UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction reports
Read and download our annual reports, special publications and papers.
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Annual Reports
In these reports, we highlight the achievements and progress of the UCL Risk & Disaster Reduction in the respective academic year; as we continue our vision for the department to lead and coordinate UCL research, knowledge exchange with industry and humanitarian agencies, and advanced teaching in risk and disaster reduction.
UCL RDR annual report 2025
Explore cutting-edge research, key projects, teaching milestones and global collaborations driving resilience worldwide.
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Annual Report 2024
Annual Report 2023
Annual Report 2022
Annual Report 2021
Annual Report 2020
Annual Report 2019
Annual Report 2018
Annual Report 2017
Annual Report 2016
Annual Report 2015
Annual Report 2014
Annual Report 2013
Annual Report 2012
Other Publications
- UCL IRDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies Report 2021 (high res version available here)
- Building Emergency Planning Scenarios for Viral Pandemics
- Volcanic Hazard from Iceland
- IRDR Special Report 2013-01: UK-Japan Workshop and Lessons on Disaster Risk Reduction
- IRDR Special Report 2014-01: Transitional Recovery and Reconstruction in the Eastern Philippines after Typhoon Yoland
- Cascading effects and escalations in wide area power failures: a summary for emergency planners
- Occasional Paper 2022: A Glass Half-Full or Half-Empty: Dialogue on Disaster Risk Reduction
- Occasional Paper 2013-01: Paradoxes and Perceptions - Four Essays on Disaster
- IRDR Special Report 2014-02: Arctic Risk: A Discussion of the Possible Outcomes of Two Disaster Scenarios
Conference Summaries
UKADR Conference 2024 – Collaborative Research to Make a Difference
Full event details
Conference report (pdf)
RDR 14th Annual Conference: Futures of Risk – 25 June 2024
Full event details
Conference report (pdf)
RDR 13th Annual Conference: Risk Without Borders – 22 June 2023
Full event details
Conference report (pdf)
RDR 10th Annual Conference: COVID-19 – A Global Perspective – 15 July 2020
Full event details
Conference report (pdf)
UCL Humanitarian Summit – 9 July 2022
Full event details: The climate and Covid-19 humanitarian crises, and BSc launch