Geohazards and Geomechanics
International research staff exchange scheme (IRSES) EU FP7 programme.
The research programme is coordinated by the University of Warwick.
Network overview and Aims
The network aims to bring together the complementary expertise of world leading groups carrying out research on the engineering assessment, prevention and mitigation of geohazards, the main ones being floods, landslides, and earthquakes considering also the effect of climate change and human activity on soil degradation.
The goals of the network are: i) to investigate the key aspects of major geohazards (floodings, landslides, earthquakes) to bridge the current gaps in knowledge to improve significantly the current capabilities of prevention, preparedness and mitigation by bringing together specialists engaged in cutting edge research; ii) to enable knowledge exchange among experts in complementary research fields; iii) to train several Early Stage Researches (ESRs) to expand their knowledge during their stay at the host institution; iv) to improve the current normative standards and codes ruling geohazard prevention; v) to generate new approaches to the problems dealt with through exposure to different methodologies.
List of participants
| University of Edinburgh | School of Engineering | Prof. J. Ooi |
Activities
The acivities taking place during the visits and the reserachers taking part into the network are detailed below: