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News

PARATUS Project nominated for Polish Smart Development Award: Project of the Future – 6 June 2023 (University of Twente)
How a landslide Early Warning System could look like – 13 September 2023 (Austrian Press Agency)
Making a difference before, during and after a disaster with ITC project PARATUS – 21 September 2023 (U-Today)
Understanding one another for greater resilience – 6 December 2024 (EURAC Research)
Empowering Communities Through Heritage and Technology: Reflections on the RESILIAGE 2025 Summer School – 14 July 2025 (UNESCO)
Feasibility Study for a Sub-Regional Anticipatory Action Mechanism for Hurricanes in the Caribbean – 20 November 2025 (The Netherlands Red Cross 510)
Helping first responders prepare for emergencies – 16 January 2026 (CORDIS)

Anticiper au cœur des Caraïbes – 20 August 2026 (PIRAC – Croix-Rouge Fracaise)

Blog Posts

Making Building Footprints Move: Using Deep Learning to Update Building Footprint Data for Improved Risk Assessment

Linda Portoghese2026-09-11T14:02:06+01:00September 11, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

The Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub: Connecting Knowledge, Innovation and Practice

Linda Portoghese2026-09-11T14:02:20+01:00September 11, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

The Fourth Romanian Case Study Stakeholder Workshop

Linda Portoghese2026-09-11T10:00:04+01:00September 11, 2026|Categories: News|

PARATUS contributes systemic risk expertise to Irish EU Presidency workshop in Dublin

Linda Portoghese2026-08-28T13:34:06+01:00August 28, 2026|Categories: News|

PARATUS Project concludes with Final Event and participation at Disaster Resilience Days

Linda Portoghese2026-09-11T10:17:25+01:00July 21, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS and the Future Sustainability of Disaster Preparedness Knowledge

Linda Portoghese2026-06-11T10:12:49+01:00June 11, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

Takeaways from the UCPN Summer School

Linda Portoghese2026-06-10T10:05:57+01:00June 10, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

Join the PARATUS Final Event on 29th June!

Linda Portoghese2026-06-26T14:40:00+01:00May 26, 2026|Categories: News|

Lessons learnt from disaster loss databases – beyond Storm Gloria

Linda Portoghese2026-04-01T11:14:30+01:00March 20, 2026|Categories: Blog post|Tags: Compounding disasters, Disaster management, Multi-hazard disasters, Natural hazards, Risk assessment, Risk reduction|

RiskChanges: Turning Dynamic Risk Into Actionable Insight Under PARATUS

Linda Portoghese2026-02-25T12:28:24+01:00February 25, 2026|Categories: Blog post|Tags: disaster risk, dynamic risk, RiskChanges|

Vulnerability as a key part of multi-risk assessment

Linda Portoghese2026-02-23T14:06:17+01:00February 23, 2026|Categories: Blog post|Tags: multi-hazard vulnerability, multi-risk assessment, vulnerability, vulnerability assessment, vulnerability mitigation|

University of Bucharest Contributions to Risk Perception and Disaster Behaviour Research within the PARATUS Project: The Social Dynamics of Earthquake Preparedness

Linda Portoghese2026-05-08T11:35:19+01:00February 11, 2026|Categories: Blog post|Tags: disaster preparedness behaviour, earthquake in Bucharest, Risk perception, Theory of Planned Behaviour|

Building a shared European commitment to disaster preparedness

Linda Portoghese2026-02-02T12:55:47+01:00February 2, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

Working together on multi-hazard risks in the Alps

Linda Portoghese2026-01-16T15:48:10+01:00January 16, 2026|Categories: Blog post|

From Static Maps to Dynamic Resilience: How PARATUS Reinvents Risk Assessment

Linda Portoghese2025-12-09T12:28:13+01:00December 9, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

How can we encourage and empower Early Career Researchers? Reflections on a short course held at EGU 2025

Linda Portoghese2025-12-03T12:12:01+01:00December 3, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

SAVE THE DATE: 5th Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub Webinar

Linda Portoghese2025-11-24T11:55:35+01:00November 24, 2025|Categories: News|

The PARATUS Consortium gathers in Bucharest for their annual General Assembly

Linda Portoghese2025-11-21T12:42:39+01:00November 21, 2025|Categories: Blog post|Tags: Disaster management, Disaster response scenario, Risk reduction, Systemic risk and vulnerabilities|

