2023):
Drought impact profiles: Analyzing multivariate socio-economic drought impacts using nonlinear dimensionality reduction
EGU General Assembly 2023, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023
EGUsphere
Copernicus Publications, EGU23-286
10.5194/egusphere-egu23-286
2022 (10)
- Jato-Espino, D., de Brito, M.M., Eslamian, S. (2022):
Multi-criteria decision analysis for flood risk assessment
In: Eslamian, S., Eslamian, F. (eds.)
Flood handbook. Analysis and modeling
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, p. 591 - 607
10.1201/9780429463938-35 - Otto, D., Pfeiffer, M., de Brito, M.M., Gross, M. (2022):
Fixed amidst change: 20 years of media coverage on carbon capture and storage in Germany
Sustainability 14 (12), art. 7342
10.3390/su14127342 - Papagiannaki, K., Petrucci, O., Diakakis, M., Kotroni, V., Aceto, L., Bianchi, C., Brázdil, R., Grimalt Gelabert, M., Inbar, M., Kahraman, A., Kılıç, Ö., Krahn, A., Kreibich, H., Llasat, M.C., Llasat-Botija, M., Macdonald, N., de Brito, M.M., Mercurio, M., Pereira, S., Řehoř, J., Rossello Geli, J., Salvati, P., Vinet, F., Zêzere, J.L. (2022):
Developing a large-scale dataset of flood fatalities for territories in the Euro-Mediterranean region, FFEM-DB
Sci. Data 9 , art. 166
10.1038/s41597-022-01273-x - Petrucci, O., Aceto, L., Bianchi, C., Brázdil, R., Diakakis, M., Inbar, M., Kahraman, A., Kılıç, Ö., Krahn, A., Kreibich, H., Kotroni, V., de Brito, M.M., Llasat, M.C., Llasat-Botija, M., Mercurio, M., Papagiannaki, K., Pereira, S., Řehoř, J., Rossello Geli, J., Salvati, P., Zêzere, J.L., Vinet, F. (2022):
FFEM-DB “Database of Flood Fatalities from the Euro-Mediterranean region”
4TU.ResearchData
10.4121/14754999.v2 - Raška, P., Bezak, N., Ferreira, C.S.S., Kalantari, Z., Banasik, K., Bertola, M., Bourke, M., Cerdà, A., Davids, P., de Brito, M.M., Evans, R., Finger, D.C., Halbac-Cotoara-Zamfir, R., Housh, M., Hysa, A., Jakubínský, J., Kapović Solomun, M., Kaufmann, M., Keesstra, S., Keles, E., Kohnová, S., Pezzagno, M., Potočki, K., Rufat, S., Seifollahi-Aghmiuni, S., Schindelegger, A., Šraj, M., Stankunavicius, G., Stolte, J., Stričević, R., Szolgay, J., Zupanc, V., Slavíková, L., Hartmann, T. (2022):
Identifying barriers for nature-based solutions in flood risk management: An interdisciplinary overview using expert community approach
J. Environ. Manage. 310 , art. 114725
10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114725 - Rufat, S., de Brito, M.M., Fekete, A., Comby, E., Robinson, P.J., Armaş, I., Botzen, W.J.W., Kuhlicke, C. (2022):
Surveying the surveyors to address risk perception and adaptive-behaviour cross-study comparability
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 22 (8), 2655 - 2672
10.5194/nhess-22-2655-2022 - Sodoge, J., de Brito, M.M., Kuhlicke, C. (2022):
Automatized drought impact detection using natural language processing
WasserWirtschaft 112 (S1), 30 - 31
10.1007/s35147-022-1008-7 - Vanelli, F.M., Kobiyama, M., de Brito, M.M. (2022):
To which extent are socio-hydrology studies truly integrative? The case of natural hazards and disaster research
Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 26 (8), 2301 - 2317
10.5194/hess-26-2301-2022 - Vanelli, F.M., Kobiyama, M., González Ávila, I., Fusinato, E., de Brito, M.M. (2022):
An integrative approach for overcoming dichotomous thinking in natural hazards and disasters research
In: Magnoni Jr, L. (ed.)
