Risk society
- public perception of risk
- how diverse societies deal with disaster
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
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