Research Themes

Risk society

• public perception of risk
• how diverse societies deal with disaster

• 'everyday disasters' and violences

Understanding natural hazards: Geological and meteorological

• field and satellite observations
• laboratory simulations
• computational and statistical modelling

Understanding health risks and pandemics

• digital public health in emergencies 
• transmission characteristics of infectious agents
• epidemiology of pandemics
• space health risks

Technological hazards

• risks to radioactive waste and CO2 repositories
• complex engineered systems

Understanding climate change and natural hazards

• extreme weather
• climate forcing of geological hazards

Engineering for hazards and disasters

• planning and design codes
• innovative design and construction

Managing hazards and disasters

• disaster risk reduction
• resilience and recovery
• cascading disasters