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Pedagogical model "Riskville" inspires research article

2019-01-28

Experiences from using Riskville as a pedagogical model has proven to be a good starting point for introducing and discussing the connection between urban planning and risk management. CNDS researchers at the Centre for Climate and Safety (CCS at Karlstad University) are happy to announce that these experiences have been documented and published in scientific article.

CNDS research project "TRAMPOLINE" awarded grant from The Swedish Research Council

2019-01-28

Daniel Nohrstedt, Charles Parker, Giuliano Di Baldassarre and Maurizio Mazzoleni have been awarded a 3-year grant of 4.4 million SEK for their research project The Transformative Potential of Extreme Weather Events (TRAMPOLINE).  The purpose of the project is to investigate extreme hazard events as potential triggers for changes in DRR policy and development.

Folk och Försvar tar upp frågan klimatförändring och säkerhet

2019-01-28

Varje år genomför Folk och Försvar Rikskonferensen, ett forum för diskussioner om säkerhetspolitik, försvar och samhällets krisberedskap. Det är första gången under Rikskonferensens 30-åriga historia som klimatförändring som specifikt tema ges utrymme.

Grattis Eduardo Reynold Puga som har spikat sin avhandling!

2019-01-18

Unveiling Earth’s floodplains: Researchers develop new zoning tool that provides global topographic datasets in minutes

2019-01-15

But what role did the EU have in the UN climate negotiations in Katowice?

2019-01-09

The Northern European Conference on Emergency and Disaster Studies (NEEDS) is now accepting paper proposals!

2019-01-09

The theme of this year's conference is 'Nature, Society and Scale' and includes interdisciplinary panels that reflect threshold concepts in relation to risk, disasters, crises and emergencies as well as the theoretical and methodological implications of the different disciplinary approaches, interventions, and contexts. 

The unintended consequences of dams and reservoirs

2018-11-15

An international team of drought scientists show that while many dams and reservoirs are built, or expanded, to alleviate droughts and water shortages, they can paradoxically contribute to make them worse. The study is published in Nature Sustainability. The research team behind the new study was led by professor Giuliano Di Baldassarre, Director of CNDS.

Water shortage due to storage?

2018-11-15

While many dams and reservoirs aim to alleviate droughts and water shortages, they can paradoxically make them worse.

New article on the effectiveness of national and EU-level civil protection systems: evidence from 17 member states

2018-11-15

This article utilizes survey data from civil protection agencies in 17 EU member states to shed light on the factors that promote national and EU-level effectiveness in civil protection and crisis management. The study found both the extent to which a national civil protection agency is organized hierarchically and adheres to a rule governed structure and the extent to which the agency scores highly with regards to a trust-based, professional culture are significantly related to the degree to which civil protection practitioners will value national and EU-level civil protection institutions. 

Tack för deltagande i Forum för naturkatastrofer. 2018

2018-11-15

Forum för naturkatastrofer 2018 anordnades av Centrum för naturkatastroflära (CNDS) i samarbete med Myndigheten för samhällsskydd och beredskap (MSB). Dagen fokuserade på följande frågor:
• Vad är samhällets skador och kostnader förnaturolyckor och naturkatastrofer?
• Hur kan vi använda data och varandraserfarenheter för att minska samhällets sårbarheter för naturolyckor och naturkatastrofer?

I årets Forum för naturkatastrofer diskuterade vi samhällets skador och kostnader för katastrofer från ett globalt till ett lokalt perspektiv. Vi pratade också om tillgång till data, metodik för användande av data, och hur data kan användas på olika sätt i forskningssyfte. Dagen tog även upp frågor om hur vi kan lära oss av varandra och förstärka samarbetet mellan olika aktörer.

Välkomna att skicka in era panelförslag till nästa års NEEDS-konferens i Uppsala!

2018-11-01

En månad kvar!

Natural Hazards Day - CNDS workshop commemorating the Vajont Dam disaster

2018-11-01

The event was co-organized by the Department of Earth Sciences and the Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science (CNDS), and it was well attended with more than 50 participants. The workshop focused on multi-hazards, compound events and cascading effects, which are gaining increasing attention in the natural hazards community.

Grattis till CNDS nydisputerade!

2018-11-01

Programmet till Forum för naturkatastrofer, 15/11 i Karlstad

2018-10-30

Thank you for participating in the CNDS & EGU Summer Research School 2018

2018-09-02

CNDS Director participates in panel discussion on the recent floods in Kerala, India

2018-09-02

CNDS Fellows reveal adaptive human settlements after flood events

2018-08-24

CNDS fellows comment on 2018 forest fires in Swedish newspaper

2018-08-20

Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher at Swedish Defence University

2018-08-14

The Swedish Defence University has announced a position as a Postdoctoral Researcher with a specialisation in crisis management and international cooperation, with extra an emphasis on disaster risk reducation and natural hazards.