Ensino de geografia e a redução do risco de desastres em espaços urbanos e rurais
Centro Paula Souza, São Paulo, p. 697 - 719 - Yiwo, E., Jato-Espino, D., Carracedo, P., de Brito, M.M. (2022):
Multi-stakeholder perception on flood management in Ghana: Analysis of drivers and potential solutions, with a focus on surface permeability
Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 76 , art. 102990
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.102990
2021 (8)
- de Brito, M.M. (2021):
Compound and cascading drought impacts do not happen by chance: A proposal to quantify their relationships
Sci. Total Environ. 778 , art. 146236
10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146236 - de Brito, M.M., Otto, D., Kuhlicke, C. (2021):
Tracking topics and frames regarding sustainability transformations during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis
Sustainability 13 (19), art. 11095
10.3390/su131911095 - Fekete, A., Aslam, A.B., de Brito, M.M., Dominguez, I., Fernando, N., Illing, C.J., Apil, K.K.C., Mahdavian, F., Norf, C., Platt, S., Santi, P.A., Tempels, B. (2021):
Increasing flood risk awareness and warning readiness by participation – But who understands what under ‘participation’?
Int. J. Disaster Risk Reduct. 57 , art. 102157
10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102157 - Lehmann, P., Beck, S., de Brito, M.M., Gawel, E., Groß, M., Haase, A., Lepenies, R., Otto, D., Schiller, J., Strunz, S., Thrän, D. (2021):
Environmental sustainability post-COVID-19: Scrutinizing popular hypotheses from a social science perspective
Sustainability 13 (16), art. 8679
10.3390/su13168679 - Lehmann, P., de Brito, M.M., Gawel, E., Groß, M., Haase, A., Lepenies, R., Otto, D., Schiller, J., Strunz, S., Thrän, D. (2021):
Making the COVID-19 crisis a real opportunity for environmental sustainability
Sustain. Sci. 16 (6), 2137 - 2145
10.1007/s11625-021-01003-z - Moreira, L.L., de Brito, M.M., Kobiyama, M. (2021):
Effect of different normalization, aggregation, and classification methods on the construction of flood vulnerability indexes"
Water 13 (1), art. 98
10.3390/w13010098 - Moreira, L.L., de Brito, M.M., Kobiyama, M. (2021):
Review article: A systematic review and future prospects of flood vulnerability indices
Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci. 21 (5), 1513 - 1530
10.5194/nhess-21-1513-2021 - Moreiro Melo, C., Kobiyama, M., Michel, G.P., de Brito, M.M. (2021):
The relevance of geotechnical-unit characterization for landslide-susceptibility mapping with SHALSTAB
GeoHazards 2 (4), 383 - 397
10.3390/geohazards2040021
2020 (2)
- Almoradie, A., de Brito, M.M., Evers, M., Bossa, A., Lumor, M., Norman, C., Yacouba, Y., Hounkpe, J. (2020):
Current flood risk management practices in Ghana: Gaps and opportunities for improving resilience
J. Flood Risk Manag. 13 (4), e12664
10.1111/jfr3.12664 - de Brito, M.M., Kuhlicke, C., Marx, A. (2020):
Near–real–time drought impact assessment: a text mining approach on the 2018/19 drought in Germany
Environ. Res. Lett. 15 (10), art. 1040a9
10.1088/1748-9326/aba4ca
2019 (1)
- de Brito, M.M., Almoradie, A., Evers, M. (2019) Spatially-explicit sensitivity and uncertainty analysis in a MCDA-based flood vulnerability model. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, doi:10.1080/13658816.2019.1599125
2018 (5)
- de Brito, M.M., Evers, M., Almoradie, A. (2018) Participatory flood vulnerability assessment: a multi-criteria approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22, 373-390, doi:10.5194/hess-22-373-2018
- García-Santos, G., de Brito, M.M., Höllermann, B., Taft, L., Almoradie, A., Evers, M. (2018) Methodology to explore emergent behaviours of the interactions between water resources and ecosystem under a pluralistic approach. Proceedings of the Int. Association of Hydrological Sciences, 95, 1-5, doi:10.5194/piahs-95-1-2018
- Bormann, H., de Brito, M.M., Charchousi, D., Chatzistratis, D., David, A., Groser, P.F., Kebschull, J., Konis, A. Koutalakis, P., Koraki, A., Krauzig, N., Meier, J., Meliadou, V., Meinhardt, M., Munnelly, K., Stephan, C., de Vos, L.F., Dietrich, J., Tzoraki, O. (2018) Impact of hydrological modellers’ decisions and attitude on the performance of a calibrated conceptual catchment model: results from a ‘modelling contest’. Hydrology, 5, 64; doi:10.3390/hydrology5040064
- Ramos, P.A.R., Oliveira, G.G., de Brito, M.M., Silva, L.C.P. (2018) Methodological proposal for flood vulnerability mapping. Anuário do Instituto de Geociências, 41, 281-291, doi: 10.11137/2018_3_281_291
Evers, M., de Brito, M.M. (2018) Multi-criteria and participatory Vulnerability Analysis – a transdisciplinary approach to Flood Risk Management. In: Schütze, N. et al. (Eds) Forum für Hydrologie und Wasserbewirtschaftung. Heft 39.18.
