Goals and areas of expertise
The Center for Interdisciplinary Disaster Research is an association of research groups in the field of disaster research at 海角直播 Kaiserslautern-Landau. The aim is to utilize the potential of interdisciplinary research between technology, economics and education. Our specific expertise covers the following areas:
Education in civil protection
disaster management
Resilience in flood risk management
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2nd CIDR Talk: What can the population do in the event of a disaster?
Comprehensive civil protection and disaster control is not possible without the cooperation of the population. Preparation in terms of food and water reserves, but also alternative heating and cooking options, are just as important as knowledge of the correct behavior in the event of terrorism, chemical accidents, fires or medical emergencies. The knowledge and skills of the population are not only an important basis for self-protection in the event of disasters, but are also seen as an effective deterrent in the context of hybrid hazard situations.
This raises the question of how well prepared the population is in the event of a disaster. The CIDR Talk will provide an overview of the current state of research and present the results of a recent population survey from the PREP[1] project. This reveals surprising results with regard to individual skills and how these are developed in individual population groups in terms of age, gender and level of education.
On this basis, we would like to discuss with you what the population should be able to do and how suitable information and learning opportunities should be designed for this.
Participation in the event is free of charge.
Date: 26.02.25, 16:30 (online). Participation is free of charge. For better planning and sending of the Zoom link, pleaseregister with Sophie Lacher(sophie.lacher[at]rptu.de).
Cooperations
Science
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Free University of Berlin
- Geo Research Center Potsdam
- Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, (United States)
- Leuphana University of L眉neburg
- Medical School Hamburg
- Free University of Berlin
- Berlin University of Technology
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
- Mines Tech, Paris (France)
- RWTH Aachen University
- Berlin University of Technology
- Braunschweig University of Technology
- Dortmund University of Technology
- Dresden University of Technology
- Munich University of Technology
- Ume氓 University (Sweden)
- Environmental Research Center Leipzig
- University of Hamburg
- Universitae Politehnica Timisoara (Romania)
- Universidad Nacional de Educaci贸n a Distancia (Spain)
- Universit茅 de Lorraine (France)
- University College London (Great Britain)
- University of Namibia (Namibia)
- University of Queensland (Australia)
- University of Tokyo (Japan)
- Warwick Business School (Great Britain)
- et al.
Practice
- Professional fire departments Kaiserslautern, Magdeburg, Neuwied and others
- Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
- Deutsche Bahn InfraGO
- German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
- Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband
- D眉sseldorf Fire Brigade
- Hamburg Fire Brigade
- Flood Competence Center Cologne
- Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management (LHW)
- Technical Relief Organization, SEEBA, local associations Sinzig, Euskirchen, Achim and others
- West Palatinate Clinic Kaiserslautern
- and others