May 6-8th, 2019 at the University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Scope of the workshop

Natural disasters consist of human and natural components that are interconnected. While progress has been made to mitigate and adapt to natural hazards, much of the existing research lacks interdisciplinary approaches that equally consider both natural and social processes. More importantly, this lack of integration between approaches remains a major challenge in developing disaster risk management plans for communities. The proposed early career researcher workshop on Modelling risk and resilience in human and natural systems aims to:

• Establish the progress made in modelling risk and resilience to natural hazards,
• Identify remaining challenges, and
• Discover opportunities for future research.

To achieve this, we are bringing together international researchers engaged in modelling risk and resilience to natural hazards. Progress in modelling will be ascertained through presentations of ECRs research (oral and posters) and keynote talks from leading scientists. Additional progress in research, and identifying challenges and opportunities in modelling will be determined through interactive discussion between ECRs focusing on the following themes:

1. Indicators of risk and resilience
2. Conceptualizing dynamics between human and natural systems
3. Modelling human and natural systems
4. Modelling human behavior towards risk and resilience
5. Interdisciplinary challenges and communicating model results