Magnitude 8.8 #earthquake off Russia’s coast (30 July). ✅ No major damage or casualties ✅ Timely tsunami warnings & evacuations 🌍 Disasters are not natural—they happen when hazards meet vulnerability. Prevention saves lives. youtu.be/oORP4Ez3x2M #DRR #Tsunami #Preparedness

Super happy to retake university teaching this semester, with the seminar "Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRM)" in the Master's program in Housing and Integrated Neighborhoods at the Universidad Nacional Andrés Bello (Chile), presented by CIUDHAD. postgrado.unab.cl/programas/ma...

🤩 I'm happy to share that this week I've started serving as Handling Editor for the Frontiers in Sociology (section Sociological Theory). I'm contributing to ensure the submitted work aligns with the latests discussions and research findings. www.frontiersin.org/journals/soc...

Muy emocionado de anunciar el lanzamiento de nuestro último número! 15 trabajos de investigación sobre la GRD y RRD, diferentes disciplinas y rincones de la región. Tod@s invitad@s a descargar y leer gratuitamente en sitio web REDER! Gracias a autores y autoras, y a todo el equipo editorial!

🇨🇱 I've contributed as Expert to Chile’s 2025 NDC Update by the Scientific Advisory Committee on Climate Change (Chile). A key step to align climate action with science & justice. 📄 [EN] drive.google.com/file/d/12l7r... 📄 [ES] drive.google.com/file/d/1vd2W...

🤩 I feel flattered for just being mentioned in this work, written by such amazing people... and it's free for download 🙏. I just gave it a look and it's sooo right, in some many respects... Gracias!

A cool breakfast at DRU! #2025 #TeamWork

¡Nuevo número disponible! Descubre el Vol. 9, Núm. 1 de REDER 🌍

Commemorating #20years since the #2004IndianOceanTsunami #Tsunami: Warnings past and present. youtu.be/H8g-AYVUXM8?... Thanks @ilankelman.bsky.social and all panelists

A "baby" quake? I don't think so. "A magnitude 6.4 earthquake shakes Chile but there are no reports of damage" by AP. apnews.com/article/chil...

Santiago, Chile.

The INCREASE project consortium recently convened in Würzburg, on November 25–26, for a pivotal project meeting, hosted by the #University of #Würzburg Institute for Geography and Geology. More information here: www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geog/fach...

🧵1/4 DRU Doctoral Colloqium on November 29th, 2024. Pursuing a doctorate alongside project work, volunteering, or caregiving tasks is often an underestimated challenge—making it all the more impressive that there were once again great presentations, discussions, and, above all, a lot of progress!

#NationwideWarningDay2024 #BundesweiterWarntag2024 #Germany Today, once a year a nationwide alert day takes place across all of Germany. At about 11.00 am, a practice alert is sent out via a number of warning channels and devices. @vosskfs.bsky.social Voss gave an interview on this (in German) see 👇

Amazing days in Dublin at the IGC conference 2024.

Visit to #Chile: DRU researchers @vsandoval.bsky.social & Verena Flörchinger participated in a series of meetings with experienced researchers at key institutions related to disaster research and disaster risk management (DRM) in Chile. More here: www.geo.fu-berlin.de/en/geog/fach...

In August, DRU researchers @vsandoval.bsky.social & Verena Flörchinger chaired a session titled “Resilient Futures in a World of Difference: Connecting Dimensions for Integrated Disaster Risk Management” at the 35th International Geographical Congress in Dublin, Ireland. More: fu-berlin.de/xmaurr3

Last month we visited Chile and several organisations working on disaster risk management and reduction, from different angles and sectors (i.e., private/civil society, public, and academia). We had fruitful and super stimulating conversations. More details and reflections will come soon ;-)

Wir stellen ein! #WeAreHiring! KFS sucht einen studentischen Beschäftigte*r Weitere Informationen hier: www.fu-berlin.de/universitaet...

