LARAM School 2026: Doctoral school on “landslide risk assessment and mitigation”
About
LARAM is an International School on “LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation” of the University of Salerno. The School is held annually and is aimed at 40 PhD students and 10 young doctors selected every year from those working in the field of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Engineering Geology or with a similar Engineering background.
The LARAM School 2026 will be held in Lausanne (Switzerland) from Monday 7 to Friday 18 September in person.
Candidate participants
The LARAM class will be composed of:
- 40 selected PhD students
- Up to 10 young doctors (PhD defended not before 2021)
Participants pay their own travel and accommodation expenses, as well as a registration fee of 500 CHF.
IMPORTANT. Deadline for PhD applications and young doctor registrations: May 30, 2026
- Application of PhD students (https://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2026/application_phd_students)
- Registration of young doctors (https://www.laram.unisa.it/school/2026/registration_young_doctors)
School programme
The programme of the school will consist of 6-hour daily lectures and tutorials from Monday to Friday (details on the web site).
The programme is structured in the following sessions:
- S1, Introduction to landslides
- S2, Landslide risk theory
- S3, Landslide modelling
- S4, Landslide risk analysis and zoning
- S5, Landslide monitoring and mitigation
- S6, Landslide risk management and risk governance