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CASE COUNTRY ANALYSES AND A CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF DISASTER RESILIENCE SYSTEMS

7 December, 2020 news

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

2 December, 2020 news

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

2020 UNDERSTANDING RISK FORUM

1 December, 2020 event

With #UR2020 going virtual, the event can be more global than we’ve ever been!

30 November, 2020 blog

When the Earth stops shaking, the survivors begin their journey back to lost normality. This blog will present an analysis focused on the post-earthquake emergency phase's psychological implications in the elderly, adolescents, and children populations.

9 November, 2020 news

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

5 November, 2020 event

Society for Risk Analysis Europe Nordic Chapter invites to the yearly meeting of risk researchers and practitioners. Conference will provide interdisciplinary forum to discuss current research on risk assessment, risk perception, risk communication, risk management, and policy relating to risk. 

BuildERS deliverables are out!

28 October, 2020 news

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

26 October, 2020 news

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.

22 October, 2020 blog

A few days ago, on the 13^th of October, we all celebrated the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction acknowledging the importance of protecting lives, livelihoods and health and eliminating disaster risks – targets which are fully aligned with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 adopted at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan in March 2015.

13 October, 2020 event

The dramatic impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic struck at the heart of our local settings, across all regions of the EU. Governments at all levels, in particular, local and regional authorities, have been called upon to provide emergency services, coordinate efforts and mitigate as far as possible the impact on citizens and economies.

4 September, 2020 blog

There is a saying in Finland claiming that an accident does not come with a bell on its neck, but with mobile phones and the possibility to send real-time, localized alerts to people in the affected area, the impact of emergencies may be reduced significantly.

3 August, 2020 blog

COVID-19 has brought truly unprecedented times that no one could foresee. Overnight, the world as we knew it, changed! As the coronavirus started to spread and jump, many who were travelling abroad quickly reshuffled their plans to return home to family members and loved ones.

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