Highlights of the DKKV Lunchtalk on structural civil protection

2. Jun 2023 | General

On Wednesday noon, 31.05.2023, the DKKV invited to an interesting lunch talk in the course of the launch of the new topic page on structural civil protection. Jacqueline Jacobs was the moderator, while Prof. Dr.-Ing Norbert Gebbeken from the University of the Federal...

Survey on the role of psychosocial aspects in the situation picture of the administration

1. Jun 2023 | General

Alina Suelmann, a master’s student in psychology at Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, is conducting a survey on the inclusion of psychosocial aspects in the administration’s situation picture. The survey is aimed at members of administration and...

Sabine Lackner will be the future President of THW

26. May 2023 | General, Members

Sabine Lackner will be the first President of the Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) in Germany. The Federal Cabinet made its decision yesterday. Lackner, the current Vice-President of THW, will take office on 1 July 2023 and succeed Gerd Friedsam, who is...

Open positions at TU Delft: PhD and postdoc positions in the field of Highly Effective Lowly Probable Events

26. May 2023 | Ausschreibung, General

Two positions are available at TU Delft (NL) as part of a new EU project in the field of Highly Effective Lowly Probable Events (HILP): a PhD position and a postdoc position. The PhD position offers the opportunity to develop a new approach to stress testing critical...

Professor Lothar Schrott in an interview with Deutschlandfunk on the topic of Early Warning Systems for all

25. May 2023 | Allgemein

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Professor Lothar Schrott emphasizes the importance of early warning systems in providing timely alerts to people regarding natural disasters. He sees the United Nation’s goal of ensuring that every person worldwide...