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Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

The departments of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

Departments of the Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

Each department is a coherent body of related disciplines, with their courses and the pathways that run through them.

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01At a glance

Departments of the Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience at a glance

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Twin builder, on the faculty homeBuild a twin of any placeWorked example: the Kahramanmaras earthquake sequence of 2023 · 5 generators · 13 layers
02Departments

The departments at a glance

Each card names the department's disciplines and its open courses.

03Department

Department, department of disaster, department of emergency and department of humanitarian

Department of Hazard Science

Geophysical, hydrometeorological, climatological and technological hazards: their processes, measures and maps, including industrial and Natech events.

04Maps

Maps and the globe for any place

Search any place or open the world; the layers and generators follow the faculty's subjects on the planet map, the globe and in 3D.

05How learning runs

How learning runs, as a process you can run

Select a scenario and press Play: course, pathway, practice, faculty, cells and record, read from faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience.

06Nexus Standards

Nexus Standards it teaches and relies on

The Nexus Standards the faculty teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.

07Take part

Take part in Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

Start from who you are.

08Questions

Questions, answers and key terms

Is study here free?
Yes. Every course and learning material of Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium, is free to study, self-paced or with a cohort. Ordinary participation has no fee; paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements.
What does completing a course give me?
A completion record: the course, its version, the date and what was assessed, private by default and shared by you. It stacks into discipline, department and programme achievements. A record states what was studied and assessed and does not certify competence; it is not a licence, a professional title or an employment status.
Where do the data and the places come from?
Every faculty teaches on a twin of a real place built from open data; each layer carries its provider, licence and date, and every result on the Academy states its source. Maps and figures are indicators for teaching, never an assessment of a place.
How do I take part beyond the department's courses?
Form a competence cell of three to seven people, study a shared pathway, take a supervised assignment in the National Working Groups, or bring a cohort from your institution. For organisations.

Key terms

Term

Department

A body of two to five related disciplines within the Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience.

Term

Discipline

One subject of study with its own scope, courses, labs and key terms.

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Reports is the Consortium's quarterly publication. What you know about this subject can become evidence, a case or a correction in the next edition, credited to you and published under CC BY 4.0 where it is your own work.

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Around the Departments of the Faculty of Hazards, Disasters and Resilience

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Each department page sets out its disciplines, courses and pathways, with the faculty's twin builder.

Open Department of Hazard Science Browse the course catalogue