The 6th Inter­na­tio­nal Ava­lan­che Sym­po­si­um will gather experts and the public for two days of dis­cus­sions, work­shops, and pre­sen­ta­ti­ons on ava­lan­che sci­ence, risk manage­ment, the psy­cho­lo­gi­cal aspects of ava­lan­che safe­ty and risk per­cep­ti­on and inter­na­tio­nal col­la­bo­ra­ti­on in snow and ava­lan­che rese­arch. This event is a uni­que oppor­tu­ni­ty to con­nect with rese­ar­chers, prac­ti­tio­ners, and poli­cy­ma­kers working...Continue Reading

In unpre­dic­ta­ble moments of emer­gen­cy or dis­as­ter, kno­wing how to pro­tect yours­elf and others is cri­ti­cal. Our “Self-Defen­se in Emer­gen­ci­es” cour­se, led by Prof. Dr. Vla­di­mir M. Cvet­ko­vić (Visi­ting Pro­fes­sor), empowers you with essen­ti­al tech­ni­ques to respond calm­ly and effec­tively in high-pres­su­re situa­tions.💥 What’s included?🛡 Prac­ti­cal self-defen­se tools for per­so­nal and coll­ec­ti­ve safe­ty💪 Phy­si­cal tech­ni­ques...Continue Reading

On Octo­ber 8th and 9th, the kick-off mee­ting for the Safe H‑DRI pro­ject took place, brin­ging tog­e­ther indus­try lea­ders and experts from across Euro­pe. The pro­ject aims to ensu­re the safe trans­port and hand­ling of hydro­gen-based direct redu­ced iron (H‑DRI), a key ele­ment for the future of green steel pro­duc­tion.We’re proud to announ­ce that the...Continue Reading

Fol­lo­wing the gre­at suc­cess of the launch in Salz­burg, Dr. Rena­te Ren­ner and Julia Graf from the Safe­ty and Dis­as­ter Stu­dies group are thril­led to be invol­ved in the K3 Cli­ma­te Con­fe­rence. We’­re loo­king for­ward to having some gre­at dis­cus­sions and sha­ring ide­as to take our Ris­KLIM work for­ward.At the con­fe­rence, we’ll be focu­sing on...Continue Reading

The recent storms and floods in Aus­tria in Sep­tem­ber this year demons­tra­te the urgent need for the Ris­KLIM pro­ject. The recent extre­me wea­ther events unders­core the neces­si­ty for a more com­pre­hen­si­ve under­stan­ding, effec­ti­ve com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on, and robust manage­ment of cli­ma­te risks. On 20 Sep­tem­ber 2024, we held an in-real-life kick-off with the Ris­KLIM-pro­ject team in Salz­burg....Continue Reading

We are exci­ted to wel­co­me Prof. Dr. Cvet­ko­vić, a visi­ting pro­fes­sor and an expert in Dis­as­ter Risk Manage­ment, to our Safe­ty and Dis­as­ter Stu­dies team at Mon­tan­uni­ver­si­tät Leo­ben. He is the foun­der and pre­si­dent of the Sci­en­ti­fic-Pro­fes­sio­nal Socie­ty for Dis­as­ter Risk Manage­ment and the Direc­tor of the Inter­na­tio­nal Insti­tu­te for Dis­as­ter Rese­arch. With num­e­rous awards,...Continue Reading

Mon­tan­uni­ver­si­ty  Wel­co­mes Prof. Dr. Vla­di­mir M. Cvet­ko­vić for Dis­cus­sions on Inter­na­tio­nal Col­la­bo­ra­ti­on in Safe­ty and Dis­as­ter Stu­dies. We were hono­red to host Prof. Dr. Vla­di­mir M. Cvet­ko­vić from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Belgrade’s Facul­ty of Secu­ri­ty Stu­dies. During his visit, we had pro­duc­ti­ve dis­cus­sions about streng­thening inter­na­tio­nal col­la­bo­ra­ti­on in safe­ty and dis­as­ter stu­dies. Tog­e­ther, we’­re explo­ring...Continue Reading

The new Master’s degree pro­gram Safe­ty and Dis­as­ter Manage­ment starts this Autumn at Mon­tan­uni­ver­si­ty Leo­ben and places spe­cial empha­sis on the deve­lo­p­ment of inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry com­pe­tence. The pre­re­qui­si­te of which is a sound mul­ti­di­sci­pli­na­ry edu­ca­ti­on in the anti­ci­pa­ti­on of risks and the manage­ment of dis­as­ters. Tea­ching is rese­arch-led, ori­en­ted towards cur­rent social chal­lenges and encou­ra­ges cri­ti­cal...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