University of Copenhagen

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Mission

With over 37,000 students and more than 7,000 employees, the University of Copenhagen is the largest institution of research and education in Denmark. The purpose of the University - to quote the University Statute - is to ’conduct research and provide further education to the highest academic level.

University of Copenhagen in cooperation with Lund University (Sweden) has designed a unique academic Degree entitled Master of Disaster Management (MDMa).

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Training event
Copenhagen
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In person
Disaster Risk Management: From Theory to Practice
After completing the course, you will have learned the concepts and theoretical underpinnings of disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management practices.
After completing the course, you will have learned the concepts and theoretical underpinnings of disaster risk reduction and disaster risk management practices.
Training event
Copenhagen
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In person
Disaster Recovery Practice and Development
This course introduces fundamentals of disaster recovery principles and disaster risk reduction. The course covers pre-disaster recovery planning and assessment of post-disaster recovery needs.
This course introduces fundamentals of disaster recovery principles and disaster risk reduction. The course covers pre-disaster recovery planning and assessment of post-disaster recovery needs.
Training event
Copenhagen
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In person
Preparedness and response to humanitarian crises
This course is designed to introduce two aspects of disaster risk management – preparedness and response – and to increase students’ awareness of the nature and management of disasters, leading to better performance.
This course is designed to introduce two aspects of disaster risk management – preparedness and response – and to increase students’ awareness of the nature and management of disasters, leading to better performance.
Training event
Kathmandu
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In person
Vulnerability & Risk Assessment Methods
After completing this course, you will be able to perform vulnerability and capacity assessments of both chronic vulnerabilities and those related to extreme events and hazards.
After completing this course, you will be able to perform vulnerability and capacity assessments of both chronic vulnerabilities and those related to extreme events and hazards.
Research briefs
Global warming doubled the risk for Copenhagen’s historic 2011 cloudburst

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), have used detailed weather models to clearly tie increased temperatures to the historic cloudburst over Copenhagen in July of 2011.

University of Copenhagen
Researchers at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI), have used detailed weather models to clearly tie increased temperatures to the historic cloudburst over Copenhagen in July of 2011.
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Opportunities
Call for abstracts - Needs 2022: Global disasters

Disasters research is ever more salient today. Weather related incidents fueled by climate change have filled the news for years while the Covid-19 pandemic has overshadowed everything else during the past year and a half.

University of Copenhagen
Disasters research is ever more salient today. Weather related incidents fueled by climate change have filled the news for years while the Covid-19 pandemic has overshadowed everything else during the past year and a half.
Research briefs
Danish astrophysics student discovers link between global warming and locally unstable weather

Now a Danish astrophysics student at the Niels Bohr Institute used a mathematical approach — inspired by research in the Universe’s light — to unveil how global temperature increase engenders locally unstable weather on Earth.

University of Copenhagen
Now a Danish astrophysics student at the Niels Bohr Institute used a mathematical approach — inspired by research in the Universe’s light — to unveil how global temperature increase engenders locally unstable weather on Earth.
Meetings and conferences
Copenhagen
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In person
Northern European emergency and disaster studies conference 2022
Disasters research is ever more salient today. Weather related incidents fueled by climate change have filled the news for years while the Covid-19 pandemic has overshadowed everything else during the past year and a half.
Disasters research is ever more salient today. Weather related incidents fueled by climate change have filled the news for years while the Covid-19 pandemic has overshadowed everything else during the past year and a half.

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Voluntary Commitments

The Sendai Framework Commitments (SFVC) online platform serves to incentivize stakeholders to inform the public about their work, to provide a vehicle for sharing commitments and initiatives and for motivation toward the implementation of the Sendai Framework. In turn, UNDRR can monitor and take stock of the progress and impact.

University of Copenhagen is involved in the following commitments:

Regional - Europe, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, the
Active
LINKS - Strengthening links between technologies and society for European disaster resilience
LINKS aims to improve disaster resilience in Europe by strengthening links between technologies and society with a focus on the use of Social Media and Crowdsourcing in disasters.

Contact information

http://www.ku.dk/english/
[email protected]
+505-266 0916