Natural Hazards Center News

The Natural Hazards Center is proud to have contributed to this National Academies Social Expert Action Network (SEAN) report about evacuation and sheltering during pandemics.

Learn about our 2021 Workshop theme and take part in the planning—we're accepting session ideas until March 29!

Learn more about the second call for Weather-Ready research proposals that will support the publication of social science and multidisciplinary data, data collection instruments, and research protocols.

Learn more about the research proposals funded to contribute to our understanding of how to prepare for and communicate extreme weather, water, and climate events.

From a small listserv to disaster research news you can use—DR is 700 issues old! Read about where we came from and where we’re going.

We hope you can join us at this year’s annual Workshop. Here’s some preliminary info to help you plan.

Learn more about these opportunities to be recognized and play a role in the Natural Hazards Workshop.

We are deeply saddened to share the loss of our former Natural Hazards Center Director Dennis Mileti.

A new publication from the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies looks at how the nation’s transit agencies can sustain—and even improve—operations in a time of pandemic.

We recently issued a special call for our second round of funding for Quick Response research to study the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about the awardees and their upcoming research.