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Discover learning opportunities that align with your interests and career goals in building disaster resilience.

This page provides a curated list of academic programmes focused on disaster risk reduction (DRR), resilience, climate change adaptation, and related fields. Whether you are a student, researcher, or professional looking to advance your knowledge, you can find degree programs, short courses, and training opportunities from institutions worldwide.

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Iceland
PH.D. course on climate strategy and adaptation economics
Location Reykjavík Description This course provides the basics of climate strategy formulation from corporate to international level, with a focus on climate adaptation and bringing together mitigation and adaptation strategy. Drivers, benefits and
  • Nordic Strategic Adaptation Research
  • University of Iceland
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Greece
Management of natural and human induced disasters
Management of Natural and Human Induced Hazards aims at acquiring knowledge on the natural and environmental risks and their interpretations and the analysis of the natural processes which are related to disasters.
  • Harokopeion University
Academic programme
Japan
Postgraduate courses on building resilience to climate change
Location Tokyo Degree Building resilience to climate change Description The United Nations University Institute for Sus­tainability and Peace (UNU-ISP), Tokyo, invites applications for the intensive post­graduate programme on Building Resilience to
  • United Nations University - Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS)
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United States of America
Disaster management and humanitarian assistance summer institute
Location Manoa, Hawaii Degree Disaster management humanitarian assistance graduate certificate Description The Disaster Management Humanitarian Assistance (DMHA) certificate is a 16 credit program that provides an academic course of study aimed at
  • University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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Germany
Master of disaster management and risk governance
The goal of the master programme is a holistic academic training for professionals to deepen student's knowledge and at the same time to develop a broad and interlinked understanding for the multifaceted aspects of risk and disaster management.
  • University of Bonn
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Türkiye
Disaster management graduate program
The program is designed to educate graduates with the multidisciplinary background aware of their professional and societal responsibilities and the importance of life‐long learning in academic, as well as professional development.
  • Istanbul Technical University
Academic programme
LEAD Europe sustainability leadership programme
Degree LEAD Europe sustainability leadership programme Description Lead Europe's Sustainability Leadership Programme is designed for experienced, mid to senior managers and sustainability practitioners who want to increase their ability to make positive
  • LEAD International
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Thailand
Masters degree in civil engineering with research on disaster risk reduction
The programme trains students to acquire research abilities in addition to firm fundamentals and advanced technologies which are needed for building up self reliance for their countries in order to cope with the dynamic of the changing environment.
  • Chulalongkorn University
  • Center of Excellence in Earthquake Engineering and Vibration