Thematic Work Packages

CapHaz-Net looks back on meanwhile some 70 years of social science research on natural hazards. In that time a rich field of theoretical perspectives, empirical findings and policy-relevant insights developed upon which CapHaz-Net builds. We have identified specific, well established topics we concentrate on during the first project phase (until mid-2010).

 CapHaz-Net topics

The major benefit made by CapHaz-Net will be to overcome the present fragmentation of these research approaches and related practices and to come to an integrative perspective. There is a real need for a concerted, multidisciplinary examination of social capacity building toward more resilient societies in Europe, there is a need for sharing knowledge and experience and bringing together different perspectives (social sciences, practitioners, policy-makers, natural scientists) within an integrated framework that promotes social learning.

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Workshop atmosphere at CapHaz-Net's second meeting in Lancaster (November 2009)
photo: Matija Zorn

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