Job Opportunity: Postdoctoral Researcher at Karlstad University

2018-08-06

CNDS forskare skriver i DN debatt

2018-04-12

Tillsammans med sju andra vattenexperter, skriver Christine Wamsler en debattartikel om hur översvämningar ofta lyfts som klimatfrågor eller som behov av skydd mot extrema väderhändelser. Enligt dem glöms då andra viktiga orsaker bort, som hur vi använder marken och utvecklar bebyggelse. Dessutom påpekar de att det finns stora problem med styrningen av vattenhanteringen i dag, som bidrar till att skapa problem i stället för att förebygga dem, skriver åtta vattenexperter.

CNDS commemorates World Water Day

2018-04-09

Several CNDS fellows, who research various aspects of water, contributed to a research seminar commemorating World Water Day. Drawing upon their different academic disciplines and competencies, they were able to present various perspectives in an effort to provide a more comprehensive picture of the complex issue of water.

Forskningsprojektet om katastrofmodellering vid Centrum för klimat och säkerhet

2018-04-09

Stiftelsen för kunskaps- och kompetensutveckling (KK-stiftelsen) har anslagit 3,4 Mkr till ett tvärvetenskapligt projekt om katastrofmodellering, inriktat på skyfallsrisker. Projektet drivs av Centrum för klimat och säkerhet på Karlstads universitet i nära samverkan med fyra företag: 

Literature Review: Managing Crises Collaboratively - Prospects and Problems

2018-04-08

CNDS Fellow Charles Parker's article published as research highlight in Nature Climate Change

2018-04-08

Two new Postdoc Positions at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University

2018-03-29

Research Article: Systematic Knowledge Sharing in a Natural Hazard Damage Context - How Organizational Borders Limit Lessons Learned

2018-03-21

CNDS fellows Monika Rydstedt Nyman and Magnus Johansson are co-authors of a new article on lesson learning.

Finding Consistent Measurements For Drought And Flood Assessments

2018-03-20

CNDS fellows publish article in Advances in Water Resources

2018-03-20

Beatriz Quesada Montano and Giuliano Di Baldassarre together with colleagues from Costa Rica and the UK propose a new method that allows assessing changes in both floods and droughts in a consistent way.

Cross-disciplinary CNDS commentary accepted for publication

2018-03-15

Two PhD positions at the Department of Engineering Sciences, Division of Electricity, Uppsala University

2018-03-14

Giuliano Di Baldassarre about adaptation to flood risk in Bangladesh

2018-03-06

Giuliano Di Baldassarre, the Director of CNDS, contributed to a piece about Bangladesh's challenges and new-founded opportunities posed by flooding on Radio Sweden’s program “Vetandets värld”.

PhD student position in Political Science at the Swedish Defence University

2018-02-21

The position will contribute to a research theme at CNDS, which is aimed at understanding the short-term and long-term consequences of resilience policies at the national and local policy levels. The larger research effort is designed to address the consequences of resilience as an established policy paradigm. Current research has focused on the emergence and spread of such policies as well as the scope of conditions for producing a more resilient individual, community or infrastructure. We are cognizant of the emergence and spread of resilience as an organizational principle for defining national policies in many countries, but presently have inadequate knowledge of which negative and positive consequences these policies will produce for the public and private sectors

Professor Troll visar var dagens 5 farligaste vulkanerna finns

2018-02-19

Six new positions on Hydrological Extremes at the Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University

2018-02-07

CNDS/EGU Summer School on Natural Hazards in the Anthropocene

2018-01-31

CNDS part of new collaboration with Makerere University, Uganda

2018-01-29

CNDS has become a partner in the Sida-financed project BREAD, Building Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods to Climate Change and Disaster Risks, which is carried out in collaboration with Lund University and Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda.

Ny bok: Lokala klimatanpassningsåtgärder i flera olika geografiska och sociopolitiska kontexter

2018-01-25

Det senaste tillskottet i Routledges bokserie om framsteg inom forskning om klimatförändringen är boken "Local Action on Climate Change - Opportunities and Constraints", till vilken CNDS forskare Mikael Granberg och Lars Nyberg har bidragit.

CNDS vinterfest och lansering av årets forskningsseminarier

2018-01-25

Unravelling the Mutual Shaping of Hydrological Extremes and Society

2017-12-20

Giuliano Di Baldassarre, the Director of CNDS, was awarded the European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant for his project "HydroSocial Extremes: Unravelling the Mutual Shaping of Hydrological Extremes and Society."  

CNDS forskare Steffi Burchardt har beviljats ett forskningsanslag från Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse

2017-12-20

CNDS forskares senaste tillskott i Routledges bokserie

2017-12-20

Det senaste tillskottet i Routledges bokserie om framsteg inom forskning om klimatförändringen är boken "Local Action on Climate Change - Opportunities and Constraints", till vilken CNDS forskare Mikael Granberg och Lars Nyberg har bidragit.

Korbinian Breinl's views on the Sendai framework and DRR in Sweden

2017-12-13

H.M Konungen Carl XVI Gustaf besöker Risklab, Karlstads universitet

2017-11-06

The royal visit began with a presentation, for H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf and the other guests, on climate-related risks and society's management of them by Mikael Granberg and Lars Nyberg from the Centre for Climate and Safety (CCS), Karlstad University and CNDS Fellows.

Professor Troll's contributions recognized by Padjadjaran University, Indonesia

2017-09-28