Research

We strive to produce world-leading research in disaster risk reduction through a multidisciplinary perspective for the long-term benefit of humanity.

The RDR conducts research in disaster risk reduction and resilience, around the themes: What causes risk and disaster? What are the consequences of risk and disasters? and Catalysing change. Our research foci are:

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Climate change and adaptation

Understanding climate change risks, especially for those marginalised, and adaptation through capacity building, developing institutions and incentive structures.

Conflict and migration

Investigating violence, conflicts and their consequences, the forces behind displacement, (im)mobility and wider human rights and humanitarian concerns.

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Health and social risks

Understanding, tracking, and communicating health and social risks through interdisciplinary methods and digital tools.

Inclusion and politics

Developing awareness of and responsiveness to gender, intersectionality, inclusion, and wider politics in the contexts of risks, vulnerabilities and disasters.

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Natural hazards and risks

Understanding geological and meteorological hazards, multi-hazards, and developing ways to mitigate disaster. Risk and uncertainty quantification and communication, catastrophe modelling.

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Warning, resilience and finance

Planning for and managing disasters and humanitarian crises through warning systems, resilience management, shelter and housing, disaster risk finance, micro-finance.

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Educating leaders

Prize-winning student dissertations and research focusing on future leaders and influencers in the humanitarian and disaster risk reduction sphere.

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Cascading Disasters Research Group

Everyday Disasters and Violences Research Group (EDV-RG)

Space Health Risks Research Group

Research Themes:

Research in the department centres around three guiding themes.

What causes risk and disaster?

Investigating the science, socioeconomics, and politics behind hazards, vulnerabilities, risks, and disasters, through measurement and modelling using multidisciplinary approaches ranging from anthropological to digital technologies.

Primary data collection from the natural environment (earth, air and water)
Primary data collection from social, economic, cultural, and political environments听
Construction characteristics and damage and loss metrics of housing and infrastructure.
Modelling drivers of risk and disasters.

What are the consequences of risk and disasters?

Understanding individual and multi hazards, cascading effects, vulnerability and risk, their interactions and dynamics, and implications.

Use quantitative and qualitative data to assess loss, damage and wider impacts on people, sectors, communities, systems and the environment.听
Investigate the implications for economic development in the long and short terms.听
Analyse how risk and disaster are experienced differently based on a range of factors including socio-economic, demographic, governance, and historical, and pre-existing inequalities.

Catalysing change

Innovative interdisciplinary application of techniques to improve disaster risk reduction, resilience, and humanitarian response management.

Disaster risk management听
Supporting planning and anticipatory action听
Communicating risk听
Collaborative thinking and ideas
Educating future leaders

Research projects

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View a full list of ongoing and completed research projects undertaken in the Department of Risk and Disaster Reduction.

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Research

Research Areas:

Climate change and adaptation

Conflict and migration

Health and social risks

Inclusion and politics

Natural hazards and risks

Warning, resilience and finance

Educating leaders

Research Groups:听

Cascading Disasters Research Group

Everyday Disasters and Violences Research Group (EDV-RG)

Space Health Risks Research Group

Research Themes:

Research in the department centres around three guiding themes.

What causes risk and disaster?

What are the consequences of risk and disasters?

Catalysing change

Research projects

RDR Research

Research Areas:

RDR Centre for Gender and Disaster

UCL RDR Centre for Digital Public Health in Emergencies (dPHE)

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