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How can we encourage and empower Early Career Researchers? Reflections on a short course held at EGU 2025

, , , , and November 17, 2025
How can we encourage and empower Early Career Researchers? Reflections on a short course held at EGU 2025
Response to Mentimeter question: “What is engagement and empowerment to you?”

At the EGU General Assembly 2025, we initiated a short course entitled “Best Practices for Early Career Researcher (ECR) Engagement and Empowerment in Research Projects”, designed and led by Early Career Researchers (ECRs). The goal was to provide an interactive platform for ECRs, project leaders, and anyone involved in research projects to come together, reflect, share experiences, co-learn, and ...[Read More]

Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Action – An interview with Gözde Kazaz from Hayata Destek (Support to Life)

, and September 22, 2025
Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Action – An interview with Gözde Kazaz from Hayata Destek (Support to Life)
About 160,000 buildings collapsed or were badly damaged by the Kahramanmaraş earthquake, leaving 1.5 million people homeless (image credit: Hayata Destek / Kerem Uzel, Kahramanmaraş 2023)

This summer, we participated in a Service-Learning course titled “Breaking the Cycle of Disaster, Response, Recover, and Repeat”. The course was developed by Solmaz Mohadjer and offered as part of the Transdisciplinary Course Program at the University of Tübingen, Germany. We were brought together from different disciplines to explore key factors that contribute to effective disaster risk reductio ...[Read More]

No Resilience Without Trust – An interview with Janise Rodgers and Mary Antonette Beroya-Eitner from GeoHazards International

, and September 1, 2025
No Resilience Without Trust – An interview with Janise Rodgers and Mary Antonette Beroya-Eitner from GeoHazards International
School children at the forefront of disaster awareness campaigns in Cap Haitian, Haiti, expressing themselves through the slogan: “Remember the 1842, the 2010 and the 2021 earthquakes, let’s get our community ready!” (Image credit: GeoHazards International)

This summer, we participated in a Service-Learning course titled “Breaking the Cycle of Disaster, Response, Recover, and Repeat”. The course was developed by Solmaz Mohadjer and offered as part of the Transdisciplinary Course Program at the University of Tübingen, Germany. We were brought together from different disciplines to explore key factors that contribute to effective disaster risk reductio ...[Read More]

If a Resilient City Had a Face: It Might Look Like Kagoshima

August 4, 2025
If a Resilient City Had a Face: It Might Look Like Kagoshima
A view of Mt. Sakurajima from the city of Kagoshima (Image credit: Hedieh Soltanpour, June 2025)

As natural hazard scientists, we often emphasise the concept of exposure – how much people, infrastructure, and ecosystems are in harm’s way when close to natural hazard sources (e.g., floodplains, volcanoes, or fault lines). The closer you are, the higher the risk. Therefore, one of the main goals in natural risk assessment is to reduce exposure whenever possible. We advocate for informed plannin ...[Read More]