2017 (5)
- de Brito, M.M., Evers, M., Höllermann, B. (2017) Prioritization of flood vulnerability, coping capacity and exposure indicators through the Delphi technique: A case study in Taquari-Antas basin, Brazil. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 24, 119-128, doi:10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.05.027
- de Brito, M.M., Weber, E.J., Silva Filho, L.C.P. (2017) Multi-criteria analysis applied to landslide susceptibility mapping. Revista Brasileira de Geomorfologia, 17, 719-735, doi:10.20502/rbg.v18i4.1117
- de Brito, M.M., Weber, E.J., Krigger, V.S., Leitzke, F.P. (2017) Analysis of landslide conditioning factors in Porto Alegre municipality based on historical data. Brazilian Journal of Cartography, 68, 1853-1872
- de Brito, M.M., Weber, E.J., Passuello, A. (2017) Multicriteria analysis applied to landslide susceptibility mapping: a case study in Cascata District, Porto Alegre, RS. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, 10, 12-24, doi:10.5935/1984-2295.20170048
- Passuello, A., de Brito, M.M., Giazzon, E., Foresti, A., Pauletti, C., Favero, E., Bresolin, J., Silva Filho, L.C.P. (2017) Tecnologia social como ferramenta para a redução de vulnerabilidade a riscos. In: Marchezini, V., Saito, S., Londe, L., Trajber, R., Iwama, A.Y., Furtado, J.R. (Eds.) Redução de vulnerabilidade a desastres: em busca de rotas para prevenção. RiMA editora.
2016
- de Brito, M.M., Evers, M. (2016) Multi-criteria decision making for flood risk management: a survey of the current state-of-the-art. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 16, 1019-1033, doi:10.5194/nhess-16-1019-2016
2015
- de Brito, M.M. (2015) Identification of landslides scars in the Eastern Edge of the Paraná Basin based on Landsat 5-TM images. Revista Brasileira de Geografia Física, 8, 56-70. doi:10.26848/rbgf.v8.1.p056-070
- Silva Filho, L.C.P., Pauletti, C., Passuello, A., Bussular, C.Z., Korzenowski, C., Rocha, C. S., Giazzon, E.M.A., Costa, E.A., Favero, E., Bresolin, J.T., Fin, J., Guasselli, L.A.; Souza, L. P., Bressani, L.A., Fonseca, M.R., de Brito, M.M., Assis, M., Schavinski, M., Fontes, P.W., Alves, R.C.M., Lucena, R. B., Saito, S.M., Marchezini, V. (2015) Capacitação em gestão de riscos. 2nd ed. Porto Alegre: UFRGS. 214p.
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Awards and travel grants
| 2025 | Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists, European Geosciences Union |
| 2024 | Early Career Scientist of the month - Multi-Sector Dynamics Network |
| 2018-2023 | 5 Postdoc travel grants from IAHS, DAAD and COST |
| 2017 | Best oral presentation and travel award - Dangerous Landscapes Conference. Hannover, Germany - Volkswagen Stiftung |
| 2015-2018 | 9 PhD Summer School and Conference travel grants from EGU, COST, DAAD, ESRI, AGILE, BMBF, ICGS |