Mission
ADRU is a research-based, non-profit limited liability company (gGmbH) based in Germany. It provides social science disaster research for government agencies, aid organisations, businesses and other research and educational organizations. ADRU was founded in 2016 as a spin-off of the Disaster Research Unit (DR.U) at Freie Universität Berlin and continues to work closely with the DRU. ADRU combines basic research with evaluation, consulting, professional training and knowledge transfer at the intersection of social science and the practice of disaster management and civil protection. As a non-profit company, ADRU carries out work that is independent, evidence-based and practice-oriented
ADRU is active in four fields:
(1) research: conducting externally funded projects in social science disaster research;
(2) evaluation and analysis: conducting social science evaluation studies and risk analyses for organizations in disaster management, civil protection and related fields;
(3) consulting: supporting disaster management and civil protection organizations in strategy processes, the development of communication concepts, the design of trainings and cooperating, for instance, with unaffiliated volunteers.
(4) Education and knowledge transfer: translating current research into practice for organizations and through guest lectures, workshops and courses, e.g. on disaster preparedness for schools or security training for researchers.
ADRU works with and offers its services to government agencies and public administration, aid organisations and businesses as well as research and educational organizations.
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Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.