Do you want to contribute to making communities more resilient and reduce loss due to disasters? Then the minor Disaster Risk Management might be something for you.

During the minor you develop competences to perform complex risk assessments. You also learn to recognize the broad spectrum of risks and vulnerabilities of people. We apply resilience as a concept that brings together themes such as poverty reduction, disaster risk reduction, environmental care and adaptation to climate change.

You learn to design or adapt activities to make people and communities safer and more disaster-resilient, contributing to the conditions that make sustainable development possible. You will work on real-life cases spanning multiple disciplines and learn how to manage a disaster risk management consulting assignment with real commissioners.

Added value:
In today’s world the number, complexity and impact of disasters are increasing. Disaster Risk Management (DRM) has become a cornerstone of international development. There is urgency to reduce disaster losses and a need to reduce the impact of disasters. Students learn how to contribute to this reduction, to more resilience and to better conditions enabling sustainable development.

The student is able:

·  To conduct complex risk assessments using mixed methods including GIS applications

·  To apply various integrated approaches to address crucial issues to build community resilience

·  To articulate governance challenges and opportunities, and suggest operational recommendations to address challenges and seize opportunities while reducing risks

·  To express awareness of how to deal with multiple views, interests and agendas of different stakeholders, recognizing power dynamics in defining risk problems and solutions

·  To design, present and discuss multi-level, multi-actor interventions and (financial) strategies to reduce risks

·  To work as consultant/advisor on a real-life assignment in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction

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Approximate student workload hours in total = 840

Indicative student workload hours per type of activity:
160 hours - Attending lectures
210 hours - studying literature
240 hours - team work
150 hours - individual assignments
40 hours - Coaching
40 hours - fieldwork/workshops

Combination of written exams, portfolio and oral exams as mentioned for the five (5) concerned study units in the Education and Examination Regulation (EER) 2019-20, study programme International Development Management

Rating scale: Mark 1 -10 (0,1 Int - 5,5 pass).