CNDS research webinar
Welcome to CNDS' research webinar: The 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquakes - perspectives and research needs. Register below to participate on Zoom.
15:00
Welcome and introduction
Helena Hermansson, Senior Lecturer, Leadership and Command & Control, Swedish Defence University, Sweden.
15:10
The 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence: a seismological introduction
Presentation by Björn Lund, Associate Professor, Geophysics, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University, Sweden.
15:30
Knowledge vs. action in seismic risk reduction: the gamble of lives vs. cost
Presentation by Louise K. Comfort, Visiting Researcher, Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS), University of California and Professor Emerita and former Director, Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh, USA.
15:50
Why and why not?
Presentation by Burçak Başbuğ Erkan, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University.
16:10
Panel discussion
16:30
End of meeting
Register to attend
To participate in the seminar, please register below by 6 September:
https://uu-se.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wod-6qqzgiEtdWtKwG9hHV6pWKFULMgzlF
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The Centre of Natural Hazards and Disaster Science, CNDS, is a national platform for research on the nexus between socio-technical vulnerability and extreme events. CNDS researchers are affiliated with the Swedish Defence University, Karlstad University and Uppsala University.
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