Goals and areas of expertise
The Center for Interdisciplinary Disaster Research is a consortium of research groups in the field of disaster research at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau. Its goal is to harness the potential of interdisciplinary research at the intersection of technology, business, and education. Our specific expertise covers the following areas:
- Education in Civil Protection
- Disaster Management
- Resilience in Flood Risk Management
Latest news
3rd CIDR Symposium
The 3rd CIDR Symposium focused on networking: Colleagues from the RPTU and its affiliated institutes who conduct research on crises and disasters were invited. We were very pleased with the enthusiastic response to our call for participation. Nearly 20 departments from ten departments, as well as three non-university research institutions, participated. This demonstrates the broad disciplinary scope of disaster research at RPTU and the potential it holds for interdisciplinary research and collaboration.
In addition to presenting the work of the Center for Interdisciplinary Disaster Research (CIDR) to date, the event focused primarily on participants getting to know one another. Discussions centered on the various fields of research and perspectives on the topic, as well as potential areas of overlap and collaboration.
During the closing session, there was broad interest in continuing the exchange within the framework of the CIDR and in further establishing RPTU as a leading center for disaster research in Rhineland-Palatinate and nationwide.
Cooperations
Science
- Erasmus University Rotterdam (Netherlands)
- Free University of Berlin
- Geo Research Center Potsdam
- Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, (United States)
- Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Medical School Hamburg
- Free University of Berlin
- Berlin University of Technology
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
- Mines Tech, Paris (France)
- RWTH Aachen University
- Berlin University of Technology
- Braunschweig University of Technology
- Dortmund University of Technology
- Dresden University of Technology
- Munich University of Technology
- Umeå University (Sweden)
- Environmental Research Center Leipzig
- University of Hamburg
- Universitae Politehnica Timisoara (Romania)
- Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Spain)
- Université de Lorraine (France)
- University College London (Great Britain)
- University of Namibia (Namibia)
- University of Queensland (Australia)
- University of Tokyo (Japan)
- Warwick Business School (Great Britain)
- et al.
Practice
- Professional fire departments Kaiserslautern, Magdeburg, Neuwied and others
- Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
- Deutsche Bahn InfraGO
- German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA)
- Emschergenossenschaft/Lippeverband
- Düsseldorf Fire Brigade
- Hamburg Fire Brigade
- Flood Competence Center Cologne
- Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Flood Protection and Water Management (LHW)
- Technical Relief Organization, SEEBA, local associations Sinzig, Euskirchen, Achim and others
- West Palatinate Clinic Kaiserslautern
- and others