APPLY NOW: DRR Academy 2026

Linda Portoghese2025-11-11T11:45:41+01:00November 11, 2025|Categories: News|Tags: Academy, Disaster management, Risk reduction, Winter School|

Beyond the Megacity: Understanding Systemic Risk from the Ground Up

Linda Portoghese2025-11-03T10:52:11+01:00November 3, 2025|Categories: Blog post|Tags: Disaster management, Disaster response scenario, Risk reduction, Systemic risk and vulnerabilities|

Giving a glimpse into the future: How AI can help communities prepare

Linda Portoghese2025-10-21T14:06:08+01:00October 21, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

Şile Workshop Explores Critical Role in Istanbul’s Disaster Resilience

Linda Portoghese2025-09-03T13:50:37+01:00July 21, 2025|Categories: News|

Sint Maarten Strengthens Disaster Preparedness with PARATUS GIS Training

Linda Portoghese2025-07-02T11:30:40+01:00July 2, 2025|Categories: News|

PARATUS Showcases Innovation for Disaster Resilience at Security Research Event 2025

Linda Portoghese2025-07-01T14:22:53+01:00July 1, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS at ESREL & SRA-E 2025: Insights into Seismic Risk and Systemic Vulnerability

Linda Portoghese2025-06-23T12:14:29+01:00June 23, 2025|Categories: News|

Systemic risks, vulnerability analysis and integrated disaster risk management for disaster resilient societies

Linda Portoghese2025-06-18T15:42:15+01:00June 18, 2025|Categories: Blog post|Tags: AHP, current and future vulnerability, MCDA, quantile regression, robust downscaling, statistical and machine learning, Systemic risks and vulnerabilities, targeted loss mitigation and vulnerabilities reduction options, vulnerability classes|

Advancing Disaster Risk Knowledge in the Caribbean: PARATUS Hosts Regional Workshop

Linda Portoghese2025-06-20T11:24:44+01:00June 12, 2025|Categories: News|

Strengthening Local Disaster Resilience: PARATUS Workshop Engages Over 160 Stakeholders in Küçükçekmece, Istanbul

Linda Portoghese2025-06-17T11:48:14+01:00June 11, 2025|Categories: News|

SAVE THE DATE: 4th Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub Webinar

Linda Portoghese2025-05-21T13:32:36+01:00May 21, 2025|Categories: News|

BES Extranet

Linda Portoghese2025-05-19T10:43:38+01:00May 16, 2025|Categories: Blog post|Tags: Compounding disasters, first and second responders, Multi-hazard disasters, Natural disasters|

PARATUS at EGU 2025: Innovations in Multi-Hazard Research and Engagement

Linda Portoghese2025-05-16T08:47:21+01:00May 15, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

SAVE THE DATE: 3rd Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub Webinar

Linda Portoghese2025-05-07T10:07:20+01:00May 7, 2025|Categories: News|

Strengthening Multi-Hazard Risk Management in the Caribbean: A Regional Collaboration Journey

Linda Portoghese2025-04-18T16:44:51+01:00April 18, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

SYNERGIES and PARATUS make their work count beyond the life of the projects

Linda Portoghese2025-04-11T16:50:20+01:00April 11, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

An Introduction to your Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub

Linda Portoghese2025-03-24T09:59:11+01:00March 24, 2025|Categories: Blog post|Tags: authorities, citizens, disaster risk management, disaster risk stakeholder hub, first and second responders|

SAVE THE DATE: 2nd Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub Webinar

Linda Portoghese2025-02-13T10:35:06+01:00February 13, 2025|Categories: News|

Seismic hazard for the Dutch Caribbean

Linda Portoghese2025-02-11T16:04:30+01:00February 11, 2025|Categories: Blog post|

Continuing the dialogue: A recap of the 2nd PARATUS workshop in the Alps

Linda Portoghese2025-01-27T10:42:44+01:00January 27, 2025|Categories: Blog post|Tags: co-developing Impact Chains, Disaster management, Disaster response scenario, first and second responders, Stakeholder workshop, Systemic risk and vulnerabilities|

Highlights of the Second Stakeholder Workshop in Bucharest

Linda Portoghese2025-01-22T11:20:33+01:00December 12, 2024|Categories: Blog post|Tags: Bucharest Case Study, co-developing Impact Chains, Disaster management, Disaster response scenario, first and second responders, Stakeholder workshop, Systemic risk and vulnerabilities|

