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Charlotte Wolff: “Methodological Enhancements for Comprehensive Hazard Assessment of Rock Slope Instabilities in the Context of Climate Change”

Charlotte WolffDirector: Prof. Dr. Michel JaboyedoffJury: Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Dr. Martina Böhme, Dr. Muriel Gasc Barbier, Dr. Ivanna Penna Natural hazards pose significant threats to population safety, economic well-being, and natural …

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Antoine Guerin: “A Novel Approach for Quantifying Rockfall and Rock Mass Failure: Point Cloud Analysis of Multi-decadal Rockfall Activity and Characterization of Thermally Induced Rock Deformation”

Antoine GuerinDirector: Prof. Dr. Michel JaboyedoffJury: Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Prof. Dr. Nicola Casagli, Dr. Brian D. Collins, Prof. Hon. Didier Hantz, Dr. Greg M. Stock Rockfalls and rock mass failures are often …

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Lidia Loiotine: “Integrated approach to evaluate rock mass stability by means of remote sensing techniques and conventional geostructural and geomechanical surveys”

Lidia LoiotineDirectors: Prof. Dr. Michel Jaboyedoff, Prof. Dr. Mario PariseJury: Prof Federico Agliardi, Dr. Marc-Henri Derron, Prof Marie-Elodie Perga Rock mass failures pose significant hazards and risks to society and can …

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Rock slope and gravity 2025 (RSG-2025): Forecasting and Modelling Large Rock Slope Failures in a Changing Mountain Environment

Conference site : https://wp.unil.ch/rsg-2025/ 26-28 November 2025 – University of Lausanne Recent catastrophic rock, rock-ice or rock-debris avalanches highlight the urgent need to improve detection, monitoring, and modeling of large-scale …

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Field Visits in the frame of the CRUCIAL project: “The evolution of Avalanche Risk Management as a local risk management culture, with the advancement of Science and Technology over time in Switzerland”

The field work carried by Deepak KC, a PhD Student, at the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE), of the University of Lausanne (UNIL) – who is also working with UNDP …

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