Course Overview
The disaster risk management industry needs professionalising. Academic study can underpin this professionalisation, enabling you to apply evidence and research based theory to this sector. Through a multidisciplinary approach to risk and disaster reduction, you will gain expertise in analysing complex challenges and providing sustainable solutions and learn to become a future leader driving policy change and innovation in order to preserve lives and sustain economies which could otherwise be destroyed or damaged by disaster. in this Risk, Disaster and Resilience course at University College London (UCL), students learn how this knowledge affects decision-making and the different approaches to applying and implementing this in order to achieve risk and disaster reduction. Emergency and crisis planning and management is taught, from creating business continuity plans through to developing emergency management plans and using them along with testing their efficacy and making improvements using scenarios. Optional modules allow student to focus on particular risks. These programmes are designed to teach students about disasters from both a social and physical sciences perspective. By gaining a thorough understanding of different approaches and mindsets, students are able to adopt a more holistic approach to risk and disaster reduction whether they specialize in one discipline or have a multidisciplinary focus in order to improve resilience and decrease the negative impact of disasters. CareersOur programmes provide excellent training towards careers in research, research communication, public policy, (re) insurance, catastrophe modeling, risk management, international development, humanitarian assistance, engineering and many other fields. It offers research training for professionals already working in risk and disaster reduction. We run an annual careers and opportunities fair for students and graduates.
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