SAVE THE DATE: 1st Disaster Risk Stakeholder Hub Webinar

Linda Portoghese2024-11-26T15:31:04+01:00November 26, 2024|Categories: News|

Behind the scenes of the Disaster Risk Reduction Academy: Organising a vulnerability-focused training session for young researchers and practitioners

Linda Portoghese2024-11-21T11:15:44+01:00November 21, 2024|Categories: Blog post|Tags: Disaster Risk Reduction Academy, Impact Chains, Multi-hazard disasters, Paratus workshop|

Cascading hazards in volcanic environments: monitoring, modelling and impact analysis of tsunamigenic flows for risk reduction

Linda Portoghese2024-11-07T10:37:16+01:00November 7, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

Modeling evacuation activities amid compound hazards: Insights from hurricane Irma in Southeast Florida

Linda Portoghese2024-10-30T10:03:53+01:00October 30, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS Consortium Meeting 2024 in Barcelona

Linda Portoghese2024-10-25T16:23:05+01:00October 25, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS at the Global Flood Partnership Annual Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya

Linda Portoghese2024-09-17T14:06:55+01:00September 17, 2024|Categories: News|

An impact-chain-based exploration of multi-hazard vulnerability dynamics: the multi-hazard of floods and the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania

Linda Portoghese2024-09-17T11:52:50+01:00September 17, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS Project to Participate in IDRiM 2024 Conference

Linda Portoghese2024-08-27T15:22:17+01:00August 27, 2024|Categories: News|

Call for application: Multi-hazard DRR Academy for young researchers and practitioners

Linda Portoghese2024-07-18T11:03:49+01:00July 17, 2024|Categories: News|

Closing the gap between science-based approach and end users in disaster risk management

Linda Portoghese2024-06-26T13:44:27+01:00June 26, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

Why should we know what a disaster costs?

Linda Portoghese2024-05-22T14:03:40+01:00May 8, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS at the EGU24 Conference

Linda Portoghese2024-04-24T13:25:53+01:00April 24, 2024|Categories: News|

Improving our understanding of future tropical cyclone intensities in the Caribbean using a high-resolution regional climate model

Linda Portoghese2024-04-19T16:06:43+01:00April 19, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

When fire and rocks hit the water, tsunamis generated by Pyroclastic density currents and landslides

Linda Portoghese2024-04-10T13:25:39+01:00April 10, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

Comparative Impact Chain Analysis of the 1999 Kocaeli and 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes

Linda Portoghese2024-03-15T16:17:43+01:00March 15, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

SRC Joint Policy Brief – Strengthening Societal Resilience to Disasters

Linda Portoghese2024-06-24T16:48:18+01:00February 22, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

Climate Change Scenarios for the Dutch Caribbean

Linda Portoghese2024-02-15T14:26:59+01:00February 15, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS at the 7th International and 25th National Public Health Congress

Linda Portoghese2024-01-18T15:37:03+01:00January 18, 2024|Categories: Blog post|

CERIS DRS Annual Event – December 2023

Linda Portoghese2023-12-22T12:39:53+01:00December 22, 2023|Categories: Blog post|

Lessons of the past: a reevaluation of earthquake’s impact on Bucharest

Linda Portoghese2024-01-29T18:00:33+01:00December 21, 2023|Categories: Blog post|

Building Resilience Through Knowledge: Exploring the Power of a Disaster Wiki

Linda Portoghese2023-11-16T15:40:43+01:00November 16, 2023|Categories: Blog post|

An open-source tool to assist in multi-hazard risk assessment

Linda Portoghese2023-11-09T11:29:13+01:00November 9, 2023|Categories: Blog post|

Multiple perspectives to understand multi-hazard risks. Why is it important to meet face-to-face when we could also meet digitally?

Linda Portoghese2023-10-19T13:54:12+01:00October 19, 2023|Categories: Blog post|

PARATUS nominated in the category “Project of the Future”

Linda Portoghese2023-09-14T11:35:43+01:00September 13, 2023|Categories: Blog post|

How a Landslide Early Warning System Could Look Like

Linda Portoghese2023-10-02T08:59:08+01:00September 13, 2023|Categories: News|

The First PARATUS Stakeholder Workshop in Bucharest, Romania

Linda Portoghese2023-07-20T16:05:11+01:00June 28, 2023|Categories: Blog post|