Interdisziplinäre Lehre: Meeting Global Challenges
Multi Hazards
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Dealing with Crises
Registration
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All students can register for one module. You can specify two preferences. Please use the numbers “1” and “2”. If you have not been assigned a place in the project after the end of the assignment and are still interested in participating, please contact sibel.yildirim[@]ipw.rwth-aachen.de directly.
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Academic Responsibility
Ann-Kristin Winkens, M. Sc.
Jens Reinert, M. Sc.
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW)
RWTH Aachen
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Holger Schüttrumpf
Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW)
RWTH Aachen
Univ.-Prof. Dr. phil. Carmen Leicht-Scholten
RWTH Aachen
Contact Person
Alina Meyer, B.A.
Schedulue
Start
17.10.2023
Time
Tuesday, 18:30-20:00 Uhr
Place
In person and individual sessions exclusively via Zoom
place t.b.a.
Contents
With regard to increasing natural disasters, such as floods and earthquakes, innovative, sustainable and resilient approaches to solutions are required that strengthen the adaptability of socio-technical systems and infrastructures. In order to develop such approaches, competencies are necessary that enable students as future “change agents” to deal with uncertainty and complexity. This requires cooperative and interdisciplinary approaches and skills. Therefore, this course aims to sensitize students to dealing with natural disasters from their respective disciplinary perspectives.
By presenting theoretical concepts and foundations, such as resilience, risk and disaster management, students will gain an insight into current scientific and interdisciplinary discourses. Based on this, a disaster-related case with a focus on “learning from failure” will be elaborated on in multidisciplinary teams with regard to various failure and adaptation mechanisms in order to develop creative solutions.
Learning Outcomes
After completing the course, you are able to
- Explain theoretical concepts in the context of disaster management
- Explain the relevance of disaster management for your own professional training
- Identify and analyze failure mechanisms and actors involved in selected disaster scenarios
- Derive implications for future disaster events
- Present your findings convincingly to people from other disciplines
Program
The program is constantly updated, if necessary individual dates will be added.
17.10.2023
Introduction + Motivation
Ann-Kristin Winkens, Research Group Gender and Diversity in Engineering (GDI)
Jens Reinert, Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management (IWW)
RWTH Aachen University
24.10.2023
Gender and climate-related hazards: linkages and transformative approaches
Dr. Dennis Lucy Avilés Irahola
Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
31.10.2023
Risk and Crisis Communication in Natural Hazards – Environmental Psychological Research on
Communication and Preparedness for Floods, Heavy Rains and Heat Waves
Dr. Anna Heidenreich
Institute for Environmental Sciences and Geography, Working Group: Geography and Disaster Risk Research, University of Potsdam
07.11.2023
Multiple Gaps in Dealing with Multi Hazards in Critical Infrastructure and Civil Protection
– via Zoom
Prof. Dr. Alexander Fekete
Institute of Rescue Engineering and Civil Protection, TH Köln (riskncrisis)
14.11.2023
Crisis Management in Civil Protection – Structures, Training and Challenges
Ulf Krüger
Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster of Assistance
21.11.2023
Ethics and Flood Riskmanagement – via Zoom
Prof. Dr. Neelke Doorn
Department of Values, Technology and Innovation (VTI), TU Delft
28.11.2023
It’s complexity, stupid – Why it’s so hard to warn the public about dangers
Dr. Benjamin Scharte
International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW), University of Tübingen
05.12.2023
t.b.a.
12.12.2023
Pitches
19.12.2023
t.b.a.
30.01.2024
Wrap-up
Ann-Kristin Winkens, GDI, RWTH Aachen University
Jens Reinert, IWW, RWTH Aachen University
Procedure/Working method
Depending on the course of studies, module and examination, credit points can be achieved through participation. If you would like to take an exam, please make sure beforehand how you can get credit for it in your degree program. Of course, you can also take exams without receiving curricular credit for them. Visit our FAQs for more information.
Certificate/Examination | RWTHonline |
|---|---|
Certificate of Participation (0 CP, not graded) | - |
Group presentation + personal reflection report (4 CP) | Project "Leonardo": Study Paper |
