Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research

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PhD fellowship in Disaster Risk Management

We are offering a PhD fellowship in Disaster Risk Management commencing 15 February 2022 or as…

Interview with Anne Bach Nielsen, postdoctoral researcher at COPE

Meet COPE postdoctoral researcher Anne Bach Nielsen. Nielsen's research explores disaster governanc…

Understanding the transborder implications of volcanic eruptions using a holistic approach

The webinar was hosted by the Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research (COPE) and held on 10 June…

Collaborative research in urban resettlements and disaster risk is supported with large grant by Independent Research Fund Denmark

Associate Professor Emmanuel Raju has been awarded a DFF-Project 2 grant to support a synergistic…

Call for abstracts and think pieces

Climate Change Related Displacement and Mobility in the Nordic Region: Legal and Policy Responses…

DMP knowledge base - a consolidated understanding of social media and crowdsourcing in disaster management processes

New report reviewing Social Media & Crowdsourcing (SMCS) in Disasters calling for a more…

OFF THE GRID: Identifying high-risk and unmapped areas in East Africa

Currently a billion people are missing off the ‘World Map’. Therefore, it is essential to fill into…

Water contamination: Piped-to-Plot Communal Source vs Point-of-Drinking

New research by Peter Kjær Mackie Jensen and team, as part of the larger C5 project, shows that…

COVID-19 in India: Who are we leaving behind?

The COVID-19 pandemic has uncovered and intensified existing societal inequalities. People on the…

The fight against diarrheal diseases in Bangladesh

Rebeca Sultana has spent the last six years investigating diarrheal diseases including cholera…

New project looking to enhance young people’s climate crisis awareness, agency and action in Tanzania

Researchers from the sections of Global Health and Health Services Research have been awarded DKK 1…

Critical infrastructure vulnerability: a research note on adaptation to climate change in the Nordic countries

New paper published on the vulnerability of critical infrastructures caused by climate change, by…