Project News

The outbreak of a novel coronavirus disease COVID-19 propelled the creation, transmission, and consumption of false information – unverified claims, misleading statements, false rumours, conspiracy theories, and so on – all around the world.

The ongoing world pandemic highlighted that even a most universal threat is still disproportionally affecting vulnerable groups.

Understanding communication - related vulnerability and resilience in crises 

Engaging citizens, volunteers, authorities and NGOs, and combining their practical experiences with research results is one of the main approaches of BuildERS project.

Understanding resilience in the context of vulnerability is a challenge for both researchers and policy makers

BuildERS is conducting ongoing interviews with vulnerable groups who are clients of The Salvation Army and other social service providers in Europe.

The concept of social vulnerability has been increasingly applied in disaster literature, but its communicative drivers have remained understudied.

Interested in reading full reports on the work we carried out with our partners in topics related to vulnerability, resilience and risk awareness?

This article promotes the application of the intersectionality perspective in the study of vulnerable groups, and calls for intersectionality as a guiding principle in risk and crisis management, to provide a better and more nuanced picture of vulnerabilities and vulnerable groups.

Tuesday 9 June 2020 09:00 – 12:00 CET. The H2020 BuildERS (Building European Communities’ Resilience and Social Capital) project is celebrating its first year with a Gotomeeting!

This May all countries join forces and respond united to coronavirus pandemic. The world quickly needs to develop and deploy effective and affordable diagnostics, treatments and a vaccine. Without them, every country in the world remains vulnerable.

Read more about how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) enhance climate resilience.