Disaster Risk Reduction, Hazard Assesment, and Risk Analysis
Martin Franz (PhD student in our group) explains in the La Côte newspaper his researches about tsunami in lakes. Please find the article in the “Media” section.
Media: Geneva Lake victim of a tsunami? Read MoreThe 12th international congress of the International Association of Engineering Geology (IAEG) took place in Torino (Italy) from 15 to 19 September 2014. Several members of the risk group attended …
XII International IAEG Congress, Torino Read MoreFOSS4G 2014 FOSS4G conference is the largest gathering for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial techologies. It is hosted by OSGeo since 2006 and has been held all over …
FOSS4G 2014 PORTLAND, OREGON, USA 8TH – 13TH SEPTEMBER, 2014 Read MoreOne of the monthly meeting within the CHANGES project for development of a Spatial Decision Support system (SDSS) The purpose of these meetings is to present the current results of …
CHANGES-SDSS meeting in Lausanne on 18-22 August 2014 Read MoreIn the context of our project SNIS named “Sustainable Land Management in Mountain Regions of Bolivia and Nepal in the Context of Outmigration, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction” (in …
Second field work in Bolivia – SNIS Project Read MoreThe Napoleome project of the University of Lausanne is a participatory scientific project about genomics. Public conferences and workshops are organized to popularize the research and issues in genetics. Practically, the …
Napoleome project Read MoreGood news! The number of citations that we are receiving concerning Natural Hazards related journals is considerably increasing… For the past five years we have had the 2nd most cited …
On the impact of our research in Natural Hazards journals Read MoreUne trentaine de personnes ont participé au cours qui a eu lieu du 16 au 20 Juin 2014 à Bernin (Grenoble) dans les cadre de l’Université européenne d’été sur les risques …
Université européenne d’été sur les risques naturels Read MoreEarly July, the Risk Group went out for an entertaining afternoon. The excursion started with the Vallorbe Caves , in the Jura Mountains. Those caves result of limestone erosion by the underground Orbe River. A …
Group excursion in the Jura Read MoreStudents from Geosciences (UNIL) and Geology (UNIL-UNIGE) master programs attended the Slope Instability Field Camp from June 1st to June 7th 2014. On the menu, a close examination of the …
Field camp in Barcelonnette (French Alps) Read More