290020 VO Circle U. - Lecture series: Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters (2025S)

Interdisciplinary Perspectives

5.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 29 - Geographie

CIRCLE-U

Welcome, Circle U. students! Please read the information about this lecture and follow the instructions on the website https://international.univie.ac.at/circle-u/circle-u-online-course-natural-hazards-vulnerability-and-disasters-interdisciplinary-perspectives/

Moodle

We 30.04. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 120 participants

Language: English

Examination dates

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Wednesday 05.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 19.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 26.03. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 02.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 09.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
N Wednesday 30.04. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 07.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 14.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 21.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 28.05. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 04.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 11.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 18.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß
Wednesday 25.06. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal II NIG Erdgeschoß

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Circle U.-Lecture series: ‘Natural Hazards, Vulnerability and Disasters: Interdisciplinary Perspectives’ takes place as part of the extension curriculum for Bachelor students at the Department of Geography and Regional Research at the University of Vienna. In summer semester 2025, the lecture series is an official Circle U. course which is open to incoming BA students from Circle U. partner universities for online attendance.

This lecture series aims to provide in-depth knowledge of various areas of natural hazards, vulnerability and disasters and to strengthen an interdisciplinary perspective. International experts have been invited to give an insight into their research.

The lectures will be held in English. NOTE: The programme presented may be subject to change at short notice.

The respective experts will present their individual topics in lectures of approx. 45-60 minutes and will then be available for questions and discussion for a further approx. 30 minutes.

Assessment and permitted materials

The online exam will contain multiple-choice and open questions.

Besides the respective slides of each lecture, in case the lecturer has consented to the upload, additional thematic material will be provided on moodle.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The individual point and evaluation key will be provided before the exam.

Examination topics

Basically, all questions can be answered based on the slides of the individual lectures.

Reading list

See the literature recommendations on the end of the respective slides of each session.

Association in the course directory

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