Building Bridges on Rising Waters: Climate Change and International Disaster Management

The accelerating changes in the global climate are linked to a rise in the frequency and severity of extreme weather events and natural disasters, such as floods, droughts, and even earthquakes. These challenges transcend national borders, necessitating a re-evaluation of disaster risk management strategies. Considering this topic’s current relevance, this project seeks to establish a joint blended learning master seminar on disaster risk (reduction) management for students from different scientific disciplines (e.g. political science, geography, law, engineering, economics,…). By following an inverted classroom approach, the project offers a distinctive teaching format, combining lectures and presentations by experts and practitioners available online (asynchronous teaching) with regular online discussions and working sessions (synchronous teaching). Thereby, the project promotes not only an interdisciplinary learning approach but also fosters exchange and cooperation among participating international students and lecturers.

This project is made possible through seed funding from the EUPeace Fund, an initial incentive launched to cultivate and develop interest across EUPeace communities in our network; by providing a first format for collaboration, the Fund equips participating researchers, educators, students and administrators with a practical tool for experimentation and active participation, employing a bottom-up approach that generates concrete information on the interests and needs of our communities and informs future collaborative initiatives.