Description de la formation

The basic teaching is held at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. The training is made up of two parts: an intensive 7 weeks of lectures (including field immersion) and 2 weeks of validation, plus a personal dissertation based on a research or on an internship within national or international organizations.

5 thematic modules:

• Risk management
• Volcanic risk
• Seismic risk
• Terrain instabilities
• Flood and climate related risk

+ Memoire

The final project can consist of a comprehensive Mémoire describing a specific geological risk, including data processing and analyses and application of management strategies.

Objectives

• To educate participants on how to incorporate risk science into everyday reality in an attempt to reduce losses to an acceptable level.
• To train participants on how to communicate effectively with government agencies, media, public and private sectors before, during and after natural hazard events.