Colleagues from the KFS @druberlin.bsky.social, Verena Flörchinger and @vsandoval.bsky.social recently participated in the #RC21 Conference 2024 in Santiago de Chile. Research Committee 21 (Sociology of Urban and Regional Planning), International Sociological Association (ISA).

1/3 From June 2-11, some colleagues from the transdisciplinary INCREASE Project traveled to #Kyrgyzstan and #Kazakhstan to exchange insights with local experts on natural hazards and integrated disaster risk management.

@cdittmer.bsky.social Gast beim #WDR5 Stadtgespräch in Münster. In der Debatte um die Schließung eines Truppenübungsplatzes, der zuvor der Bevölkerung als Naherholungsgebiet diente, konnte die KFS dazu beitragen, den Blick auf die sich veränderte Lage im Bereich der... www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr5/s...

#NewPublication "Give qualitative research the recognition it deserves". Die Autor*innen argumentieren für die Notwendigkeit und Relevanz qualitativer Forschung in der Umweltforschung, um die Heterogenität sozialer Wirklichkeit abzubilden und vulnerablen... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Radical interpretation of disasters: Post-colonial and capitalist nexus in Chile (and keyways to just and equitable future).” In this post (RADIX), I explore a narrative that intertwines disasters, post-colonial legacies, & capitalist influences in Chile & LAC. www.radixonline.org/blog/radical...

El abrazo de Pudahuel, por Alfredo Zamudio "Dialogar no es lo mismo que aceptar la verdad del otro ni perdonar las cosas imperdonables, sino solamente entender cómo la otra persona ve la vida desde su lado de esa brecha" www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/opi...

What a tragedy in Chile, as the fires in Valparaiso have caused a death toll of 104 people and many more missing. We expect to know more details in the coming hours. But this is a big test to the recently created SENAPRED (formerly ONEMI) #Chile #Fires #Incendios youtu.be/iTdA620SWZ8?...

Die Evaluation Starkregenereignisse 2021 durch das Projekt HoWas2021 ist in der DKKV-Schriftenreihe erschienen! @cdittmer.bsky.social, @dlorenz.bsky.social und @vosskfs.bsky.social sind mit einem Beitrag zur Bevölkerungsschutzgovernance und die Lagebewältigung durch Bevölkerungsschutz dabei.

🌐 Exciting News! Our session was accepted for the RC21 Conference 2024, Santiago de Chile! 🇨🇱 Join us in advancing international cooperation in urban disaster risk & resilience research. Submit your abstract now! #RC21Conference2024 rc21conference2024.coes.cl Deadline🚨 Dec.29, 2023 #CallForAbstracts

CallForAbstracts: DRU is happy to announce our next session on “Integrated Disaster Risk management (IDRM)” at the #IGC2024 (International Geographical Union). Submit your abstracts before 12 January 2024, via website: igc2024dublin.org/call-for-abs...  pic.twitter.com/MfeG8tx4Oy

Excited to introduce the Disaster Research Journals List 2023, a collection of journals dedicated to disaster research and science, + some reflections. It's a potential resource for scholars, practitioners, and students. Read more here: blogs.fu-berlin.de/disasterrese...

Und einigen meiner wunderbaren Kollegen aus der Katastrophenforschung (und Katastrophenforschungsstelle) kann nun auch gefolgt werden @dlorenz.bsky.social @vosskfs.bsky.social @vsandoval.bsky.social @frenzel.bsky.social

Die Katastrophenforschungsstelle (KFS) der Freien Universität Berlin ist nun auch hier! @druberlin.bsky.social

KFS/DRU: Wir stellen ein! Wiss. 2 Positionen Stud. Beschäftigte*r (m/w/d) 41 MoStd. befristet bis 30.04.2025. Weitere Informationen hier: fu-berlin.de/universitaet... Bewerbungsende: 30.10.2023

Girl from #Cairo, #2010. Photography from highway bridge with a #NikonD70 (70.0 mm) during a fieldwork.

Photography from Carabayllo, in Lima, Peru, 2017. While vulnerable to disasters, the (informal) city is vibrant and resilient.