LUCRAM
Lund University Centre for Risk Assessment and Management
The main mission for LUCRAM is to serve as a dynamic, forward thinking resource for risk management research at Lund University. More specifically, the tasks and objectives include:
- To contribute to the long term competence build-up in risk management research and education.
- To serve as a resource centre for university risk management research and facilitate inter-departmental research projects.
- To operate an innovative and forward-thinking research programme.
- To be a contact forum between the university departments and external organisations by conducting seminars, workshops and other communication activities
LUCRAM is truly multi-disciplinary and spans over a broad field of
research interests within risk analysis and management. In order to
facilitate for finding and collaborating with researchers from other
fields with similar research interests, and to strengthen links to
external organisations with specific interests, LUCRAM is hosting
research clusters.
Cluster
for Emergency Response Research (CERR)
Cluster
for International Disaster Studies (CIDS) Human
and organisational factors in risk management (HOFRIM)
LUCRAM has a vibrant research community involved in a variety of
research projects. The major research
projects at the moment are:
FRIVA,
Framework programme "Risk and Vulnerability analysis of technological
and social systems"
Maritime
Safety
Improving
Emergency and Crisis Management
Implementing
Risk and Vulnerability Analyses
There are also a number of associated projects , where LUCRAM researchers are involved, which substantially contributes to competence and activities within LUCRAM although the projects formally are placed at other centres or at departments.
Address:
Mailing address: P.O Box 118, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
Visiting
address: John Ericssons Väg 1, Lund, Sweden
Last modified 8 Jan 2010
Kurt Petersen
Department of Fire Safety Engineering and Systems Safety
Phone:
+46 46-2227361
E-mail:
Kurt.Petersen@brand.lth.se
Roland Akselsson
professor
Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology
Phone:
+46 46-2229266
E-mail:
Roland.Akselsson@design.lth.se
A unique holistic master's programme in Disaster Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery, jointly developed with University of Coperhagen. A Master of Disaster Management.
The master's programme is multi-diciplinary and administrated by Cluster for International Disaster Studies (CIDS) at Lund University and Department of International Health at University of Copenhagen.
For more information, please visit www.lu.se/mdm.