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Rethinking Vulnerability in the Nordic countries: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Researchers Emmanuel Raju, Claudia Morsut, Olivier Rubin, Gyöngyi Kovács, Johan von Schreeb, Carina…

Living and Working through Heatwaves in Urban Chennai- Field Reflections

Globally heat is becoming an urgent disaster that needs to be acted upon. Heatwaves are…

Interview with Marianne Bach Mosebo

Meet Marianne Bach Mosebo, Assistant Professor at the University College Copenhagen. She is…

Climate Change Resilience in Small Communities in the Nordic Countries (CliCNord)

Climate change is also affecting the Nordic countries, and there are vulnerable geographical areas…

Inaugural Lecture by Professor Olivier Rubin

We would like to invite you all to the inaugural lecture by the newly appointed Professor Olivier…

LINKS EU Project

Exploring the impacts of social media and crowdsourcing on disaster resilience

This paper provides insights into the ongoing research and findings of the LINKS project, which…

LINKS EU Project

Leveraging Social Media and Crowdsourcing in Disaster Management Processes in Europe

From the report's executive summary: In a changing technological landscape to address disasters,…

The influence of cash assistance on the localisation agenda in Kenya’s humanitarian sector

Pablo V. Holm-Nielsen, Peter Furu and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health have…

Extreme poverty rendering Madagascar vulnerable to underreported extreme heat would not have occurred without climate change

Researchers Nick Baumgard and Emmanuel Raju from COPE and the School of Global Health join their…

Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023

Reflections on the Humanitarian Congress Berlin 2023

Three students studying Disaster Risk Management - Katharina Bucsits, Madeline Ewbank and Christos…

‘Our Society Works’: Disaster Solidarity and Models of Social Life in the Elbe River Valley

Disasters have often been analysed as periods of exception that shine light on otherwise opaque…

LINKS EU Project

Targeting communication in disasters

Targeting communication for different groups of citizens based on their individual needs and…