Department of Earth Sciences/Institute of Geographical Sciences/Human Geography/

Disaster Research Unit (DRU)

Research & Teaching

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Research Projects

Research Projects

International Network for Collective Intelligences in Latin America and the Caribbean (INCI) (completed)

Alpine Natural Hazards in Climate Change (ANiK) Patterns of interpretation and practices of action from 18th to 21st century (completed)

ATLAS-ENGAGE - Civil Society Involvement in Population Protection

Security, Perception, Situation Reports, Conditions and Expectations – A Monitoring of Security in Germany (BaSiD – Barometer of Security in Germany) (completed)

Climate and Water under Change (CliWaC)

ClimXchange - Science-Stakeholder Exchange on Climate Extremes for Disaster Risk Reduction

Enablement of Urban Citizen Support for Crisis Response (ENSURE) (completed)

Health-related civil protection through civil defence and disaster control in pandemic situations using the example of SARS-CoV-2 (BePal) (completed)

HoWas2021 - Governance and communication during the flood crisis in July 2021

INCREASE - Inclusive and Integrated Multi-Hazard Risk Management and Engagement of Volunteers to INCREASE Societal Resilience in Times of Changing Climates

INitiate VOLunteerism to counter VulnErability (INVOLVE) (completed)

KatFlucht – Research on Disaster Management and Refugee Care (completed)

Kophis – Care-dependent Persons in Disaster Situations (completed)

Migration-Related Knowledge Management for Civil Protection of the Future (WAKE) (completed)

Managerial opportunities for a future capable and efficient Civil Protection Service in Schleswig-Holstein given the possibilities of volunteerism as well as changing social and economic circumstances (completed)

Quick-Response Projekt: WinWas

Quick-Response-Research on SARS-CoV-2 (completed)

RESIK - Resilience and Evacuation Planning for Socio-Economic Infrastructures in a Medico-Social Context (completed)

REVISE - Integrated Disaster Risk Management and Involvement of Volunteers for Disaster Preparedness in Teheran (Definition project) (completed)

SEMSAI - Self-Referential Multi-Scale Modelling and Simulation of Severe Infectious Diseases: Public Response and Feedback Effects

Social Behavior in Extreme Situations in Public Transport (Securail) (completed)

Social Cohesion in Times of Changing Climates (Definition Project) (completed)

Soft Parts – Social Determinants of Security and Safety at Airports (completed)

TSUNAMI RISK - Multi-risk assessment and cascade effect analysis in cooperation between Indonesia and Germany - Joint research on tsunamis induced by volcanoes and landslides

Aspects of a more just distribution of safety and security in cities (VERSS) (completed)

Vulnerability of Transportation Structures, Warning and Evacuation in Case of Major Inland Flooding (FloodEvac) (completed)

Weather warnings: from EXtreme event Information to COMunication and action (WEXICOM II) (completed)

Weather warnings: from EXtreme event Information to COMunication and action (WEXICOM III) (completed)

Weather warnings: from EXtreme event Information to COMunication and action (WEXICOM IV)