Risk & Vulnerability  -- Master's in Public Policy and Human Development (subtitles)
Channel: UNU MERIT
Date: 2019-11-09

Master's student Jana Bernhard: "Why do all this research if you don't then use the results? At UNU-MERIT, I have the feeling that results are taken into account in doing something in the field. What we definitely learned was to draw maps that could be used to visualise information which is very important for risk communication because it gives people more information in a shorter time frame. Then we learned to use them to focus on a geographical area, a specific type of risk, a specific population even. I want to do research with an impact."

This Master's specialisation in Risk and Vulnerability This specialisation deals with the key geospatial, governance, and social aspects in disaster risk assessment, resilience building, crisis management, and the role of risk perceptions therein. Students are exposed to diverse vulnerability and resilience dimensions, components, databases, assessment frameworks and analytical techniques. The specialisation is taught in collaboration with the UNU Environment and Human Security institute (UNU-EHS) in Bonn, Germany. In addition, students benefit from first-hand practical sessions with visiting disaster-risk experts and practitioners working for governments, financial institutions, private companies, civil society and research institutes nationally and internationally.

The specialisation in Risk and Vulnerability is one of the seven specialisations offered within the Master of Science in Public Policy and Human Development, a one-year double-degree programme run by United Nations University-MERIT and Maastricht University in Maastricht, the Netherlands.

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