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Hazards and Disaster Research Centers in Europe

This page includes a listing of university-based hazards and disaster research centers, organized alphabetically and by UN subregion in Europe.

Northern Europe

Center/Institute University Country Year Established
Copenhagen Center for Disaster Research University of Copenhagen Denmark
HUMLOG Institute Hanken School of Economics Finland
Institute of Seismology University of Helsinki Finland 1961
Centre for Integrated Emergency Management (CIEM) University of Adger Norway
Pandemic Centre University of Bergen Norway
Arctic Safety Centre University Centre in Svalbard Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science Uppsala University Sweden 2010
Division of Risk Management and Societal Safety Lund University Sweden
Centre for Societal Risk Research Karlstad University Sweden 2020
Centre for Societal Security Swedish Defence University Sweden
Risk and Crisis Research Centre (RCR) Mid Sweden University Sweden
Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment Cambridge University United Kingdom 1997
Centre for Urban Processes, Resilient Infrastructures & Sustainable (Built) Environments (UPRISE) University of Salford United Kingdom
Flood Hazard Research Centre Middlesex University United Kingdom 1970s
Global Disaster Resilience Centre University of Huddersfield United Kingdom
Hazard Research Centre University College London United Kingdom 1997
Institute of Hazard, Risk and Resilience Durham University United Kingdom
IRDR Centre for Gender and Disaster University College London United Kingdom 2017
Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction (IRDR) University College London United Kingdom 2010
Disaster and Development Network (DDN) Northumbria University United Kingdom 2004
Cabot Institute University of Bristol United Kingdom
Disaster Management Centre Bournemouth University United Kingdom 2001
Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) Oxford Brookes University United Kingdom 1985
Centre for Integrated Research on Risk and Resilience (CIRRR) King's College London United Kingdom
Centre for Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Tectonics (COMET) University of Leeds United Kingdom 2002
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI) University of Manchester United Kingdom 2008
National Centre for Resilience University of Glasgow United Kingdom 2016

Southern Europe

Center/Institute University Country Year Established
Institute for Earth Observation Eurac Research Italy
Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS) Saints Cyril and Methodius University Republic of North Macedonia 1965
Cátedra Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres: Ciudades Resilientes University of La Laguna Spain 2014

Western Europe

Center/Institute University Country Year Established
Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Catholic University of Louvain Belgium 1973
The Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Germany 2002
The Disaster Research Unit Free University of Berlin Germany
Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) United Nations University Germany
Institute for Public Safety and Emergency Management University of Wuppertal Germany 2009
The Center for Security Studies ETH—Zurich Switzerland 2002

If you have questions about this project, please contact Lori Peek at lori.peek@colorado.edu. If you would like your academic research center listed on this page, or if you’d like to update or add information to a center currently on the map, please contact Emma Hines at emmanuelle.hines@colorado.edu.

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