Emer­gen­cy plan­ning in alpi­ne regi­ons: A cross-coun­try com­pa­ra­ti­ve ana­ly­sis of chal­lenges, strengths and weak­ne­s­ses bet­ween emer­gen­cy plan­ning and emer­gen­cy manage­ment. This ana­ly­sis is based on empi­ri­cal data from seven Alpi­ne count­ries: Switz­er­land, Ger­ma­ny, France, Slove­nia, Lich­ten­stein, Ita­ly and Aus­tria. Pre­de­fi­ned natu­ral hazards were con­side­red, name­ly ava­lan­ches, forest fire, floods and mud­flows. The tar­get group of...Continue Reading

The annu­al sym­po­si­um of our coope­ra­ti­on part­ner, the Aus­tri­an Asso­cia­ti­on of Secu­ri­ty Experts (VÖSI), is coming up! Lis­ten to inte­res­t­ing lec­tures on safe­ty engi­nee­ring and chat with us about risk per­cep­ti­on and com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on. In addi­ti­on, the­re will be the oppor­tu­ni­ty on site to find out per­so­nal­ly from the cour­se respon­si­bles about our new Mas­ter cour­se...Continue Reading